Originally Posted by
bioyuki
I'll be taking UA 872 which departs at 11:35AM, and I'll be coming from Kaohsiung. If I take one of the first trains from Zuoying which arrives at Taoyuan HSR at ~8:15AM, does that provide me enough time to take the MRT to the airport, check in, clear security/immigration? US passport holder flying in J with status if that helps. Or is it better to overnight in Taoyuan/Taipei area the night before?
You should be fine. Status is meaningless at TPE except for check-in counters and boarding priority. You'll need to wait in the regular security line, but it starts to thin out after 10AM once the early morning departures are out of the way. I don't think overnighting is really necessary unless you're concerned about the train departing late or having an enroute problem.