BKK Late Night Arrival
Apr 22, 2016, 8:14 pm
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BKK Late Night Arrival
Arrive BKK at 11:15 p.m. (2315 Hrs) on a Monday night. Flying in on CX J, what can I expect as far as immigration/customs wait times at that hour? Thank you.
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Apr 22, 2016, 8:17 pm
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Apr 22, 2016, 11:52 pm
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Yes, well, I'll take the 10 minutes, even 15, but am worried (I've been thru BKK a few times, but in the daytime) to face an hour to get through immigration. I'll be arriving after a very long journey from the U.S. and want to simply get the heck out of the terminal into a taxi and to my hotel. I'll be exhausted from 20 hours in the air with 5 hours of layover at two airports. I might just have the pilot put in a call to have an ambulance waiting on the tarmac, talk about quick evacuation - plus the bed on wheels is waiting. Ain't travel won'erful. Not.
Apr 23, 2016, 10:35 am
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Apr 23, 2016, 4:20 pm
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Yes, well, I'll take the 10 minutes, even 15, but am worried (I've been thru BKK a few times, but in the daytime) to face an hour to get through immigration. I'll be arriving after a very long journey from the U.S. and want to simply get the heck out of the terminal into a taxi and to my hotel. I'll be exhausted from 20 hours in the air with 5 hours of layover at two airports. I might just have the pilot put in a call to have an ambulance waiting on the tarmac, talk about quick evacuation - plus the bed on wheels is waiting. Ain't travel won'erful. Not.
You may wish to consider one of the 'meet and greet' services. They will pick you up at the gate with an electric buggy, process you through immigration, take your bags off the luggage belt, and take you out to a waiting car. It's fairly reasonably priced.
Apr 23, 2016, 11:52 pm
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BKK is not too bad after all; many airlines have fast track services for premium passengers and you can even pay for fast track services. For normal lines it can be anything from pretty short queues to very long queues into D terminal. Evening between 2130-2300 is one of the worst peak time but after that queues start to get a bit shorter
Apr 24, 2016, 6:02 pm
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The walk from the gate to passport control will probably take longer than the amount of time you are waiting in line w/ the fast track card.
Also have a phone number/address of your hotel on your arrival card. The past two times arriving they were very insistent on this.
Also have a phone number/address of your hotel on your arrival card. The past two times arriving they were very insistent on this.
Apr 25, 2016, 1:21 am
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Apr 25, 2016, 1:23 am
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Apr 25, 2016, 2:48 am
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Like the stuff on the back that asks for your income and occupation, that falls into the category of "none of your business" as far as I'm concerned. So you can probably guess whether I always give a real address. The rest on the back I leave blank.