Transit times through Suvarnabhumi inbound

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Have a bite downstairs in the food hall....
Yes, a local meal and a small beer can be had there for about a 100bt which has to be one of the better value meals available at an international airport. That beer bar on the mezzanine level in the Miracle food court is good to waste an hour as well although it costs more than the food court.
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A happy ending to this one. Flight was on time, immigration was maybe 5 minutes, baggage collection 5 minutes. Plenty of room on the 3pm bus.............. RESULT :D
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An old, but relevant thread for me. We have quite a few visitors arriving in the next few weeks. I remember a while back there were outrageous queues, and the usual knee jerk reaction significantly reduced those delays.

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STEVE G wrote: Thu Feb 28, 2019 12:56 pm I come in to Thailand every 12 weeks on average and there are now always long queues at immigration of mainly what appear to be Asian tourists, I suppose Chinese. I remember in the past, sometimes there being almost no queues at all but I haven't seen that for years now.
I can only suppose that these Asian tourists aren't interested in beach resorts because you don't see them around Hua Hin.
I know nothing lasts forever here in the Land of Smiles, so I'm just wondering what the current transit time through Immigration/baggage (all visitors will have baggage) control is. I need to advise them regarding booking of the airport bus.
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We had a friend arrive yesterday. Landed at 11:50 and was clear less than an hour later giving plenty of time for the 13:30 bus to HH.
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It took me about an hour and a quarter earlier this week. For booking the bus, I usually allow the hour and a half that they recommend which also means that they'll put you on the next bus if you're delayed for 30bt or whatever the charge is now.
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HHTel wrote: Thu Feb 28, 2019 1:24 pm We had a friend arrive yesterday. Landed at 11:50 and was clear less than an hour later giving plenty of time for the 13:30 bus to HH.
I had about the same experience in mid-January flying in from Hanoi. About an hour to clear immigration and collect baggage, about 30 minutes to spare to catch the 13:30 bus. The line at immigration looked horrendous but it moved quickly. As you approach the front of the immigration line there were a couple staff members checking paperwork and trying to send people to the individual immigration officer queues to keep them balanced. Being tall I could see what was happening so went towards the far end where the individual lines were shorter, but many people bunched up at the lines near the center of the individual immigration officer queues, causing these lines to become longer and unbalanced.
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Thank you very much guys - 2 hours sounds sufficient.
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A year, or so, back customs announced they were checking more bags upon entry, anyone seen that?
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migrant wrote: Thu Feb 28, 2019 7:37 pm A year, or so, back customs announced they were checking more bags upon entry, anyone seen that?
They swoop onto anything that doesn't look like normal baggage, boxes, parcels or whatever but I've never been bothered carrying luggage.
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Somehow I always hope that landing close to midnight the lines at IM will be short, this is not usually the case.
I have a friend who routinely, puts 300b in his PP and goes through the Crew line. I have never had the guts to try that.
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