Bangkok Airport Fast Track Immigration Service

[jacko 8,578]

Last year went through in the Thai line with my wife. Also my mum,dad,uncle,sister and her boyfriend.No Problems

Yes, I have done that a few times and it is much quicker. Didn't have all the family with me though.

[Idefix 2,275]

I booked this for 1100 Baht, it's a meet/greet service at the gate and you are taken to Fast Track Immigration.

They were there, as my flight was 15 mins early, so off we went to "Fast Track"

Hi. I really don't see why I should pay for this service : not needed !

I made dozen of travels Bkk-Europe-Bkk last years, and 3 already this year, and never had to wait more than maybe 10 minutes at immigration control

My last experience is very recent : Today 6:30pm !

I walked to the immigration hall to find it full with queues of maybe 40 or 50 people

Quick U-turn and I continued walking to the second immigration hall, about 200m after the first one. Inside only half of desks open, but queues of 2 or 3 persons only... as always .

Looks like very few people know about it and then it's nearly always empty.

In fact my problem with immigration control at Bangkok is that it's too fast and that every time I must wait a long time for my bag to appear (~15 minutes today)

My plane landed at 6:15pm and at 7pm I was in the public bus to Pattaya. (124 baht). I was at home at 8:45pm.

[dontcha 53]

Normally I get through immigration long before my bag arrives on the belt.

I would not pay money to wait longer for my bags

[johnboy1 0]

If you book business class you get a fast track immigration pass. There is no queue and you just walk straight through whilst there are queues for econonomy/coach. However, you still have to wait for your bags but these also come tend to come off first if you have booked business class. If you just pay for fast track immigration but travel economy your bag could be last off the plane in which case you are just paying to wait longer at the baggage carousel rather than in the immigration queue although you can get to the currency exchange desk first whilst you're waiting. I wouldn't pay for the priviledge but upto you.

Edited October 1, 2011 by johnboy1

[jacko 8,578]

When I last came in fast track came with my ticket....I was through immigation in 2 minutes, nobody ahead of us. My bags arrived at the other end of the hall so that was a walk back... and they came out about 5 minutes after and of I went. Regular immigration was teeming so I was very glad to get through quickly.

[FoxtrotOscar 36]

If you book business class you get a fast track immigration pass. There is no queue and you just walk straight through whilst there are queues for econonomy/coach. However, you still have to wait for your bags but these also come tend to come off first if you have booked business class. If you just pay for fast track immigration but travel economy your bag could be last off the plane in which case you are just paying to wait longer at the baggage carousel rather than in the immigration queue although you can get to the currency exchange desk first whilst you're waiting. I wouldn't pay for the priviledge but upto you.

 

Depends on the airline. I fly business out of Heathrow on EVA, fastback at Heathrow but nothing at the BKK end.

[beerboy 39]

i went out with Eva Business Class last July, fast track at both airports on both legs.

[FoxtrotOscar 36]

i went out with Eva Business Class last July, fast track at both airports on both legs.

 

Yes, this time I was handed a pass before landing. But on my last two flights with them, March 11 and November 10 I wasn't. Always thought this was strange for a C class ticket but just accepted it. Was fast tracked ok on returns to LHR.

 

So I paid for this service not thinking I was going to get a fast track pass. I wouldn't get it again. Felt like a right prat. Was met getting off the plane by girl in yellow and placed on the buggy by myself. As we trundled along the airport with her beeping the horn to get everyone out of the way I couldn't have felt any more a prat. Old people and the likes stepping aside as his highness in flip flops got rushed through.

[Evil Penevil 7,610]

Immigration control in Thailand has always been hit-and-miss. Occasionally there are huge queues, but mostly it goes pretty quickly. That was the situation for years at Don Muang, it's the same at Swampy. Actually, that's the way it is at almost all airports when a number of full flights land at the same time. Immigration control systems can't handle "rush hour syndrome" very well, which results in long delays for arriving/departing passengers. I've experienced hour-long waits at JFK, LAX, Newark, London Heathrow and Gatwick, Hong Kong and Beijing as well as Don Muang in the day and now Swampy. Not often, but it has happened.

 

The company I used to work for paid for fast-track service on arrival/departure if it wasn't included in the fare. Now I have to pay for it myself if I want it. I haven't seen any noteworthy queues on arrival at BKK on the flights that touchdown between 10 p.m. and midnight. There have been on occasion huge queues early in the morning and during normal business hours. I usually pay for fast-track service for flights departing/arriving Swampy between 8.00 a.m. and 7 p.m., but chance it outside those hours.

 

Because of my FF status, I always get "priority" tags on my luggage, so my bags are among the first down the chute. Using fast-track means I'm out of the airport in 20-30 minutes all told. Sometimes it goes just as quickly without fast-track, but you never know when there will be queues. For me, it's always worth paying 1,200 baht to avoid standing in line a long time at Immigration Control.

 

Evil

[Gus 97]

In the past I have found queues at the first immigration point and gone to the second, still as bad

 

When I reach the first one if they are not queing down the slope I tend to weasle up the left hand side and join the last farang queue, sometimes you are then moved into the less busy Thai section.

[Evil Penevil 7,610]

For many months, the second immigration control area had been closed due to renovations. Now it's open again and that should help keep lines shorter most of the time.

 

But definitely, if one area is bulging at seams, try the other. Too bad that fast-track has to be ordered on-line by those who don't get a pass from their airline. I imagine a lot of people would be willing to pay for fast-track rather than standing 45 minutes or more in line.

 

Evil

[simon_cook 22]

Where is the second immigration queue?never seen it as always gone to first and walked through Thai section with Mrs.

[Evil Penevil 7,610]

Where is the second immigration queue?never seen it as always gone to first and walked through Thai section with Mrs.

 

There are actually three, but one is for fast-track and VIPs. On the departure level, the two that ordinary passengers can use are located behind check-in row A and rows TU, roughly at the east and west ends of the departure hall. See the map here:

 

http://www.suvarnabhumiairport.com/indoor_map_passport_control_en.php

 

The fst-track passport control area is roughly in the middle of the terminal.

 

Evil

[simon_cook 22]

What about arrivals?

[Evil Penevil 7,610]

What about arrivals?

 

According to the map in the link, there are four, with one for fast-track & VIP.

 

Evil

[CheshireTom 1,377]

There are actually three, but one is for fast-track and VIPs. On the departure level, the two that ordinary passengers can use are located behind check-in row A and rows TU, roughly at the east and west ends of the departure hall. See the map here:

 

http://www.suvarnabh..._control_en.php

 

The fst-track passport control area is roughly in the middle of the terminal.

 

Evil

 

There is no passport control behind check-in row A for rank and file passengers, only a boarding card/identity document check for Domestic Departures.

 

 

 

[bigmick 839]

I came through last night around midnight and there was no lines atall, and the plane from Tokyo was only 30% full, over all i was out of the airport with bags collected in under 40 minutes

[Gus 97]

Have any board members heard of anyone using a 100 baht note as a Fast track pass, or are you dealing with more than 1 person?

[Grandpollo 364]

Have any board members heard of anyone using a 100 baht note as a Fast track pass, or are you dealing with more than 1 person?

The first person you encounter in the FastTrack lane is a grim looking immigration officer who I am sure knows the cost is 1200 to 1600 or more so he'll be impressed with the bribe and the amount for sure.

[tomcat76 327]

I've used it once for a connection at Suv., and they lived up to their billing. I was met, escorted through a FT station at Immigration, then escorted to Baggage Claim, and then to the check-in counter for my departing flight. I erred though. Arriving from Cambo, I knew I had to leave the secure area in order to check-in for a Cebu Pacific flight to Manila. So I booked with FT for the arrival side because I was expecting long lines through immigration. That turned out to not really be the case that night however, and so I didn't really save that much time. What I SHOULD have done was book with them for the DEPARTING side - THAT'S where the outbound line through Immigration turned out to be monstrous that night ('were wrapped all the away around the termina check-in area; 'had never seen it like that before, and many people were simply missing their flights because of it), but didn't realize it until at the check-in counter and able to observe it.

 

Unless things have changed, you have a choice when you book with FT - you can book an arrival, a departure, or both.

[The_Fat_Controller 25]

China Airlines are now providing CIP Fast Track vouchers to their business class customers.

 

I have just flown in from Amsterdam and I received the voucher just after boarding the plane.

 

Instructions where to go printed on the back, no "meet and greet" service.

 

As luck would have it, absolutely no queues at ANY of the normal immigration desks, but used the fast track entrance anyway.

 

Hope they do the same on the way home on the 27th November.

[tomcat76 327]

Someday when I grow up, I want to travel business class...

[glynbuk 29]

I have just sent a booking request for http://www.bangkokflightservices.com/PremiumAirportServices.php?our_menu=pr1

for the fasttrak and golf cart, 1300 baht seems worth it for my Xmas trip.

 

Last Xmas i paid slightly less but no electric cart but this time my leg is playing up so 1300baht is worth the extra.

 

Last time i paid the guy cash after we had met my limo pattaya guy at gate 3 but this time it asks for a credit card form

to be sent by email to the listed address, oh well, i have used a throw away credit card i use for instances just like this.

 

Waiting for a confirmation reply.

[fussychunk 0]

Will be arriving with a short changeover in the swamp myself just before Crimbo, will be interesting on what peoples opinion of the following 320 baht fast track immigration option.

 

Fasttrack

[Grandpollo 364]

Will be arriving with a short changeover in the swamp myself just before Crimbo, will be interesting on what peoples opinion of the following 320 baht fast track immigration option.

 

Fasttrack

I can sell them for 120 since I don't have them just like they don't have any to sell as they say in the ad.

 

Just pay the proper amount and don't be so cheap.