First-class fliers go to head of line.

Publication: The Miami Herald (Miami, Florida) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)

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Byline: Ina Paiva Cordle

Feb. 28--First-class passengers get mimosas, cookies and fluffy pillows, and high-level frequent fliers get upgrades and free flights.

They also get an express lane or a pass to go to the front of the line at airport security checkpoints nationwide, including Miami and Fort Lauderdale.

Status has its perks.

"When you put in more than 100,000 miles [a year] like I do, you end up spending more of your life at the airport," said Pinecrest resident Ken Thomas, who flies US Airways each week to Philadelphia to teach finance at The Wharton School. "So you want to spend what time you have at the airport efficiently,...

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