Rich travellers will be able to skip the queue at major Australian airports with plan

[esseeeayeenn]

Apparently this will be on an individual fee basis, not the usual express lanes for business and first class passengers.
Would be great if they could actually have normal premium lanes operating at airports such as Perth first!

 

[lovetravellingoz]

Re: Rich travellers will be able to skip the queue at major Australian airports with

You don't have to be "rich", just willing to pay the fee.

Note that for some tickets/packages this may well be included.

 

[juddles]

Re: Rich travellers will be able to skip the queue at major Australian airports with

You don't have to be "rich", just willing to pay the fee.

Note that for some tickets/packages this may well be included.

Classic "user-pays" system. Nothing wrong IMHO.

I avoid entire countries because of rubbish (ie under-funded) immigration.

 

[opusman]

Re: Rich travellers will be able to skip the queue at major Australian airports with

I like the suggestion of a separate terminal, like that is ever going to happen in Australia...

 

[alieninperth]

Re: Rich travellers will be able to skip the queue at major Australian airports with

A little bit of warning that it was from the Daily Mail would be nice.

 

[Hvr]

Re: Rich travellers will be able to skip the queue at major Australian airports with

To make this work the airlines would have to ensure priority baggage comes off first. Otherwise it's just a case of getting to the next choke point more quickly.

 

[russ]

Re: Rich travellers will be able to skip the queue at major Australian airports with

Rich people fly privately and already use the General Aviation area. No queues there!

 

[codash1099]

Re: Rich travellers will be able to skip the queue at major Australian airports with

A little bit of warning that it was from the Daily Mail would be nice.

Also here:

Airport queue fast-track: Fee proposal for passengers' priority Customs checks backed by tourism industry - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

My fear is that it will just lengthen the queues in the current priority lines.

 

[RooFlyer]

Re: Rich travellers will be able to skip the queue at major Australian airports with

'Rich' doesn't come into it. Just pay the fee.