using elite security whne on another airline
Jan 24, 2009, 9:29 am
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using elite security whne on another airline
Excuse the misspelling in my title didnt notice it until i posted.
I'm flying on AS out of BOS today. Can i use my US silver card to get through elite security even though i'm flying AS. Both airlines share gates. I'm flying First Class with AS.
Who would have thought my first round trip after switching to AS is first class both ways. Cant wait to drink out a glass.
I'm flying on AS out of BOS today. Can i use my US silver card to get through elite security even though i'm flying AS. Both airlines share gates. I'm flying First Class with AS.
Who would have thought my first round trip after switching to AS is first class both ways. Cant wait to drink out a glass.
Jan 24, 2009, 9:36 am
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Can't speak for BOS, but I've used F BP's and/or my DL Gold card to get through elite security at airports where DL was not the dominant carrier such as CLE. Don't know if alliance makes a difference, since CO (CLE big player) and DL are (still) both Skyteam. If the line is busy, I don't think they'll slow you down to hassle you.
Jan 24, 2009, 10:20 am
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On the unfortunate occassion that I have to suffer WN, the upshot is that they usually share the cheapest terminal in the airport with US, so I use my DM card to grease through security. Works most places.
Jan 24, 2009, 10:26 am
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I've seen US security turn away WN pax here in PHX, regardless of status. But I guess it depends on the day, the crowd, and of course the agent.
Jan 24, 2009, 12:16 pm
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I've seen US security turn away WN pax here in PHX, regardless of status
- flown before
- not flown before.
One can get an RR card to prove the former, but I don't see it
being much good anyplace, except that it at least recently
allowed one to use the MHT VIP lounge.
Jan 24, 2009, 12:25 pm
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Jan 24, 2009, 12:33 pm
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So can I squeak through the elite line at PHL by flashing my AS mvp gold card?
Jan 24, 2009, 12:37 pm
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This question is airport and terminal-specific, not airline-specific. The job of the ID checkers who direct you into a screening line is to match the name and the face on the ID with you and your boarding pass; for the most part they are not airline employees and not trained to distinguish one airline's FF program from another, much less their alliance or other partners. Thus, your elite card from any airline is usually sufficient to use an elite screening line domestically.
Jan 24, 2009, 3:48 pm
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At D & E the new combined security area has no elite lines at all and essentially no distinction for the new TSA casual, family, frequent traveler lines (not that that seems to matter in the slightest at any airport anyway...
).At B or C (the US terminals) there are elite lines and they seem to be fairly casual about who gets to use them, so I'd give it a try there.
Jan 24, 2009, 5:24 pm
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