If you use The Club at MCO and arent careful, you have to go thru security twice
#46
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: District of Columbia
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I've got PreCheck and CLEAR- can I assume that combination means even if I have to go thru security twice I shouldn't have to spend much time doing so?
FWIW, I'll be arriving on WN around 8:15P Thursday and have a 3hr layover and wanted to use the PP "Club @MCO" in Airside 1.
FWIW, I'll be arriving on WN around 8:15P Thursday and have a 3hr layover and wanted to use the PP "Club @MCO" in Airside 1.
#47
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: SNA
Programs: Bonvoy LTTE/AMB, AmEx Plat, National EE, WN A-List, CLEAR+, Covid-19
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Thanks for the reply- of course there's always a catch (but "fake PreCheck" is better than nothing I guess )
But upon reading the other thread, it looks like with the "new" ("Airside 1") Club @MCO I may not need to transit security at all, since I'll be arriving from "Airside 2"- or is that not correct?
But upon reading the other thread, it looks like with the "new" ("Airside 1") Club @MCO I may not need to transit security at all, since I'll be arriving from "Airside 2"- or is that not correct?
#48
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: District of Columbia
Programs: AA ExecPl, AT Gold, Hyatt Globalist, IHG Diamond, Hilton Diamond, National
Posts: 2,433
Thanks for the reply- of course there's always a catch (but "fake PreCheck" is better than nothing I guess )
But upon reading the other thread, it looks like with the "new" ("Airside 1") Club @MCO I may not need to transit security at all, since I'll be arriving from "Airside 2"- or is that not correct?
But upon reading the other thread, it looks like with the "new" ("Airside 1") Club @MCO I may not need to transit security at all, since I'll be arriving from "Airside 2"- or is that not correct?
#49
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: SNA
Programs: Bonvoy LTTE/AMB, AmEx Plat, National EE, WN A-List, CLEAR+, Covid-19
Posts: 4,956
Checking the WN site for yesterday's flights the flight I'll be on arrived into gate 121 and the flight out from 103; according to a terminal map I found online that's "Terminal A, Airside 2" and according to the PP site the Club I'd want is in "Terminal A, Airside 1, near gates 1-29"
#50
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: District of Columbia
Programs: AA ExecPl, AT Gold, Hyatt Globalist, IHG Diamond, Hilton Diamond, National
Posts: 2,433
Checking the WN site for yesterday's flights the flight I'll be on arrived into gate 121 and the flight out from 103; according to a terminal map I found online that's "Terminal A, Airside 2" and according to the PP site the Club I'd want is in "Terminal A, Airside 1, near gates 1-29"
#51
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: SNA
Programs: Bonvoy LTTE/AMB, AmEx Plat, National EE, WN A-List, CLEAR+, Covid-19
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Thanks to all who'd responded. As was warned (here) when I left A-2 @ ~9:15P, A-1 security had neither Pre nor CLEAR open, and I was in that line for 20 mins (the longest I've waited in years but at least I was able to keep shoes/belt on). Having used the The Club @SJC quite a few times, I knew what to expect. Coming back to A-2 Pre and CLEAR were of course closed but I was the only person in security, so easy enough.
Got a chance to charge things, grab a drink and some fingerfood; good enough for me- but yeah, you'd need a long layover most times I'm sure.
Got a chance to charge things, grab a drink and some fingerfood; good enough for me- but yeah, you'd need a long layover most times I'm sure.
Last edited by kennycrudup; Jul 18, 2018 at 4:59 pm
#52
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Orlando, FL
Posts: 49
Good news! This changed recently now that a new construction project was completed that prevents international arrivals from mixing with domestic folks. There's dedicated trains now so this is no longer a problem. However now that there is a dedicated train, you have to wait for the single train to return however there's not the extended dwell time in the terminals while security checks each car. Overall a great improvement to move folks faster.
#53
Join Date: Feb 2013
Programs: Hyatt Globalist, MLife Gold, Marriott Gold, HHonors Gold, Caesars Diamond, Amex Plat
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Good news! This changed recently now that a new construction project was completed that prevents international arrivals from mixing with domestic folks. There's dedicated trains now so this is no longer a problem. However now that there is a dedicated train, you have to wait for the single train to return however there's not the extended dwell time in the terminals while security checks each car. Overall a great improvement to move folks faster.
#54
Join Date: Jun 2013
Posts: 331
Good news! This changed recently now that a new construction project was completed that prevents international arrivals from mixing with domestic folks. There's dedicated trains now so this is no longer a problem. However now that there is a dedicated train, you have to wait for the single train to return however there's not the extended dwell time in the terminals while security checks each car. Overall a great improvement to move folks faster.
Do you know any more about how the international arrivals process works with the new scheme? I noted that the TSA screening checkpoint has been moved from the space within the terminal (next to Outback), to a space in the new area, unused.
Is it still possible to do an international-to-domestic connection within Airside 4 as before, or has this now ended - and if the latter, what is the TSA screening checkpoint used for?
#55
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: PSC
Programs: Hilton Diamond/IHG Platinum/DL Plutononium
Posts: 1,728
Good news! This changed recently now that a new construction project was completed that prevents international arrivals from mixing with domestic folks. There's dedicated trains now so this is no longer a problem. However now that there is a dedicated train, you have to wait for the single train to return however there's not the extended dwell time in the terminals while security checks each car. Overall a great improvement to move folks faster.
#56
Join Date: Aug 2007
Programs: Delta PM, SPG, Hertz Presidents Circle, IHG Ambassador, CLEAR/Global Entry
Posts: 238
Good news! This changed recently now that a new construction project was completed that prevents international arrivals from mixing with domestic folks. There's dedicated trains now so this is no longer a problem. However now that there is a dedicated train, you have to wait for the single train to return however there's not the extended dwell time in the terminals while security checks each car. Overall a great improvement to move folks faster.
Appreciate the info!
#57
Join Date: May 2009
Location: South Park, CO
Programs: Tegridy Elite
Posts: 5,678
Good news! This changed recently now that a new construction project was completed that prevents international arrivals from mixing with domestic folks. There's dedicated trains now so this is no longer a problem. However now that there is a dedicated train, you have to wait for the single train to return however there's not the extended dwell time in the terminals while security checks each car. Overall a great improvement to move folks faster.
#58
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: CAK/CLE
Programs: UA Plat/AA,DL Dirt/HH Diamond,Hyatt Something-ist/Hz Prez,Avis Pres Club
Posts: 674
I may be misunderstanding this post or there was a temporary issue today, but after visiting the Airside 1 Club, upon taking the tram back we were forced landside. I asked twice to be sure I hadn't missed something but indeed, couldn't access the tram to Airside 3 gates without continuing landside and re-clearing security.
I seem to recall that the other train did not have the tensabarriers blocking some entrances and stuff, but that would make no sense. The same people could access either train from the airside end. Could it be as simple right now as noticing to take the train that is not being half-used with doors blocked by velvet ropes and tensabarriers? That would be stupid but not unexpected.
#60
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Melbourne, Florida, USA
Posts: 2,978
My experience is just for gates 1 - 29 The Club. I am not sure about the other one.