Long queues entering security / immigration at SYD T1
Hi Guys,
Was anyone at SYD T1 today (23-06-2012) and seen the very long queue's heading into the the security / immigration area? It was around 8am (I was there saying good bye to the better half) when the queue's extended to Krisp Kreme (yum :rolleyes:). I said to the other half, this would have been the ideal situation that the express pathway would have been ideal for! the line was moving slowly. /AE |
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Originally Posted by angeloedades
(Post 18805873)
Hi Guys,
Was anyone at SYD T1 today (23-06-2012) and seen the very long queue's heading into the the security / immigration area? I've learned to avoid SYD during school holidays, it gets beastly. |
It's not school holidays in SYD for another week though.
Or did you mean US school holidays? |
Long queue's entering security / immigration at SYD T1
Some private schools in Sydney started their holidays last Saturday.
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Originally Posted by angeloedades
(Post 18805873)
Hi Guys,
Was anyone at SYD T1 today (23-06-2012) and seen the very long queue's heading into the the security / immigration area? /AE |
School Holidays wil always be a killer in Sydney. Busiest airport in the country.
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Originally Posted by AnnaBeth
(Post 18810501)
It's not school holidays in SYD for another week though.
Or did you mean US school holidays? Dave |
Another theory is that it could have to do with the amount of arriving flights.
There are multiple A380 (among other) flights due into SYD around the 7-9am mark, which may dictate where the processing staff are positioned. ie. extra staff required to handle arriving passengers taken away from the departures area leaving less staff available to process departing passengers. |
Queues for departing passengers are often lengthy at Sydney (though not, in my experience, as long or as slow as in Auckland). I suppose I've got used to it and factor it in when travelling from those airports.
Fast-track (or whatever it is called) is available for at least some business- and first-class passengers but it is not always much quicker - and on at least one occasion it was actually slower for me, which was irritating! |
Long queues entering security / immigration at SYD T1
Thanks guys for all the replies... Was just baffled that day :)
/AE |
How early should we arrive for a flight from Aukland to Sydnye out of Auckland? What about Sydney to Hong Kong out of Sydney, 5 days later? We have JetConnect/Qantas business class tickets for all flights and husband is OW Emerald.
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Originally Posted by VickiSoCal
(Post 18845364)
How early should we arrive for a flight from Aukland to Sydnye out of Auckland? What about Sydney to Hong Kong out of Sydney, 5 days later? We have JetConnect/Qantas business class tickets for all flights and husband is OW Emerald.
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QF OPERATED BY /JETCONNECT FOR QANTAS Flight 44
Depart: AKL - Auckland on Sat 14 Jul 2012 at 06:30PM Thanks! |
Originally Posted by VickiSoCal
(Post 18846167)
QF OPERATED BY /JETCONNECT FOR QANTAS Flight 44
Depart: AKL - Auckland on Sat 14 Jul 2012 at 06:30PM Thanks! While there is about 8 Flights going out to Aussie between 5-6.30pm shouldn't been to bad. |
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