[PHXFlyer]

Originally Posted by bah humbug

Sorry to tell you that the airport person told us that we could use the elevator for strollers.

I am sure anyone CAN use the elevator....it's up to YOU to get on it. Why would you need to be told to use it if you know you have a stroller?

Actually, the elevator the OP is referencing isn't open for the "general public." He is talking about an elevator in T6 which is located adjacent to where the line forms for TSA. The elevator lets you out on the upper level mezzanine which has it's own (much smaller) TSA checkpoint. The checkpoint is only for airline and airport employees, travelers in wheelchairs and their companion, members of Continental's Presidents Club and frequent fliers with elite status. There is someone stationed at the bottom level of the elevator to check credentials and restrict access to the elevator. Sometimes when the line gets seriously backed up an airport employee will take several people out of the line and send them up on the elevator. This happens very rarely, however.

I have heard that some people, when the T6 line is ridiculously long, go to either T5 or T7 to clear TSA. After clearing there are underground walkways (no people movers and no electric carts so anyone who is challenged by walking distances shouldn't try this) that connect the terminals so you don't have to re-clear security. If you try this just be prepared for some resistance by the person checking your boarding pass. If they point out you're in the "wrong terminal" simply remind them that the terminals are inter-connected behind security anyway so it shouldn't matter.

[bah humbug]

Originally Posted by PHXFlyer

The checkpoint is only for airline and airport employees, travelers in wheelchairs and their companion, members of Continental's Presidents Club and frequent fliers with elite status.

In that case, I really don't see why the OP was upset because the agent sent them to the line and the other agent sent their passenger to the elevator. Maybe that passenger was an Elite passenger. The OP doesn't know. Just a classic case of eavesdropping. Not knowing the whole story, but getting upset over it.

[PHXFlyer]

Originally Posted by bah humbug

In that case, I really don't see why the OP was upset because the agent sent them to the line and the other agent sent their passenger to the elevator. Maybe that passenger was an Elite passenger. The OP doesn't know. Just a classic case of eavesdropping. Not knowing the whole story, but getting upset over it.

Allegiant doesn't even have a frequent flier program so they don't have elite passengers. The passengers who were directed to the elevator either had a legitimate disability (traveling with children is not, in itself, a disability) or were from an adjacent counter of another airline and they did have elite status.