HKIA Frequent Visitor Card
Apr 24, 2015, 6:51 am
#62
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Apr 24, 2015, 7:11 am
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Once processed, you can make you way to the e-channel enrollment station and request a new barcode.
The new barcode will will be valid for the life of your new passport. If it's 10 years, you get 10 years*.
Note! If you arrive 'manually' and get a new barcode, you can leave via the e-channel booth on your exit from HK (ie, just because you were processed manually on entry doesn't mean you need to be processed manually on departure).
*'life of passport' I think means the life of the passport as accepted by HK for immigration purposes. I attempted to enter HK on a passport with just under 6 months left on it... the e-channel didn't like that and and officer had to come let me out and send me to an immigration booth.
Apr 24, 2015, 9:03 am
#64
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If you replaced your old passport, I think you need to enter hong kong manually - ie fill out the paper work and see an immigration officer.
Once processed, you can make you way to the e-channel enrollment station and request a new barcode.
The new barcode will will be valid for the life of your new passport. If it's 10 years, you get 10 years*.
Note! If you arrive 'manually' and get a new barcode, you can leave via the e-channel booth on your exit from HK (ie, just because you were processed manually on entry doesn't mean you need to be processed manually on departure).
*'life of passport' I think means the life of the passport as accepted by HK for immigration purposes. I attempted to enter HK on a passport with just under 6 months left on it... the e-channel didn't like that and and officer had to come let me out and send me to an immigration booth.
Once processed, you can make you way to the e-channel enrollment station and request a new barcode.
The new barcode will will be valid for the life of your new passport. If it's 10 years, you get 10 years*.
Note! If you arrive 'manually' and get a new barcode, you can leave via the e-channel booth on your exit from HK (ie, just because you were processed manually on entry doesn't mean you need to be processed manually on departure).
*'life of passport' I think means the life of the passport as accepted by HK for immigration purposes. I attempted to enter HK on a passport with just under 6 months left on it... the e-channel didn't like that and and officer had to come let me out and send me to an immigration booth.
Apr 27, 2015, 11:28 am
#65
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Qualified FFP are from following carriers:
Air Canada, Air China, Air France, Air New Zealand, ANA, Asiana Airlines, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Dragonair, China Airlines, China Southern, Delta, Ethiopian, Eva Airways, Finnair, Hainan Airlines, Hong Kong Airlines, Hong Kong Express, Japan Airlines, Jet Airways, Kingfisher, KLM, Korean Air, Lufthansa, Malaysia Airlines, Philippine Airlines, Qantas, Qatar Airways, Royal Brunei, Singapore Airlines, Swiss, Thai Airways, United, and Virgin Atlantic.
Bear in mind, as 889 mentioned, it also depends upon your passport if no visa required to visit HK.
Air Canada, Air China, Air France, Air New Zealand, ANA, Asiana Airlines, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Dragonair, China Airlines, China Southern, Delta, Ethiopian, Eva Airways, Finnair, Hainan Airlines, Hong Kong Airlines, Hong Kong Express, Japan Airlines, Jet Airways, Kingfisher, KLM, Korean Air, Lufthansa, Malaysia Airlines, Philippine Airlines, Qantas, Qatar Airways, Royal Brunei, Singapore Airlines, Swiss, Thai Airways, United, and Virgin Atlantic.
Bear in mind, as 889 mentioned, it also depends upon your passport if no visa required to visit HK.
Apr 27, 2015, 4:44 pm
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Qualified FFP are from following carriers:
Air Canada, Air China, Air France, Air New Zealand, ANA, Asiana Airlines, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Dragonair, China Airlines, China Southern, Delta, Ethiopian, Eva Airways, Finnair, Hainan Airlines, Hong Kong Airlines, Hong Kong Express, Japan Airlines, Jet Airways, Kingfisher, KLM, Korean Air, Lufthansa, Malaysia Airlines, Philippine Airlines, Qantas, Qatar Airways, Royal Brunei, Singapore Airlines, Swiss, Thai Airways, United, and Virgin Atlantic.
Bear in mind, as 889 mentioned, it also depends upon your passport if no visa required to visit HK.
Air Canada, Air China, Air France, Air New Zealand, ANA, Asiana Airlines, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Dragonair, China Airlines, China Southern, Delta, Ethiopian, Eva Airways, Finnair, Hainan Airlines, Hong Kong Airlines, Hong Kong Express, Japan Airlines, Jet Airways, Kingfisher, KLM, Korean Air, Lufthansa, Malaysia Airlines, Philippine Airlines, Qantas, Qatar Airways, Royal Brunei, Singapore Airlines, Swiss, Thai Airways, United, and Virgin Atlantic.
Bear in mind, as 889 mentioned, it also depends upon your passport if no visa required to visit HK.
If you are referring to AA they only started flying to HK last year.
Oct 6, 2015, 8:46 pm
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So I should wait until I renew my passport to apply for e-channel? Hopefully ill still have elite status with TK when that happens. I meant to renew it before this trip but ran out of time
Oct 6, 2015, 8:50 pm
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If your current passport has sufficient validity, and you'll be using it a couple of times before you get a new one, might as well apply.
If you apply under the old passport and get a new one, the e-channel on the old one expires anyway and you need to re-apply.
Oct 7, 2015, 1:42 am
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I might as well say what I deleted. I somehow had it in my head that this thread was about the UK Border Control Frequent Traveler Program. I have that card too, but unlike Hong Kong it costs £50. So I wouldn't want to sign up if my passport had less than a year to go.
Thank you Hong Kong for keeping this a free service. Business friendly!
Thank you Hong Kong for keeping this a free service. Business friendly!
Oct 8, 2015, 9:56 pm
#73
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I might as well say what I deleted. I somehow had it in my head that this thread was about the UK Border Control Frequent Traveler Program. I have that card too, but unlike Hong Kong it costs £50. So I wouldn't want to sign up if my passport had less than a year to go.
Thank you Hong Kong for keeping this a free service. Business friendly!
Thank you Hong Kong for keeping this a free service. Business friendly!
(then again, it's not that either category necessarily signifies that one is traveling for business.)
Oct 9, 2015, 4:44 pm
#74
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One thing I discovered, though:
When I enter/exit HK by air, I can scan the barcode or the identity page on my passport. The one time I crossed at Lo Wu it only let me through when I scanned the barcode. Is this always the case or did I bump into a picky machine last year?
Oct 9, 2015, 6:25 pm
#75
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I encountered picky machines at the ferry terminal inbound last week (machines that had not been picky in the past), but I got one to work in the end.
I left via Sz bay, and the machine there worked fine.
I left via Sz bay, and the machine there worked fine.
