THAI's BKK Departure Fast Track
Aug 12, 2015, 2:10 pm
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, do we have a TIP on FT dear Nop ? . Would looooove to know the reason, even having stopped trying to understand Thais and Thailand.Even with fast track, BKK is still BKK and the biggest privilege is NOT having to be there
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Aug 12, 2015, 5:28 pm
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with inbound and outbound fast track, the FCL and very little delays I prefer BKK over most of the other airports in Asia, even SIN, HKG, ICN, but certainly over any airport in China or India
Jan 12, 2017, 6:47 pm
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Where is line for APEC in bkk departures?
Hello fellow travelers! Live in Bangkok now and just tried to use my APEC card for expedited departure thru immigration. Only saw one area for Thais and other for foreigners. Asked a couple staff where is preferred line for APEC but no luck. Any tips on where I can find would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
Jan 12, 2017, 7:36 pm
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Hello fellow travelers! Live in Bangkok now and just tried to use my APEC card for expedited departure thru immigration. Only saw one area for Thais and other for foreigners. Asked a couple staff where is preferred line for APEC but no luck. Any tips on where I can find would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
Jan 12, 2017, 7:55 pm
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Hello fellow travelers! Live in Bangkok now and just tried to use my APEC card for expedited departure thru immigration. Only saw one area for Thais and other for foreigners. Asked a couple staff where is preferred line for APEC but no luck. Any tips on where I can find would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
Over the past few weeks I have departed BKK three times and this queue has been "unusually" very long.
Jan 12, 2017, 10:36 pm
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Likewise I have departed BKK 4 times in the last month. The 'fast track' includes diplomatic, APEC, crew, Thailand Elite, those departing using the airline fast track gold cardboard card, and those with small children.
The latter group is new in my experience. As WLGBase notes, it really isn't as fast track as it used to be - but still better than the main departure (I assume).
After check-in when facing the various departure options (i.e. south), those departing in F/J on THAI have a dedicated fastback that provides direct entry to the THAI lounge area in concourse D (IIRC). I usually use the fastback in the centre of concourse D. I'm not sure if there is another further to the 'right'.
Cheers, TK
The latter group is new in my experience. As WLGBase notes, it really isn't as fast track as it used to be - but still better than the main departure (I assume).
After check-in when facing the various departure options (i.e. south), those departing in F/J on THAI have a dedicated fastback that provides direct entry to the THAI lounge area in concourse D (IIRC). I usually use the fastback in the centre of concourse D. I'm not sure if there is another further to the 'right'.
Cheers, TK
Jan 12, 2017, 10:55 pm
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Jan 13, 2017, 2:22 am
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Hello fellow travelers! Live in Bangkok now and just tried to use my APEC card for expedited departure thru immigration. Only saw one area for Thais and other for foreigners. Asked a couple staff where is preferred line for APEC but no luck. Any tips on where I can find would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
Jan 13, 2017, 9:50 pm
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Not only that, expired cardholders can also use Fast Track for departure. The attendants at the entry point don't check the card's validity, just that you've got one and a valid boarding pass, which they are much more interested in checking. You could possibly borrow one from a friend of the opposite sex and still be waved through