Inwards Fast Track at Swampy
May 10, 2017, 5:03 am
#16
Join Date: Jan 2016
Posts: 905
Thanks, that's good to know.
May 10, 2017, 12:52 pm
#18
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Northern California
Programs: UA-Plat, UA-MM, Hertz PC, HH, APEC ABTC
Posts: 235
For US citizens traveling on business (regardless of visa) and are US Global Entry: Apply for an APEC Business Travel Card. It puts you in the diplomatic/crew immigration line at many pacific rim airports. I have saved enormous amounts of time transiting BKK (inward and outward) as well as such long immigration experiences as ICN, TPE, MNL, HAN. It's the ultimate fast track.
https://www.cbp.gov/travel/trusted-t...rams/apec-faqs
https://www.cbp.gov/travel/trusted-t...rams/apec-faqs
May 11, 2017, 10:14 pm
#21
Ambassador: Air New Zealand
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Wellington NZ
Programs: NZ Elite, EK Gold, Qatar Gold, Amex Plat, Accor Gold, Hilton Gold
Posts: 1,426
May 11, 2017, 11:12 pm
#22
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: BKK
Programs: LH M&M (SEN); TG ROP GOLD
Posts: 72
May 12, 2017, 4:44 am
#24
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: body: A stone's throw from SFO, mind: SE Asia
Programs: Some of this 'n some of that
Posts: 17,263
May 13, 2017, 1:55 pm
#26
Join Date: May 2015
Programs: TG Plat, AF Lifetime Plat , QR plat , SPG Lifetime Plat
Posts: 83
May 13, 2017, 7:47 pm
#27
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: BKK
Programs: TG ROP Platinum, M&M Senator, IHG Platinum, Accor Platinum
Posts: 8,330
...and my understanding of TIPs is that such status is often extended as well on other (and younger) family members...
May 14, 2017, 9:12 am
#28
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Bangkok & Dublin
Programs: Thai ROP Platinum; BA Gold; Marriott Bonvoy Titanium For Life; IHG Diamond Ambassador
Posts: 375
On that basis, I assume they have reached the 3,000,000 by now. Remember that, apart from Aegean, THAI is the easiest route to *A Gold member ship.
I earn approximately 120,000 Platinum qualifying miles a year and yet I have at least six friends who cover almost double that, but in Economy, and will never qualify for Platinum.
May 14, 2017, 9:18 am
#29
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Bangkok & Dublin
Programs: Thai ROP Platinum; BA Gold; Marriott Bonvoy Titanium For Life; IHG Diamond Ambassador
Posts: 375
IcyFlyer, I answered your question in my reply to Lament but, and I should have considered this before posting my original message about the 3,000,000 members being too great a burden on Thai Immigration, as the majority of the ROP Gold members do not live in Thailand and may, in fact, never have even visited Thailand, I guess the burden on Thai Immigration may not be as significant as I suggested?
May 14, 2017, 9:20 am
#30
A FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: PHX
Programs: AS 75K; UA 1MM; Hyatt Globalist; Marriott LTP; Hilton Diamond (Aspire)
Posts: 56,460
