Originally Posted by
songsc
There is dedicated check-in counters which should be staffed 3 hours before departure time. There is also dedicate security line for J, can't remember if there's any dedicated immigration line. I once arrived 50 minutes before departure and still spent 20 minutes in the lounge.
The CA lounge there is better than international MLLs (not the SSL). At meal time there are various (around 10) hot dishes and dim sum, sandwiches.
There is no dedicated immigration line for J. And the wait times at immigration are far worse than at security, which is immediately after immigration. So the J-priority at security is nice, but not that big of a deal because it's right after the bottleneck.
I am stunned that you could arrive at the airport 50 min before departure and have time for the lounge. It must have been a time of day where there was nobody at immigration, and I have yet to find what that time of day is!!