Originally Posted by
seigex
Yeah I was trying to find the E-Gates and found someone to the left of the normal gates where the priority lane was, showed them my TTP card and asked where it's at. She said they don't have any but I'm welcome to use the priority lane, which was empty. Might have been a one-off, but the line was long at the normal gates, so it saved me 20-30 min.
You are lucky, two weeks ago entering Japan in Haneda T2 one in our party was a TTP holder and told to go through regular (and long) lanes after filling out all paper documentation.
Originally Posted by
ithinkurdumb
Did you ask one of the staff in the arrival hall? Wondering if it was a courtesy from the staff or a rule similar to Global Entry.
When I arrived HND T2 internationally for the first time, I asked if there is an e-gate for TTP. The staff guiding passengers told me the e-gates were for Japanese only and told me to line up with other foreign passport holders. Afterward since the lines were never long, I never bothered to ask again. But given the increasing arrivals at T2, would be great if priority lane is an option.
I don't think there is a policy. It looks like TTP card readers are only installed and functional in Narita and Haneda T3. Having entered several locations without TTP card readers in the last six months with a card holder I can tell you he was never invited to use the priority lane.
So far, TTP has not been the time saver we were looking for. If you use NRT and HND T3 it's great.