Flying with just hand luggage from TLV
Nov 2, 2016, 3:53 pm
#46
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Just to let everyone know that the "carry-on" only security check point on the right side behind the checkin counters had a 50-60 person queue today and took 25 minutes, with 4 people working the queue!! It is no longer fast.
Nov 2, 2016, 5:20 pm
#47
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But you can still use the normal pre-checkin security queue if you think it is faster.
Nov 3, 2016, 5:48 am
#48
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Unfortunately that is not unusual; also encountered long queues there in recent months.
Nov 5, 2016, 6:36 am
#50
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Btw, T1 already has a domestic side and an int'l side.
Nov 5, 2016, 10:55 am
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Nov 5, 2016, 11:18 am
#52
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Nov 5, 2016, 4:07 pm
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Dec 11, 2016, 7:59 am
#54
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Today leaving for LTN the fast track HBO line was 20 deep while there was no line at the monarch checkin 90 minutes before departure - three people working there and only two at fast track. Not the most efficient allocation of resources.
Jul 1, 2017, 8:32 pm
#55
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Today noticed that there is a new arrangement of the HBO / Fast Track Security areas. On the right hand side of the hall (the "original" one) there is now only Fast Track security. The HBO screening has moved to a new location on the left hand side, where they conduct the screening. On that side there are some x-ray machines but they were not in operation. So you would have to go to the right hand side for the screening and then walk to the other area to go airside.
The original right-hand area:
The new left-hand area:
The original right-hand area:
The new left-hand area:
Jul 2, 2017, 12:24 am
#56
Join Date: Mar 2016
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Today noticed that there is a new arrangement of the HBO / Fast Track Security areas. On the right hand side of the hall (the "original" one) there is now only Fast Track security. The HBO screening has moved to a new location on the left hand side, where they conduct the screening. On that side there are some x-ray machines but they were not in operation. So you would have to go to the right hand side for the screening and then walk to the other area to go airside.
I recall seeing it empty (I think there was one working x-ray machine) and so I asked the agent if we could use it instead of going to the normal x-ray machines (we had the questioning before check-in as we had luggage to check-in) and he said yes.
Needless to say most people that came through from that side just kept on walking
Jul 2, 2017, 1:53 am
#57
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That new left-hand side was there in April already, though questioning still took place on the right hand side.
I recall seeing it empty (I think there was one working x-ray machine) and so I asked the agent if we could use it instead of going to the normal x-ray machines (we had the questioning before check-in as we had luggage to check-in) and he said yes.
Needless to say most people that came through from that side just kept on walking
I recall seeing it empty (I think there was one working x-ray machine) and so I asked the agent if we could use it instead of going to the normal x-ray machines (we had the questioning before check-in as we had luggage to check-in) and he said yes.
Needless to say most people that came through from that side just kept on walking
Needless to say that there are almost no sign showing which is which...
Jul 2, 2017, 2:22 am
#58
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I think I saw the set-up in May but never seen it operating. I noticed today someone who came to the right-hand facility and stood in line for the x-ray but once they realized he did not go over the first screening they sent him all the way to the left-hand area Needless to say that there are almost no sign showing which is which...
Needless to say that there are almost no sign showing which is which...The crowd on the "right hand side" picture doesn't look like your typical fast-track passengers, is it now being used also for HBO passengers?
Jul 2, 2017, 3:14 am
#59
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That's exactly what I thought; I have no idea what is going on. One thing I did notice that this is also the lane for people with disabilities and there is a big sign saying that only one person can accompany him/her.
Jul 4, 2017, 6:45 pm
#60
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The left-hand area has been occasionally used in previous months. I got used first to check whether there is anything going on "left hand" side before proceeding to "right hand".
I do not see anything atypical about the above fast-track passengers.
I do not see anything atypical about the above fast-track passengers.