Originally Posted by
erics2356
In my experience TPE does have priority security... I've definitely used their Star Gold line for transiting. Perhaps this is poorly implemented and inconsistent.
That is for transit. Transit does not involve the "flow control" the airport implements for the departures area to ensure that the Immigration and Security do not cause backlogs into each other or into the terminal. The lines for Immigration and Security are not well designed and therefore they will often have severe backlogs in the mornings.
There also is no space for a Priority lane area in the departures area. In order to expand Immigration so the backlog wouldn't be so big, they ended the lease for the BR Diamond Card Check In area and took away half of CIs back office in T2.