Originally Posted by
Blumie
You bet I have! By the customs inspection line, I mean the line where those with nothing to declare hand in their completed customs form. The line typically is three seconds long, but sometimes can extend to 20 seconds.
Then you've been lucky. The line for "Nothing to Declare" on my last couple trips was 10 minutes once and close to 30 minutes the other time. There is was a long line leading up to where you turn your customs form in, starting from the center of the hall where the agents take your form, going all the way to the right wall and snaking back and forth at least two full turns the half width of the hall. During the Asia rush when there are about four or five 744s from Asia and a couple European flights, the back up is substanial and the customs agents often stop the line as they question folks. In my conversations with CX and SQ reps this seems to be close to the norm.