Sky Priority/Security Lanes
Aug 14, 2011, 5:33 pm
#17
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: MSP
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MSP: we have one. I got in 'this line' on Wednesday pm around 1:30. It was so long I questioned whether I was in the correct line. We were all pretty disgruntled as it took over 25 minutes to get through security. Petty, I know, but uff-da!!!
MDW: don't get in the expert line. I keep doing this but when you round the corner, it comes to a dead stop. People don't seem to understand that you need to take off your belt, jacket, put the laptop in a separate bin, etc. I had somebody comment in that line to me that "you really know what you are doing." "This is the expert lane," I replied. Crickets on the response.
MDW: don't get in the expert line. I keep doing this but when you round the corner, it comes to a dead stop. People don't seem to understand that you need to take off your belt, jacket, put the laptop in a separate bin, etc. I had somebody comment in that line to me that "you really know what you are doing." "This is the expert lane," I replied. Crickets on the response.
Aug 14, 2011, 10:06 pm
#19
Join Date: May 2006
Location: TUS/PDX
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TUS has one. It's shared with UA, AS and US. It works great during the long lines in the morning. Just kind of work your way in to the line at the top (at least that's what I do on the WN side).
PDX has one as well. It's a shared line with the rest of the D/E concourse. Still can save some time.
Every time I've been there, staying as far left as possible is the quickest route thru security.
PDX has one as well. It's a shared line with the rest of the D/E concourse. Still can save some time.
Every time I've been there, staying as far left as possible is the quickest route thru security.
Aug 14, 2011, 11:03 pm
#20
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: MSP
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Aug 14, 2011, 11:45 pm
#21
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: 60% PHL, 20% BMI, 20% Somewhere Else
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PHL (Philadelphia) priority security line usually pretty empty and entry is mostly managed during high traffic times.
Off topic, but I really wish Customs and Border Patrol would have a similar priority line for airline elites coming off international flights.... so I can smugly hurry up and wait to recheck bags like the rest of the Global Entry folks
Off topic, but I really wish Customs and Border Patrol would have a similar priority line for airline elites coming off international flights.... so I can smugly hurry up and wait to recheck bags like the rest of the Global Entry folks
Aug 14, 2011, 11:57 pm
#22
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: SEA, PAE, BLI
Programs: WN A-List Preferred, AS, DL Kryptonium
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SEA has Sky Priority lanes at each security checkpoint, but they aren't open during the early morning or late evening hours when I usually fly out of SEA.
Despite not being mentioned on the DL website, RNO does have a Sky Priority lane that is shared with WN A-List passengers (same concourse). Entry into this lane is monitored by TSA employees.
Despite not being mentioned on the DL website, RNO does have a Sky Priority lane that is shared with WN A-List passengers (same concourse). Entry into this lane is monitored by TSA employees.
Aug 15, 2011, 6:48 am
#23
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Hoschton, GA
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Aug 15, 2011, 6:51 am
#24
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Location: NYC
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What's happening at DCA? Looks like the security lines at the DL pier have been re-configured. I was arriving and didn't get to experience it first hand.
What's happening at DCA? Looks like the security lines at the DL pier have been re-configured. I was arriving and didn't get to experience it first hand.
Aug 15, 2011, 7:15 am
#25
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: MCO
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MCO is one of the worst in the country. No SP lane and masses of kettles. There is an 'Expert Traveler' lane but TSA usually ignores that and lets anyone into the lane. Mornings can easily back up 30 min or more.
Aug 15, 2011, 7:23 am
#26
Join Date: May 2010
Location: California, USA
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Posts: 475
BOS is one of my semi-regular airports as well, and they have one. Of course, the TSA at BOS is so screwed up, you can't tell if there is an advantage or not!
And, I agree with OrangeCountyCommuter. ATL has so many lanes open now that if you just use the main lines, and then go to the far right when everyone turns left, you can beat the SP line on the South concourse.
And, I agree with OrangeCountyCommuter. ATL has so many lanes open now that if you just use the main lines, and then go to the far right when everyone turns left, you can beat the SP line on the South concourse.
Aug 15, 2011, 8:28 am
#27
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Here's a list of all the airports that have the lanes:
http://www.delta.com/traveling_check...tion/services/
Some airports are better than others about enforcing them. At ATL and LAX they are pretty strict but at PIT and DEN they seem to allow anyone in the lanes.
http://www.delta.com/traveling_check...tion/services/
Some airports are better than others about enforcing them. At ATL and LAX they are pretty strict but at PIT and DEN they seem to allow anyone in the lanes.
Aug 15, 2011, 9:11 am
#28
Join Date: Jul 2009
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I used the priority line at ORD Terminal 2 last Wednesday morning - I'm silver but was upgraded for one of my legs that morning so I had "priority" on my boarding pass. Was nice and faster because security was packed - and they did have dedicated personnel in the priority line.
Haven't used it at my home airport (RDU) since I've not hit bad lines there when I have had priority on my boarding pass.....
Haven't used it at my home airport (RDU) since I've not hit bad lines there when I have had priority on my boarding pass.....
Aug 15, 2011, 9:17 am
#29
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I used the priority line at ORD Terminal 2 last Wednesday morning - I'm silver but was upgraded for one of my legs that morning so I had "priority" on my boarding pass. Was nice and faster because security was packed - and they did have dedicated personnel in the priority line.
Haven't used it at my home airport (RDU) since I've not hit bad lines there when I have had priority on my boarding pass.....
Haven't used it at my home airport (RDU) since I've not hit bad lines there when I have had priority on my boarding pass.....
Aug 15, 2011, 9:46 am
#30
Join Date: May 2010
Posts: 3,461
I am willing to pay just to avoid the mess at MCO....... if that's the only airport they ever go back into I will keep right on paying.
LAX has one but NIGHTMARE comes to mind! It's really slow on Friday mornings!