Originally Posted by
Pkronfield
Took CO-6 NRT-IAH on Saturday. Was delighted to be first in line to board with my Plat status. Just as I was gearing up to gallop on board and stow my things, am grabbed by a masked and gloved Japanese security person who makes me take off my shoes, frisks me, empties pockets, and paws through all my carry ons. Meanwhile a ton of people have boarded behind me. I lost my overhead space.
At NRT they make disembarking passengers pass through security, then this. A little too much, and we can't even blame the hapless TSA !
So a word of warning for all you NRT-outbound passengers. Try to line yourself up as #3 or greater in the boarding line to avoid a delay.
I've been flying through there since the late 90's. Has always been like that. Now you know not to be first in line. And on that note sometimes they mix it up and grab the 3rd person or other positions, so you never know. Just something that has always happened at NRT.