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Eastbay1K Jan 16, 2010 2:41 pm
Originally Posted by GUWonder (Post 13193598)
That just about describes what is going on in most of Europe on flights to the US on US carriers and for Argentina to the US flights too.
His 35 minutes is an anomaly - I flew out at a non-peak hour last weekend and it took a fair chunk longer - for the first time, the security line was backed up to the entry of that area, but the passport control line took less time than usual. Check-in (LAN J at 4pm) only took a few minutes.

britenbsas Jan 16, 2010 6:57 pm
Originally Posted by Eastbay1K (Post 13194132)
His 35 minutes is an anomaly - I flew out at a non-peak hour last weekend and it took a fair chunk longer - for the first time, the security line was backed up to the entry of that area, but the passport control line took less time than usual. Check-in (LAN J at 4pm) only took a few minutes.
I've never had any major problems at EZE (at least not since having status and the benefit of using business/first check-in). There was quite a long line at security last Wednesday but there were 3 lanes open and it moved pretty fast. The line for immigration was fast too - I did a quick scan and most of the boxes were open so it seems they are geared up for the peak holiday season.

The worst line was for declaring valuables but fortunately I already had a receipt from a previous trip for my laptop etc so bypassed that this time round.

GUWonder Jan 17, 2010 7:56 am
Originally Posted by Eastbay1K (Post 13194132)
His 35 minutes is an anomaly - I flew out at a non-peak hour last weekend and it took a fair chunk longer - for the first time, the security line was backed up to the entry of that area, but the passport control line took less time than usual. Check-in (LAN J at 4pm) only took a few minutes.
My apologies for not making it clear, but I was referring to just this section:

Originally Posted by britenbsas
The gate screening is definitely a joke - they literally unzipped my rucksack, peered into it and zipped it back up again. This was followed by a very cursory pat down and then it was straight onto the plane.

i'mlovin'it Jan 19, 2010 1:04 pm
Flew out on Jan 15 and it was the smoothest I have ever seen it at EZE. Maybe 15 min total from check in to the lounge (even with the Global Tax Refund process). There's was a bag search and wanding at the UA gate. Flight left a couple of minutes early. The plane was pretty full.

GUWonder Jan 19, 2010 5:38 pm
Originally Posted by i'mlovin'it (Post 13212243)
Flew out on Jan 15 and it was the smoothest I have ever seen it at EZE. Maybe 15 min total from check in to the lounge (even with the Global Tax Refund process). There's was a bag search and wanding at the UA gate. Flight left a couple of minutes early. The plane was pretty full.
The difference between Friday at EZE and Sunday night at EZE is like the difference between day and night.


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