BKK immigration warnings

[clifford]

I've been through KUL immigration more times than you've had cold lunches.

I've been through KUL immigration more times than you've had cold lunches.

How do you know?

I've been through KUL several times recently, and while the non-egate queue has been "horrendous". the egates have been moving along nicely, with a less than 5 minute wait.

 

[I love to travel]

As a contrast 15 minutes in coughet tonight. Two plane loads in front of us.

 

[Pushka]

Bali works like clockwork

 

[Cossie]

Bali works like clockwork

Jakarta was fine as well, you have to put up with paying for visas.

 

[serfty]

How do you know?

I've been through KUL several times recently, and while the non-egate queue has been "horrendous". the egates have been moving along nicely, with a less than 5 minute wait.

I believe @trippin_the_rift has lived in Kuala Lumpur since before COVID.

Given their current business, airline status and other employment history that I am aware of, I have no doubt as to the level of their with experience Malay immigration.

 

[Melburnian1]

Manila T1 is better than BKK, the latter being the longest ever waits I have experienced. I haven't been inbound at even busier Manila T3 for a while.

Surprisingly in TPE we had a wait of about 45 minutes last year.

The common denominator for waiting times seems that there are vacant desks (assuming one's passport is not eligible for an E-gate if the latter exist.)

 

[LionKing]

I went to Bangkok in mid-July on Cathay Pacific, 11am arrival.
Wait time at Immigration is about 30 minutes.
I was wondering whether going to coughet would have reduced waiting time, or may have to pay A$73 for a meet and greet service at BKK.

 

[Mattg]

There was about a 30-minute wait for the regular queue when I arrived in BKK this week. However, I was able to access the fast-track lane on the right hand side by showing a business class boarding pass for the arriving flight. Waited about 5 minutes in that line.

A genuine benefit of flying J to this airport!

 

[MEL_Traveller]

There was about a 30-minute wait for the regular queue when I arrived in BKK this week. However, I was able to access the fast-track lane on the right hand side by showing a business class boarding pass for the arriving flight. Waited about 5 minutes in that line.

A genuine benefit of flying J to this airport!

Which is strange given Loyalty Lobby is full of - current and ongoing - reports that the priority line for business class no longer exists!!

 

[SYD]

Which is strange given Loyalty Lobby is full of - current and ongoing - reports that the priority line for business class no longer exists!!

He’s obviously not infallible. Nor it seems did he report back if it was / wasn’t working back in April?

https://loyaltylobby.com/2026/04/05/reader-comment-no-more-fast-track-in-bkk-with-business-class-ticket/

 

[MEL_Traveller]

He’s obviously not infallible. Nor it seems did he report back if it was / wasn’t working back in April?

https://loyaltylobby.com/2026/04/05/reader-comment-no-more-fast-track-in-bkk-with-business-class-ticket/

I think that was the subtle point I was trying to make. LL always seems to end up with the worst travel experiences… often not replicated by others

 

[MEL_Traveller]

He’s obviously not infallible. Nor it seems did he report back if it was / wasn’t working back in April?

https://loyaltylobby.com/2026/04/05/reader-comment-no-more-fast-track-in-bkk-with-business-class-ticket/

Yeah… reported later in July that nothing had improved: https://loyaltylobby.com/2026/07/06...e-immigration-checkpoints-at-bangkok-airport/

 

[RooFlyer]

And yet in June it was fine. Wonder if not available all day?

Sorry folks, I was just through immigration in no more than 10 minutes, arriving at the short line in priority about 6:25pm on a Sunday evening.

 

[Pushka]

And yet in June it was fine. Wonder if not available all day?

I think it's like the new Europe entry system. We had the fastest entry and exit multiple times. Yet in the same airports people report horrendous queues. It's random.