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DATE: Monday, November 26 2001
FROM: ticketatl@travelskills.com
RE: Express Lanes Help Shorten Security Delays
Dear Readers:
Over Thanksgiving, Delta began quiet testing of new express lanes
at security checkpoints for gold and platinum medallion level members of
its SkyMiles frequent flyer program, as well as those traveling on first
class tickets.
At Hartsfield Atlanta Airport, look
for the exclusive entrance (a door with a small sign on a stand next
to it) in the South terminal corridor behind the Delta check in
counters, and to the right of (and around the corner from) the main
security area. There, a Delta employee will ask to see your Delta
SkyMiles card or boarding pass before allowing you to enter.
Delta’s express lanes are also being tested at security checkpoints at
airports in Boston, Cincinnati, Dallas (DFW), New York (Newark,
LaGuardia, and JFK), and Salt Lake City.
Note that express lane access is currently NOT available to silver
medallion members, nor million-milers, unless they have confirmed first
class reservations and are holding a boarding pass to prove it. After an
initial period of monitoring actual passenger numbers, Delta may allow
silver medallion member access to these lanes.
Delta stresses that these new lanes are currently in the testing phase
only, with a formal roll-out (and expansion to more airports) not
expected until early 2002. As a result, there are no signs directing
elite level members to these special lanes-- you must ask Delta
representatives where to find them.
Our take: This is the first step in a plan that will eventually lead to
the creation of a frequent traveler’s passport of sorts, allowing
airlines, working closely with the new federal airport security
apparatus, to pre-screen and better identify frequent travelers using
smart cards and bio-metric devices like iris or fingerprint readers.
Happy Flying!
Regards,
Chris McGinnis
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