Originally Posted by
moondog
I'm guessing that you don't fly around China very often. HKG is the best airport on my normal travel circuit by a country mile, and in town check-in is a godsend.
My wife and I really loved that the whole border control and security process in HKG only took 10 minutes when we flew back to ORD. No lines at all. We were impressed! We only wasted a few minutes wondering what to do with with the return slip from the immigration form. We were just standing there with the forms in our hands. An agent came and told us that since we used the machines, those forms were not needed.
Arriving at HKG was as efficient. Short line for immigration. No line for paying for the Express Train. Express Train very fast.