Originally Posted by
laser
Correct. The Narita Express conductor normally only checks passengers who are sitting in seats that are non-reserved. They will also ocassionally ask passengers who are standing near the restrooms for their tickets.
Even if one could evade the conductor with the OP's proposed scheme, you would still most likely encounter a problem when you try to leave the train station back at Narita. The ticket readers are electronic and I am not sure they have the "Platform ticket" exception in Narita which allows passengers to enter the platform area and then leave without boarding a train (like they do in many other stations).
I completely agree there is not enough time to take any train to Tokyo and back in the time frame the OP has mentioned. Better to ship it.
I do have another question. If the OP is ticketed to HKG, how are you planning to get 2 computers offloaded at NRT? Assuming these are not laptops since you mentioned they are heavy, I assume you will have to check them. Or are you hoping to carry these 2 computers on board with you?
I am going to carry these 2 computers on board with me. It will be a bit heavy but will fit into the carryon size.
I will have to bluff my way through customs but I have done that successfully before a couple of years ago. It's just my carryon and I do have a same day plane ticket that continues on to Hong Kong. They shouldn't ask me about it anyway.
I now may end up getting a storage locker or baggage storage and letting my friend come to the airport instead to get it.