BKK Suvarnabhumi airport fast track immigration
Mar 4, 2019, 8:15 am
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Plenty of discussion around here if you search - general rule now is that fast track is only available for business and first class and will be enforced. This in general is a great enhancement of the service but I can see that in cases like yours where J class is not an option, it is not ideal - but then again, it is for J and F so..
Mar 4, 2019, 8:40 am
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Does anyone know or recommend a good provider of this service? The BFS website will apparently not sell this service if Economy Class tickets, which is very strange. My flight is a one class, PG flight, and this “rule” seems to defeat the purpose of selling the service to begin with. If one has a premium ticket, the service is almost always included, and therefore would not need to be purchased separately.
Mar 4, 2019, 8:35 pm
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Plenty of discussion around here if you search - general rule now is that fast track is only available for business and first class and will be enforced. This in general is a great enhancement of the service but I can see that in cases like yours where J class is not an option, it is not ideal - but then again, it is for J and F so..
Mar 5, 2019, 12:34 am
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They are now taking the fast track passes off everyone at the entrance to the departing fast track lanes, constantly evolving BKK, the Monks in front of me had no such issues..... fancy dress anyone ? 
Mar 5, 2019, 12:52 am
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Mar 5, 2019, 12:53 am
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I’ve been waved into the infirm/seniors/decrepit lane twice in the past month. Normally I would bridle at the suggestion but at BKK it’s a pleasure , and particularly so to be able saunter off into the night leaving hundreds of sweaty and disgruntled millennials in my wake. But I felt their pain, truthfully.
Mar 5, 2019, 12:59 am
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Mar 5, 2019, 5:03 am
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Mar 5, 2019, 5:10 am
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Of course. This is Thailand, and everything will continue to be available at the right price if one knows where to look. The business would completely dry up if they did not sell to Y pax, as virtually all J/F pax already have it included in their tickets and therefore do not need to purchase it.
Potentially the appetite for change has come about because airlines have complained about the value for money when they let every man and his dog through Fast Track, and thus putting economic pressure on the AOT to change it.. I would hope that is the case anyway.
Mar 5, 2019, 9:22 am
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Mar 5, 2019, 10:39 am
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Well, it is not like the AOT give the vouchers for free to airlines. They get paid by voucher which is why they have the voucher system in the first place.
Potentially the appetite for change has come about because airlines have complained about the value for money when they let every man and his dog through Fast Track, and thus putting economic pressure on the AOT to change it.. I would hope that is the case anyway.
Potentially the appetite for change has come about because airlines have complained about the value for money when they let every man and his dog through Fast Track, and thus putting economic pressure on the AOT to change it.. I would hope that is the case anyway.
Mar 5, 2019, 7:12 pm
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(And btw, it is not like everyone with children of all ages get access...)
Mar 5, 2019, 11:32 pm
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