Critic

IST - I’m not entirely sure what you’re on about...UA does have Premier Access screening queues, however those are only designed to get you to the document check slightly faster. (And sometimes not even then, especially at hubs.) Premier Access doesn’t get you any special treatment in the screening process itself - for that, you’d need PreCheck, which isn’t UA’s to sell.

ISTFlyer

During my last two visits, Premier Access and UnitedEconomy lanes were consolidated at the beginning, just after going down from the escalators at Level 3. Only Non-Pre-Check Global Services passengers had a dedicated lane but no separate lane for PremierAccess nor for Polaris Business. By the way, I'm not complaining that I'm not getting special treatment. I am complaining that with frequent flyer status and with a Business Class ticket, I am waiting 25-30 minutes for the document check and with the time that I've spent waiting to place my items to the trays and waiting for my bag to be searched, the whole process took 50 minutes.

As in the image below, the signs clearly indicate that Economy and Premier Access passengers use the same line for document check at EWR Terminal C. Sorry for the quality of the image. But over the white section that indicates TSAPre passengers to head left, it clearly writes that "Premier Access and Economy enter here". The Premier Access sign which the LCD's were posting was leading passengers to the Non-Pre-Check Global Services lane.

By the way, there were no K9 dogs inspecting passengers and baggage at that time which would require the consolidation of both lanes.

aacharya

No there are separate lines for Economy and Premier Access - this is just highlighting that neither are at the pre-check or GS pre-check (or even the lonely GS non pre-check) checkpoints, and are further down.

Then again, if you flew July 3-5, EWR was a cluster then. The pre-check lane was moved to a totally different spot, and the line was the longest i've ever seen it.

yrp

I'm connecting in EWR for the first time on Saturday, arrive in A connect to C.

When clearing security in C, is there a priority line for Polaris? Is this the Premier Access line or is it something else?

Edit: n/m I guess it is Premier Access. ISTFlyer's post above made it sound like Polaris was a separate line from Premier.

dmurphynj

If you're connecting from United Express in terminal A to terminal C there's a bus that will take you between the two terminals, airside. No need to go through security again. Land at A, get on the bus at gate A28, and it'll drop you off at gate C70. Very easy to do.

yrp

I'm arriving on Air Canada / SkyService so at the A1 gates. I gather there is no airside connection to the A2 section where the bus goes so I have to exit & reclear again somewhere. From this thread, sounds like the fastest is to take the Amtrain to C and clear there, vs reclearing security at A2 and taking the bus?

SteveHK

Definitely - take AirTrain to C and deal with it there. C is no prize, but I've generally not had to wait too long. A is a disaster regardless of privilege (Premier, PreCheck, etc).

yrp

ynwa28

Does anyone have a recent update on the Premier Access Security line at Terminal C? Is it much faster than the general line? And how do the security staff verify status for Premier Access? Would showing my KrisFlyer Gold status (equivalent to Star Alliance Gold) suffice? My boarding pass may not reflect status as I only entered my United MileagePlus number which has no status.

ContinentalFan

Which terminal C?

ynwa28

At EWR