Airports with Premier Access security lanes
Mar 13, 2022, 5:41 am
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Airports with Premier Access security lanes
Having seen recent comments in the UA forum that there are no longer priority security lanes at major UA airports (including SFO and EWR), I did some online research. According to the UA website at https://www.united.com/ual/en/us/fly/products/travel-options/premier-access.html, the airports listed below offer Premier Access security lanes. Is this still true, or can anyone confirm that some of these airports no longer offer Premier Access security lanes? The background behind my question is that my family will be flying from Japan to the US in August in paid J, with *Gold status, and I will be seriously peeved if we do not get priority security at ORD during our transfer.
- Albuquerque (ABQ)
- Amsterdam, Netherlands (AMS)
- Anchorage (ANC)
- Austin (AUS)
- Baltimore-Washington International (BWI)
- Boston Logan (BOS)
- Brussels, Belgium (BRU)
- Chicago O'Hare (ORD)
- Cleveland (CLE)
- Columbus (CMH)
- Dallas Fort Worth (DFW)
- Denver (DEN)
- Detroit (DTW)
- Fort Lauderdale (FLL)
- Fort Myers (RSW)
- Guam (GUM)
- Harlingen (HRL)
- Hartford (BDL)
- Honolulu (HNL)
- Houston Intercontinental (IAH)
- Jacksonville (JAX)
- Kansas City (MCI)
- Las Vegas (LAS)
- Los Angeles (LAX)
- Melbourne, Australia (MEL)
- Miami (MIA)
- Milan, Italy (MXP)
- Minneapolis-St. Paul (MSP)
- Nashville (BNA)
- New York LaGuardia (LGA)
- New York/Newark (EWR)
- Oklahoma City (OKC)
- Orange County (SNA)
- Orlando (MCO)
- Panama City, Panama (PTY)
- Paris, France (CDG)
- Pensacola (PNS)
- Philadelphia (PHL)
- Phoenix (PHX)
- Pittsburgh (PIT)
- Portland, Oregon (PDX)
- Providence (PVD)
- Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (PUJ)
- Quebec City, QC Canada (YQB)
- Raleigh-Durham (RDU)
- Reno (RNO)
- Richmond (RIC)
- Rochester, NY (ROC)
- Sacramento (SMF)
- Salt Lake City (SLC)
- San Antonio (SAT)
- San Francisco (SFO)
- Savannah (SAV)
- Seattle (SEA)
- Singapore, Singapore (SIN)
- St. Louis (STL)
- Sydney, Australia (SYD)
- Tampa (TPA)
- Tulsa (TUL)
- Washington Dulles (IAD)
- Washington National (DCA)
- West Palm Beach (PBI)
Mar 13, 2022, 7:29 am
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There are many countries that not give priority to J passengers for security screening - not sure that is worth being a serious source of angst. The Premier priority security lines were somewhat superseded by TSA Precheck (and later also CLEAR) and the US airlines seem to have invested in partnerships that give their elites (discounted or complimentary) access to those programs. Of course that disadvantages the non-US resident, but in the bigger scheme I suspect many of those premier lines became redundant and impractical - its a while since i have noticed an operational one but maybe I just have not been observant.
Mar 13, 2022, 9:39 am
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I suspect most people that would qualify for a premier access security lane also have PreCheck and/or Clear and will use those lanes. I certainly haven't used a premier access security lane in years as the PreCheck is almost always quicker and of course easier since you can keep everything in your bag.
Mar 13, 2022, 9:51 am
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Mar 13, 2022, 12:51 pm
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I can't remember when I last saw one at SFO, certainly not in the last few years and most certainly not this year. Likewise there wasn't one at EWR earlier this month.
CLEAR is only available to US residents so is absolutely not a replacement for Premier Access. Of course, I don't know if you could just pretend to be a US resident, but that's generally unwise when dealing with officialdom or its peripherary.
CLEAR is only available to US residents so is absolutely not a replacement for Premier Access. Of course, I don't know if you could just pretend to be a US resident, but that's generally unwise when dealing with officialdom or its peripherary.
Mar 13, 2022, 2:24 pm
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I can't remember when I last saw one at SFO, certainly not in the last few years and most certainly not this year. Likewise there wasn't one at EWR earlier this month.
CLEAR is only available to US residents so is absolutely not a replacement for Premier Access. Of course, I don't know if you could just pretend to be a US resident, but that's generally unwise when dealing with officialdom or its peripherary.
CLEAR is only available to US residents so is absolutely not a replacement for Premier Access. Of course, I don't know if you could just pretend to be a US resident, but that's generally unwise when dealing with officialdom or its peripherary.
Mar 13, 2022, 2:29 pm
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Mar 13, 2022, 2:32 pm
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MSP T1 North (close to the C/D/E concourses) has an all airline elite and premium cabin security line. The South one is only for DL/SkyTeam SkyPriority.
Mar 14, 2022, 7:24 pm
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SAT - nyet
At SAT there are lanes for TSA regular, TSA Pre and Clear, but no Premier Access lane at security for UA.
Mar 14, 2022, 9:25 pm
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EWR in theory has this -- in reality there is no such thing..... My wife and I are GS -- I have TSA Pre, she does not, she gets zero preference at EWR in spite of always flying in premium cabin -- don't trust what they publish -- we live here and travel every week -- there is no premier access at EWR lol -- there may be signs lol -- but just try and find someone to escort you as published as a benefit -- its a joke.... And this is supposedly a UA hub....