Breezed Thru EWR Security TODAY?
Nov 26, 2017, 3:18 pm
#1
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Breezed Thru EWR Security TODAY?
Not sure where to post this, and didn't see any related thread, but today... Sunday after big holiday... no lines in EWR terminal C!!! I have a flight to LIS at 8:20pm tonight. Checking TSA wait times websites 3:45pm I see anywhere from 45 min to 90 min in C. I decide to leave home early and am ready for long snaking lines. NJ transit and AirTran packed with travelers, but at TSA PreCheck... not a single person on line. There wer 4 desks open with just a couple of people at 2 of them. (This is the Security just past the AirTran). Now I'm not complaining, and maybe I hit it at just the right time, but I was more than a little surprised at the lack of crowds. That's not to say the UA club near 75 wasn't packed to the gills, and the rest of C was similarly filled with home bound travelers, but just odd getting thru Security so fast.
Nov 26, 2017, 3:52 pm
#2
Join Date: Apr 2016
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I've been through C Pre security twice in the last fortnight and had zero wait. Some combination of higher staffing levels and the automated bag bins has significantly sped it up. Can't believe I'm saying this but EWR precheck is now quicker than SFO...
Nov 26, 2017, 4:43 pm
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Well that’s good. Unfortunately can’t say the same about LGA today. Was flying out at 8am this morning and they decided the best thing to do was to have no priority or pre check line, all 3 security lines in terminal B were normal screening. Took 30 minutes to get through when it normally takes less then 5 minutes.
In theory their logic makes sense, there probably were more non status once a year flyers traveling today then a normal Sunday, but makes all 3 lines general screening was just dumb.
In theory their logic makes sense, there probably were more non status once a year flyers traveling today then a normal Sunday, but makes all 3 lines general screening was just dumb.
Nov 26, 2017, 6:29 pm
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1-2 hours before early morning and evening banks are usually the worst.
May have ran into to the worst times, but I have been using Premier Access lines a lot recently.
May have ran into to the worst times, but I have been using Premier Access lines a lot recently.
Nov 26, 2017, 6:34 pm
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