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I'm a 1K. I expect the J seats for the new cabin will pretty much be the current F seats. Friends tell me that being offered a transpac J paid upgrade is fairly common, especially mid-week and more like SFO than LAX. I'd call United in Sydney. All my SWUs clear on that route so I've never...

There's no APEC lane in Adelaide? Mind you, there's only one international flight a day?!

Even though the line at SFO (UA terminal) is clearly marked, the last two times I've gone through the agent hasn't known about the card and the most recent time had the agent stating graciously that she "would help me this time" but she's never heard of it. I did point out the lane was clearly...

I agree, but for some reason APEC BTC cardholders (at least in the UA/NZ terminal at Sydney) don't get Priority security although they do get priority immigration. It makes no sense ... but then, what does these days? :arrow:

Which terminal - UA or another?

Yes PNG is one of the two I'm waiting for - but I've got clearance for Brunei. I'm not sure I'd ever want to go to either

He offered that I could wait and I could consult with his supervisor when the supervisor turned up (no promises on when that might be)! He certainly wasn't volunteering to put himself out (despite all the signs about how they recognised that this is the first contact visitors may have and all...

It seems that not all ports (or possibly points of entry within ports) know about the Card. When I entered via the UA terminal at SFO at the end of November the Crew Lane was clearly signposted for APEC BTC clearance. However this morning at the UA terminal at LAX there was no sign-posting...

I thought this topic had already been done to death a few posts ago, but for those "look-back challenged" you go through the crew lane on the far left, just like in Australia

Re: APEC Business Travel Card - Latest experiences For those entering the US from Australia, the APEC Card works well. If you're entering from Canada, however, you are cleared in Canada and there are no APEC lanes there. (Now that the US has recognized the scheme, perhaps the Canadians will...

Re: SFO report I thought that was implied in my last sentence "Given all the finger-printing nonsense ..."

A "lovers" update I've never had a problem exiting Australia with my same-sex partner in the APEC line, so I thought I'd ask (nicely) last time we came in via Melbourne if we could use the APEC lane. "No worries" was the answer, and at the desk we got processed and (eventually) we got asked...

SFO report Monday 27 November, SFO, 0910. There is no signage as there is in, say, Sydney or Melbourne. However, heading over to the Crew Lane on the far left I eventually could see that the neon sign said "Crew Lane" in big red letters and underneath, scrolling, was the legend "APEC Business...

At last! The USA Condolezza Rice (does anyone have the recipe?) announced at the APEC meeting in Hanoi that the US would "start to" join the scheme. No date, no details - Remarks at the APEC CEO Summit

My experience (after finally locating the area) is less positive. I arrived at 2330. 2 desks were manned (or is that personned?). One of the desks was attending to some riff-raff who were sitting in the chairs and seemed to have a problem with their visas. There were 3 of us in the single...

India has to join APEC first, and I believe no further countries are being admitted until 2007

I'm afraid the ignorance of Americans about the rest of the world knows no bounds

I should say the address is never fake, it's just not where I'm going to be. After all, I didn't have a booking, m'lud, and when I turned up there were no rooms available at the price within my budget. As for the rule that Australians must enter on an Australian passport, it's unenforceable

I think there may be another factor involved. I always arrive and depart using my APEC BTC. The only time I have ever been x-rayed on arrival (Sydney) is when I flew in from Bangkok. I did ask and the (friendly) reply was "we always x-ray from Thailand". I usually fly in from NZ or the US...

Keeping to the flight path Did you nip upstairs and let him know if he strayed? :rolleyes: