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[QUOTE=NM]I had no problems with a QF107 F class BP using the Permium Security entry point (up the escalators from the premium checkin desks).

In F class at LAX off a connecting QF flight they meet you on board and take you right to the top of the security funnel through to the xray machines. I got off QF 149 and was in the QP in T4 within 10mins. Somebody carried my bags to recheck them for my connecting flight (I was present) and then somebody else took me up the short escalator to the front of the security line by passing the huge queue that went down the mezzanine hall, down the escalator and out the building front door. This is a fantastic service.

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Originally Posted by NM

QF Gold is OneWorld Sapphire, which is what would be printed on the BP. It is also the same level as AA Platinum, but you need to be an AA member for that to be printed on the BP.

Actually, on a trip to the US last month I had the Platinum in large bold letters printed based on the QF SG status. First time i'd seen that happen as like you mention it usually had the OW Sapphire info and the FF# printed

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Originally Posted by NM

My last trip through the USA is the first time I have not have the dreaded SSSSS on my AA domestic BP's since they started the process. So either I am no longer considered a threat, or my ticket was purchased in a different manner this time and the computer didn't flag me.

Believe me, at most USA airports you don't want to go through the secondary screening if you don't need to.

I had a brief discussion on this topic with someone in the know. Some of the criterias TSA gives the airline to pick out for the S' include:
- non US citizen
- non US citizen, Residing in a country that their passport is not from (unfortunately me and I get hassled in Australia as well)
- How close to the day of departure the ticket was bought and the type of ticket (e.g. One-way full fare) that was acquired.

Now they are not the only ones but they are a few of the ones used to bring you to the front of the queue to receive S' standards.

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Originally Posted by CO BNE

Could that be because of the new AA boarding group procedures? (FIRST boards first, then PLATINUM, then Group 1, etc.)

Just a guess, may be totally wrong.

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Originally Posted by CO BNE

I suspect my usual problem is the last one. Most of my tickets are issued only a day or si before I depart Australia direct to USA. However, this time I spent some time in KUL before heading to USA, meaning I arrived into LAX more than a week after the ticket was issued (ie purchased).

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Originally Posted by Alan in CBR

Could that be because of the new AA boarding group procedures? (FIRST boards first, then PLATINUM, then Group 1, etc.)

Just a guess, may be totally wrong.

Yes OW Sapphire recieve PLATINUM on their BPs and OW Emerald receive EXEC PLATINUM on their BPs for boarding purposes.

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Originally Posted by alect

Yes OW Sapphire recieve PLATINUM on their BPs and OW Emerald receive EXEC PLATINUM on their BPs for boarding purposes.

Mine (last month) said FIRST then EMERALD underneath.