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Is the Fast Track service at Bangkok's BKK airport worth it for expeditious entry?

Thomas ************
asked Mar 16, 2023
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Has anyone tried the Fast Track at BKK airport. I will be in a bit of a rush after landing about 300pm. Any suggestions are helpful.
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Many travelers have shared their experiences and advice regarding the Fast Track service at Bangkok's BKK airport, especially for those arriving around 3 PM. While some suggest that Fast Track can reduce wait times through immigration, they caution that waiting for checked luggage can negate its benefits. Tips include not checking bags if you're in a rush and using priority services that may be available for economy class passengers. There are mixed reports on the availability of Fast Track for different passenger types, with some stating it is accessible to everyone while others claim it's limited to long-term visa holders and airport staff.
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Carole ********
Carole ********
I arrived beginning of March, the fast track is only available for for a long term visa holders and airport staff. Everyone else has to queue.
Nick ******
Nick ******
@Carole *******
that’s not true. I have been selling fast track for economy class passengers. It started up again 1 March after 4 week suspension
Carole ********
Carole ********
@Nick *****
lucky me arriving on the 1st. How do I buy from you the next time?
Nick ******
Nick ******
@Carole *******
here is one link

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Thomas ************
Thomas ************
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@Carole *******
what is a long term visa holder
Carole ********
Carole ********
William *********
William *********
Well worth the money. Once you check your bags it will be a breeze
Riny ************
Riny ************
I arrived yesterday at BKK airport at 3 PM. Took me not more then 90 minutes to go trough immigration/get my luguage/import my dog/change some money and activate my Thai mobile again. Start the Thai live. Relax
Giorgio ******
Giorgio ******
@Riny ***********
in the same time you could have bought a domestic ticket and check in . this happens to me sometimes without going through the " fast track "🤣🤣🤣🤣
Olivia ********
Olivia ********
Does the departure fast track also get you past the long airline check-in queues?
Brandon ************
Brandon ************
@Olivia *******
I wish. But no, fast track starts after you checkin, drop off your bags and get your boarding pass.
Lincoln *******
Lincoln *******
I do each time using my APEC card but earlier comments are correct, you will still be waiting for your bags.
Nick ******
Nick ******
Well we sell this now. Point of fact.

1) guide picks you up from airbridge.

2) luggage it depends on the day and time.

3) You can not just wonder in without boarding pass.

You can see details here with one of our partners who buy with us.

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Thomas ************
Thomas ************
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@Nick *****
so you do not need to be First Class ticket , economy can use
Thomas ************
Thomas ************
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Thank you
Nick ******
Nick ******
@Thomas ***********
yes correct I also sell with other OTA too. You can just google. You will see I have many listings.
Nick ******
Nick ******
@Thomas ***********
yes correct. We will send you confirmation later as soon as immigration give us the code.
Thomas ************
Thomas ************
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@Nick *****
so I arrive with my Thai wife, someone meets us and we walk to Immigration correct
Nick ******
Nick ******
@Thomas ***********
this is not true. I am selling fast track with Expedia and KKDay and Viator and Tripadvisor. You can see one of my listings here

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Thomas ************
Thomas ************
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@Nick *****
I see someone wrote only available to long term visa holders….who is a long term visa holder. Can I message you
Michael ********
Michael ********
Yes everytime last few months come through immigration before luggage and that includes time they put my luggage in priority
Giorgio ******
Giorgio ******
the waiting time will be the same at the luggage belt 🤣🤣🤣..
Jo **********
Jo **********
you can easily con your way through there. just say your flying business class and you lost your boarding pass
Giorgio ******
Giorgio ******
@Jo *********
you are so pathetic !!!!

who counsels somebody to lie is a liar himself

, basics in education ...

as you tell other people to lie who can believe you have a Phd you could as well say you have an Mst , a Ghb , an Abc , an Hiv .it doesn't mean a thing .

I teach my children not to lie and never believe a liar .
Braulio *********
Braulio *********
@Jo *********
Evil to lie. Honest is the best policy.
Jo **********
Jo **********
@Braulio ********
ridiculous is telling a fairytale evil, is mythology, are stories that imagine love evil? you have a sick mind
Jo **********
Jo **********
@Giorgio *****
i have a PhD i am not going into a mindless and immature discussion about this. it’s a waste of time
Giorgio ******
Giorgio ******
@Jo *********
said the guy wh pretended to talk philosophy !

would be what kindergarden philosophy school you went to . with the level you show here . it's getting more and more funny . the way you can't answer any critic beause you were just wrong at the first time 🤣
Jo **********
Jo **********
@Giorgio *****
wow a lot of self centered anger
Giorgio ******
Giorgio ******
@Jo *********
quite easy : :when you say you traveled 1st class , and you lost your boarding pass , and none of these 2 asumptions is true , this is called 2 lies in any kind of phylosophy on planet earth . some stupid people try to distort this but they have no chance if they face just normal simple plain sane people .

the kind of freak who needs a dictionary to percieve the deep phylosophycal meaning of a LIE ,is so rare

( you look like you"re one of them ) that he should be displayed in a circus where they could expose their taned torso , like if it was something to be proud of .🤣🤣🤣

any way who in the world is gonna hang around in an airport without his boarding pass , ( it's like hanging around without your passport) when any official person in the airport ,including immigration, customs , and many others are entitle to ask you for your boarding pass , got to be out of mind to give the counsel " pretend you loose your boarding pass " this could put people in quite big trouble . so counseling this to unaware travelers is just plain stupidity . no need of phylosophy to understand this .
Jo **********
Jo **********
@Giorgio *****
really then you didn’t study philosophy and don’t understand the definition of a lie is fundamentally.
Giorgio ******
Giorgio ******
@Jo *********
who foesn't make the difference between a lie and a fairy tale really left his mind and intelligence at the airport when entering the country .
Giorgio ******
Giorgio ******
@Jo *********
yeah !! encourage people to lye !! beautiful spirit !

it won't help to get the luggage faster
Jo **********
Jo **********
@Giorgio *****
did he say he had checked luggage, and not lying maybe he lost his boarding pass
Giorgio ******
Giorgio ******
@Jo *********
of course !! and maybe he was in 1st class and maybe he lost his boarding pass and maybe he has no luggage and maybe he was in economy and maybe his boarding pass is hanging out of his shirt's pocket and maybe he has a 20kg checked luggage and maybe his plane is late and maybe his connecting flight is delayed and maybe he his , like so many , gonna leave his sane spirit in the airport when arriving, to enter the wonderful world of MAYBES ..

And maybe like any traveler he will learn , that when you choose a connecting flight very closed to your arriving flight sometimes you make it and sometimes you don't

..and there is no John Doe gonna guess what will happen ..
Jo **********
Jo **********
@Giorgio *****
say anything
Giorgio ******
Giorgio ******
@Jo *********
of course you know better . does your crystal ball tells you if his plane is on time ?
Brandon ************
Brandon ************
Even if you get fast track, you'll end up waiting for your bag at the baggage claim if you have a checked bag. If you're actually in a hurry then don't check any bags.

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