Mess at ATL this morning
Jun 7, 22, 5:35 am
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Mess at ATL this morning
I thought I had seen a long CLEAR line before, but nothing tops today. Is this normal now?
Jun 7, 22, 6:44 am
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Originally Posted by MichaelKade
How long was the regular Precheck line? With a CLEAR line that long, it's a fair shot that standard Precheck may actually be faster.
Actually having tested it couple of times I would almost guarantee it. What I do is pick out some person getting in the other line at the same time I pick my line Then I periodically see where the are. If I made the error of picking clear they always get to ID check before me.
And right now the wait times are showing longer at International that for South Pre-check (they don't bother to tell you how much time paying for Clear costs you
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Jun 7, 22, 6:55 am
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Originally Posted by MichaelKade
How long was the regular Precheck line? With a CLEAR line that long, it's a fair shot that standard Precheck may actually be faster.
Jun 7, 22, 7:46 am
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Originally Posted by Cory6188
How long did the wait end up being?
Jun 7, 22, 7:57 am
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How does this differ from the usual cluster eff that ATL is every day ending in -day?
ATL is hands down my least favorite airport in the US to be an originating pax.
ATL is hands down my least favorite airport in the US to be an originating pax.
Jun 7, 22, 8:03 am
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Originally Posted by ryandc99
It took me about 40 mins to get thru the CLEAR line. Not a huge deal as I still had a few mins to visit the skyclub, but good to know in case you are not used to such a wait.
Originally Posted by krazykanuck
How does this differ from the usual cluster eff that ATL is every day ending in -day?
ATL is hands down my least favorite airport in the US to be an originating pax.
ATL is hands down my least favorite airport in the US to be an originating pax.
Jun 7, 22, 8:04 am
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Originally Posted by krazykanuck
How does this differ from the usual cluster eff that ATL is every day ending in -day?
ATL is hands down my least favorite airport in the US to be an originating pax.
ATL is hands down my least favorite airport in the US to be an originating pax.
Jun 7, 22, 8:12 am
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Originally Posted by Cory6188
I've seen more TAs working at the ticket counter at random outstations than I have at ATL. It's a shame that DL can't/won't get their act together at their flagship hub.
Jun 7, 22, 8:47 am
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Guess I'm spoiled in BOS... on a 'bad' day the Clear Precheck line is perhaps 5 min to get to the security agent. The wait for the metal detector is almost always longer than going through the Clear process.
Jun 7, 22, 10:11 am
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Originally Posted by rylan
Guess I'm spoiled in BOS... on a 'bad' day the Clear Precheck line is perhaps 5 min to get to the security agent. The wait for the metal detector is almost always longer than going through the Clear process.
That's in addition to Delta's stockpile of Diamond members that has been accrued over the past three years of status and MQM rollover. Which means the Delta hubs have a lot of Clear customers, particularly ATL.
David
Jun 7, 22, 10:20 am
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Originally Posted by ryandc99
Maybe its just the time/day I have been flying. I typically fly late afternoon, 3pm-5pm departures out of ATL. This is my first morning departure in quite some time? Probably a year.
Jun 7, 22, 11:04 am
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Morning peak period (early) can be painful. I went through at 9:45 AM this morning with no Clear line at all and what looked like 5-10 mins in the adjacent Precheck line. Everything past security was a screwup by Delta, but that's for another thread.
