Is the T3 "first class" lane available to elites?
 

...or is Las Vegas still playing the game that ONLY first class tickets can use any kind of priority lane?

I've never been in T3 so don't have any experience there, but 1Ks have always been allowed into the F priority line in T1 - even back in the TED days. You should be going through T1 anyway for PreCheck.

The ironic part that GS' were not included in the F priority lane when Ted existed. Talk about ticking some elites off...

And you should be using Precheck in T1. You can print a BP if needed at the generic kiosks on the upper level near security.

Why would I go to T1 when my flight is in T3?

I'm flying out of LAS tomorrow. I have to check a bag. So, I have to go to T3 to the ticket counter. I have the magic "3" for Pre-Check, but I gather the only PreCheck for United is in T1? Flight is at 6am.

So, is there a bus or something to get from T3 ticket counter to the PreCheck lane in T1? Is it worth? Or just suck it up and go thru security at T3 and tram over to D gates? I am holding F boarding pass.

Thanks,
Doris

PreCheck is the reason. And although you check in at T3, the flights still arrive and depart in T1 where they have always been.

I have a headache now
 

UA says checkin at T3 but leave from D gates. I signed up for precheck but haven't yet flown since I applied. So when I leave LAS and have a bag to check, what terminal should I go to?

I just did this this morning. I checked my bag at the UA ticket counter in T3, and ended up going through security there. To use PreCheck in T1 would required shuttle bus ride to T1.

Granted it was 4:15am and I was the first premier to use the kiosk to print my bag tag, it only took about 20 minutes from standing in line/waiting for agent to call my name to tag my bag, to be thru security.

Then was walk to tram and quick tram ride to D gates - went quick.

UA only has check-in counters at T3, so if you have a bag to check you need to go to T3 at some point.

There is a free inter-terminal shuttle ( https://www.mccarran.com/Go/Inter-TerminalShuttle.aspx ) should you choose to check your bags at the UA counters in T3 and then go to T1 to use the PreCheck lane, but only you can decide if that is worth your time. Certainly, you should ensure you have the "3" on your boarding pass before committing to making the extra trip to T1.

thanks for the deets folks - one more q.
 

I think I'll just go to T3 and shuttle to D from there. Unless it's crazy. How are Saturday late afternoons?

I guess that might be true...if I were flying United. :D :D :D

I have used the first class lanes as an AS 75k a bunch of times with no issue. However depending on the day/time it isn't really saving you much time as there are times when only 1-2 flights are leaving from T3.

Smooth and uncrowded, in my experience. One of the best days/times to fly out of LAS.

As of my experience from my last two Vegas visits (within the last two months), it is open to just about everyone... They actively use the 'first class' lane to balance lines so effectively, there are two lines which are both the same...

I've never seen any noticeable lines at T3 so all is relative - but then, so is the need to clog up the 'first class' lane with non-elite passengers...

Just an irritating way of managing it - basically making the 'first class' lane obsolete.