booking to CHC, avoiding BKK?
Jun 1, 2013 | 3:45 pm
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If you have EK lounge access by status or class of travel , then can indeed use the Emirates Lounge during the stop. The lounge is not far from the security checkpoint that need to pass through
My recollection is that you cannot just hang about at the gate but as an arriving passengers have to head down the corridor on the lower level of the pier; at the end of the pier there is the security checkpoint for connections which then have to pass through before can head back down the pier on the upper level back to the departure gate
My recollection is that you cannot just hang about at the gate but as an arriving passengers have to head down the corridor on the lower level of the pier; at the end of the pier there is the security checkpoint for connections which then have to pass through before can head back down the pier on the upper level back to the departure gate
And yes everything from where the plane parks to security and the lounge is in close proximity.
Discussed a lot on the TG forum and I have experienced this myself, you cant get past the jobsworth at the entrance to security before the escalators without a BP or printed of copy of your E ticket although there is now mention that they sometimes let you past with a BP on your phone. Just wondering how the Sydney pax manage?
Jun 1, 2013 | 5:51 pm
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Discussed a lot on the TG forum and I have experienced this myself, you cant get past the jobsworth at the entrance to security before the escalators without a BP or printed of copy of your E ticket although there is now mention that they sometimes let you past with a BP on your phone. Just wondering how the Sydney pax manage?
Jun 2, 2013 | 3:25 am
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Originally Posted by Dave Noble:20849440
Discussed a lot on the TG forum and I have experienced this myself, you cant get past the jobsworth at the entrance to security before the escalators without a BP or printed of copy of your E ticket although there is now mention that they sometimes let you past with a BP on your phone. Just wondering how the Sydney pax manage?
As you are aware the lower level is arrivals and the upper departures. TG dont issue BPs for EK (although EK issue them for TG) so when you arrive TG domestic you are on the lower level but need to get to the transfer desk or lounge on the upper level to get your BP... but to get to the upper level you need a BP. (all this is airside)
I have been behind many a PAX faced with the boarding pass. I dont have a boarding pass I need the tranfer desk. No boarding pass you not pass. I need to go upstairs to get a boarding pass. No boarding pass you not pass. This can go on for ages. This Is Thailand you get used to it.
Anyhow way of topic, apologies.
Jun 6, 2013 | 7:16 pm
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My recollection is that you cannot just hang about at the gate but as an arriving passengers have to head down the corridor on the lower level of the pier; at the end of the pier there is the security checkpoint for connections which then have to pass through before can head back down the pier on the upper level back to the departure gate