Fast Track at HKT
Nov 25, 2016, 11:20 pm
#62
Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: Birmingham, UK
Programs: Skywards Silver
Posts: 16
I've just checked in online for EK379 on 28th Nov. Boarding pass included an invitation to the 'Coral First Class Lounge'. Maybe things have changed recently? Fingers crossed for fast track! Will report back on Tuesday.
Nov 25, 2016, 11:28 pm
#63
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: MAN DXB ✈️
Programs: Skywards Gold
Posts: 6,831
Nov 27, 2016, 8:41 am
#64
Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: Birmingham, UK
Programs: Skywards Silver
Posts: 16
Well that was a pleasant surprise! Managed to find the shortest of 3 baggage screening queues and took less than 15mins to reach check-in. After that it was a bit of a blur - a nice lady from Coral whisked us through immigration / security and I'm now relaxing in the Coral First Class lounge. The airport is pretty busy at the moment with many flights departing to Korea and China, but I can confirm, EK do provide complementary fast track and lounge access at HKT :-)
Nov 27, 2016, 11:40 am
#65
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: UK/Mauritius
Programs: EK Skywards silver Miles and Smiles Hilton Honours Hyatt Priority Club Kestrel A
Posts: 683
Well that was a pleasant surprise! Managed to find the shortest of 3 baggage screening queues and took less than 15mins to reach check-in. After that it was a bit of a blur - a nice lady from Coral whisked us through immigration / security and I'm now relaxing in the Coral First Class lounge. The airport is pretty busy at the moment with many flights departing to Korea and China, but I can confirm, EK do provide complementary fast track and lounge access at HKT :-)
Nov 27, 2016, 9:35 pm
#68
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: NYC/PSP
Programs: AA EXP, A3 Gold
Posts: 4,106
Interesting to see that some airlines are offering fast track departures assistance, while others are not. My friend departing on Malaysia got it, while traveling on Air China I didn't, both in businesd. Not a huge deal as the immigration line moved quickly, even though it looked quite long.
Dec 5, 2016, 6:53 pm
#69
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Phuket
Programs: SQ *Gold, BA, QR, EY, Hilton Diamond, IHG Platinum, Marriott Gold, Amex Platinum
Posts: 5,273
Fast Track (Coral Executive) pro-actively offered on the 00:50 EK departure last night^ Aparently passport control really wasn’t busy at all at about 11.30pm. Mrs NoY was in Business Class on the flight. Coral Business Lounge offered too.
Dec 7, 2016, 7:00 am
#70
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: UK/Mauritius
Programs: EK Skywards silver Miles and Smiles Hilton Honours Hyatt Priority Club Kestrel A
Posts: 683
Got in this morning on the 8am flight and immigration a breeze - no lines at all and all desks manned so processed within a few minutes. No wait for baggage either. Quite impressed with the new airport terminal.
Dec 7, 2016, 7:44 am
#71
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: MAN DXB ✈️
Programs: Skywards Gold
Posts: 6,831
Ps the Oberoi was fab!
Dec 17, 2016, 4:10 am
#72
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: UK/Mauritius
Programs: EK Skywards silver Miles and Smiles Hilton Honours Hyatt Priority Club Kestrel A
Posts: 683
Glad you loved Oberoi! 
Left yesterday on 9.30am flight and horrendous lines at passport control. Took us over an hour to get through immigration - lines 6 deep or more.
Security no lines and straight forward.
A very different experience to arrivals.
Left yesterday on 9.30am flight and horrendous lines at passport control. Took us over an hour to get through immigration - lines 6 deep or more.
Security no lines and straight forward.
A very different experience to arrivals.
Dec 17, 2016, 5:08 am
#73
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Economy, mostly :(
Programs: Skywards Gold
Posts: 7,801
6 deep and took an hour? I've had 20 deep at BKK and through in 20min
Dec 17, 2016, 5:18 am
#74
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Location: UK/Mauritius
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