Fast Track Services in SGN?

[JackMiles]

BTW make sure you have your middle name on your flight tickets and Visa for Vietnam , they are really picky for that.

Can attest to this. My middle name did not make it onto my e-visa last year, and I did not notice this omission (not understanding that it was a necessity) until I got to check-in and was denied. Had to scramble and pay a lot of money to an online express visa service in order to make my flight.

 

[Phoenix-1]

Is fast track worth it on arrival? I don't recall have any issues last time. Departure was a slog though, so I'll get fast track for it this time.

 

[AIRwin]

Is fast track worth it on arrival?

I was in the queue for almost 2 hours last year

 

[iamsuperandrew]

I was in the queue for almost 2 hours last year

I saw the queues when we arrive and we got fast track on arrival but didnt on departure and boy did I hear it from the wife

Flying in J does not provide you any benefits

IMHO, I believe that those who did not get Fast Track and had ' good/ quick' experiences where simply lucky or had little arriving flights

 

[jase05]

Just sitting in the domestic VN lounge now.
I took a risk and didn’t organise Fast track at SGN on seperate tickets with just over 3hrs between arrival and a domestic departure. This was my experience today.
At check in at CGK I advised staff that I had seperate tickets on VN CGK-SGN and SGN-PQC and no issue with getting both boarding passes and tagging bags to PQC but obviously advised I’d need to collect them at SGN.
Arrived at SGN at 1715 (10 minutes late) and parked at a remote park near T3.
Offloaded quickly and J bus to T2 dropped us off at 1730
Immigration was the usual zoo and took just under an hour, finally through at 1820. (E-gates being rolled out currently and have heard that perhaps by end of 2026 they may be available to other nations)
Quickly down to baggage and no surprise our bags were already offloaded into the Sky Priority pen. Grab bags and hand them over to domestic transfer staff and outside by 1830.
Green transfer bus had just pulled up so boarded that and just as we were about to leave a tour group of Chinese came from nowhere and piled on so didn’t leave to 1845.. The transfer bus from T2 to T3 goes out on the main roads and traffic was a mess so took 15 minutes (driver said it can take up to 45 minutes sometimes)
Arrived at T3 at 1900, security was a breeze and domestic terminal is massive yet seemed deserted. In VN lounge by 1910 and boarding starts at 1930 so as our gate is the furthest away from the lounge I’m just having a quick look and heading off.
Got lucky tonight but far too many variables to be comfortable