meFIRST

Its a confusing line. The feeder line is Silver + Gold + Platinum +1K + credit cards. I usually go the front of the line and ask if anyone is 1K, and if not I CUT TO THE FRONT OF THE LINE .

I take it this is because of the renovation going on?

And a DEDICATED BUSINESS FIRST LINE?

mgcsinc

The Explorer Card is not included. And there are supposed to be two separate feeder lines - they just happen to often combine them. No idea what the new setup will look like.

sh76us

Yesterday it was apparently already in effect. I couldn't find the premier access lines on fl 2 where they normally are and the maroon coat just shrugged. There was also a long line on one side and no line on the other side with no logical reason for the distinction. The maroon coats just looked on, bored and apathetic. Thankfully, the airport wasn't too crowded or there would have been trouble.

Chaos as usual at EWR.

Cbmaz

Was up there today, Not confusing at all. If you are an Elite, First Class, Business First, customer, head to the upper floor. If you think you might be Elite, or not an elite customer, head to the mid level. looks like they are installing large banners "ECONOMY", "GROUP CHECK IN", "BAG DROP", "SELF CHECK IN" etc.... Was quite busy and not chaotic at all.

sabbasolo

Which door on the upper level should I use for 1K check-in on the upper level please?

I often travel heavy with 2 or 3 suitcases - not much fun traversing the whole terminal.

hughw

And I'll tag on. What door for a mere gold on a TATL flight?

aacharya

The doors closest to the C-3 check-in - so almost directly above the "old' Premier Check-in.

There are two separate lines for 1K/PP and Gold/*Gold. Enforcement, as always, is an issue.

It should also be noted as of a few days ago at least that both C-1 and C-3 have TSA Pre-check.

Xyzzy

I've lost count of the number of times the checkin areas have been moved around at EWR-C. None of the moves have seemed to offer anything new or imprved. The last one offered a special 1K line that (as noted above) was often not used. I'm not expecting much out of this.

Weez_1000

Agree with this however once people are used to it I think it will be a nice change. I usually get dropped at level 3 now cause its so much easier (much less traffic.) Not sure it will stay that way with this change but I think from a convenience standpoint it makes a lot of sense.

fdflys

Where is the TSA pre-check line. Last month it was on the second floor?

aacharya

Umm, security hasn't changed - and won't/can't - absent an entire reconfiguration of the airport.

dmurphynj

C-1 has Precheck now??

Hallelujah!! About frackin' time!

I usually park in the garage and, depending on where I get a spot, it's a pain in the neck humping from the C1 area over to C3 to use precheck, then back to C1 post-security if my gate is over there... which it usually is.

Great update! Thanks!

Weez_1000

Yea looking forward to this, Not sure when you last flew but i was on a 7am EWR-IAH last monday and there were about 100 people in the C3 pre-check line. it was by far the longest line at C3.probably double the GM line.

dmurphynj

I did the 6:30a EWR-ATL last week from C-95 and breezed through precheck. I do my best not to fly on Monday if I can help it.

Critic

Confirmed - the C1 checkpoint does have a PreCheck lane (at the far right-hand side); looked to be rather new, since not all of the terminal signage had been updated to reflect the change. It's also worth noting that there's still at least one lane at C2 where there's no scanner installed, so it's an easy SDOO.

Getting back on topic - flying in from PDX on the redeye this morning, I noticed that there are new freestanding signs at both the foot of the AirTrain escalator and at the escalators that lead to the checkin levels reflecting the changes described upthread. Presumably more permanent signage will follow. The one thing I didn't see was if the electronic signage on the roadway leading to C departures was also updated.