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Singapore - 6 hrs to kill in airport- any bus trips?
You can have your baggage go straight to your next destination. No taxes or
fees to pay. No departure tax either. i have done it many times. Get the MRT to the city, dinner with friends and return on the MRT. You can leave the carry on with left luggage. Its quite cheap. Mark "John Keiser" wrote in message ... As I recall, when you take the free tour you remain in customs "quarantine" and no formalities or airport fees are incurred. If you leave by yourself, I suspect you may incur a departure fee when you return. The tour will kill a few hours. But as others have stated, there are enough [shopping/eating/movie] activies at the airport to keep you busy for 6 hours. Possibly even some free internet terminals. -- Remove -NOSPAM- to contact me. |
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Singapore - 6 hrs to kill in airport- any bus trips?
doesnt matter where the boarding pass is issued. Did it last month. You just
go through immigration and security as normal except you dont have to check in. Mark "Tchiowa" wrote in message om... "Mark Pannell" wrote in message ... You can have your baggage go straight to your next destination. That was then, this is now, as they say. If you exit immigration then check back in, they will double check your boarding pass (it would clearly not be issued in Singapore). If they notice that you left bags in transit while you left the airport, they will stop you and question you. No taxes or fees to pay. No departure tax either. i have done it many times. Get the MRT to the city, dinner with friends and return on the MRT. You can leave the carry on with left luggage. Its quite cheap. Mark "John Keiser" wrote in message ... As I recall, when you take the free tour you remain in customs "quarantine" and no formalities or airport fees are incurred. If you leave by yourself, I suspect you may incur a departure fee when you return. The tour will kill a few hours. But as others have stated, there are enough [shopping/eating/movie] activies at the airport to keep you busy for 6 hours. Possibly even some free internet terminals. -- Remove -NOSPAM- to contact me. |
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Singapore - 6 hrs to kill in airport- any bus trips?
doesnt matter where the boarding pass is issued. Did it last month. You just
go through immigration and security as normal except you dont have to check in. Mark "Tchiowa" wrote in message om... "Mark Pannell" wrote in message ... You can have your baggage go straight to your next destination. That was then, this is now, as they say. If you exit immigration then check back in, they will double check your boarding pass (it would clearly not be issued in Singapore). If they notice that you left bags in transit while you left the airport, they will stop you and question you. No taxes or fees to pay. No departure tax either. i have done it many times. Get the MRT to the city, dinner with friends and return on the MRT. You can leave the carry on with left luggage. Its quite cheap. Mark "John Keiser" wrote in message ... As I recall, when you take the free tour you remain in customs "quarantine" and no formalities or airport fees are incurred. If you leave by yourself, I suspect you may incur a departure fee when you return. The tour will kill a few hours. But as others have stated, there are enough [shopping/eating/movie] activies at the airport to keep you busy for 6 hours. Possibly even some free internet terminals. -- Remove -NOSPAM- to contact me. |
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Singapore - 6 hrs to kill in airport- any bus trips?
Mark Pannell kirjoitti: doesnt matter where the boarding pass is issued. Did it last month. You just go through immigration and security as normal except you dont have to check in. Easy to believe. How do you "double check". Your file already resides in the database. Changes to it are hardly generated at any airport just because you have been outside the transit area. How does the personnel at counters know whether you have been out or not. Tiotsiiva's friends at the passport control escort you there? Mark "Tchiowa" wrote in message . com... "Mark Pannell" wrote in message ... You can have your baggage go straight to your next destination. That was then, this is now, as they say. If you exit immigration then check back in, they will double check your boarding pass (it would clearly not be issued in Singapore). If they notice that you left bags in transit while you left the airport, they will stop you and question you. No taxes or fees to pay. No departure tax either. i have done it many times. Get the MRT to the city, dinner with friends and return on the MRT. You can leave the carry on with left luggage. Its quite cheap. Mark "John Keiser" wrote in message ... As I recall, when you take the free tour you remain in customs "quarantine" and no formalities or airport fees are incurred. If you leave by yourself, I suspect you may incur a departure fee when you return. The tour will kill a few hours. But as others have stated, there are enough [shopping/eating/movie] activies at the airport to keep you busy for 6 hours. Possibly even some free internet terminals. -- Remove -NOSPAM- to contact me. |
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Singapore - 6 hrs to kill in airport- any bus trips?
Mark Pannell kirjoitti: doesnt matter where the boarding pass is issued. Did it last month. You just go through immigration and security as normal except you dont have to check in. Easy to believe. How do you "double check". Your file already resides in the database. Changes to it are hardly generated at any airport just because you have been outside the transit area. How does the personnel at counters know whether you have been out or not. Tiotsiiva's friends at the passport control escort you there? Mark "Tchiowa" wrote in message . com... "Mark Pannell" wrote in message ... You can have your baggage go straight to your next destination. That was then, this is now, as they say. If you exit immigration then check back in, they will double check your boarding pass (it would clearly not be issued in Singapore). If they notice that you left bags in transit while you left the airport, they will stop you and question you. No taxes or fees to pay. No departure tax either. i have done it many times. Get the MRT to the city, dinner with friends and return on the MRT. You can leave the carry on with left luggage. Its quite cheap. Mark "John Keiser" wrote in message ... As I recall, when you take the free tour you remain in customs "quarantine" and no formalities or airport fees are incurred. If you leave by yourself, I suspect you may incur a departure fee when you return. The tour will kill a few hours. But as others have stated, there are enough [shopping/eating/movie] activies at the airport to keep you busy for 6 hours. Possibly even some free internet terminals. -- Remove -NOSPAM- to contact me. |
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Singapore - 6 hrs to kill in airport- any bus trips?
Mark Pannell kirjoitti: doesnt matter where the boarding pass is issued. Did it last month. You just go through immigration and security as normal except you dont have to check in. Easy to believe. How do you "double check". Your file already resides in the database. Changes to it are hardly generated at any airport just because you have been outside the transit area. How does the personnel at counters know whether you have been out or not. Tiotsiiva's friends at the passport control escort you there? Mark "Tchiowa" wrote in message . com... "Mark Pannell" wrote in message ... You can have your baggage go straight to your next destination. That was then, this is now, as they say. If you exit immigration then check back in, they will double check your boarding pass (it would clearly not be issued in Singapore). If they notice that you left bags in transit while you left the airport, they will stop you and question you. No taxes or fees to pay. No departure tax either. i have done it many times. Get the MRT to the city, dinner with friends and return on the MRT. You can leave the carry on with left luggage. Its quite cheap. Mark "John Keiser" wrote in message ... As I recall, when you take the free tour you remain in customs "quarantine" and no formalities or airport fees are incurred. If you leave by yourself, I suspect you may incur a departure fee when you return. The tour will kill a few hours. But as others have stated, there are enough [shopping/eating/movie] activies at the airport to keep you busy for 6 hours. Possibly even some free internet terminals. -- Remove -NOSPAM- to contact me. |
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Singapore - 6 hrs to kill in airport- any bus trips?
Tchiowa wrote:
If you exit immigration then check back in, they will double check your boarding pass (it would clearly not be issued in Singapore). If they notice that you left bags in transit while you left the airport, they will stop you and question you. Perhaps you were singled out (maybe at random?) for special treatment? A colleague did this yesterday (at SIN) and reported that all went smoothly and the departure process was a breeze. miguel -- Hit The Road! Photos and tales from around the world: http://travel.u.nu |
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Singapore - 6 hrs to kill in airport- any bus trips?
Tchiowa wrote:
If you exit immigration then check back in, they will double check your boarding pass (it would clearly not be issued in Singapore). If they notice that you left bags in transit while you left the airport, they will stop you and question you. Perhaps you were singled out (maybe at random?) for special treatment? A colleague did this yesterday (at SIN) and reported that all went smoothly and the departure process was a breeze. miguel -- Hit The Road! Photos and tales from around the world: http://travel.u.nu |
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Singapore - 6 hrs to kill in airport- any bus trips?
Tchiowa kirjoitti:
Markku Grönroos wrote in message ... Mark Pannell kirjoitti: doesnt matter where the boarding pass is issued. Did it last month. You just go through immigration and security as normal except you dont have to check in. Easy to believe. How do you "double check". Your file already resides in the database. Changes to it are hardly generated at any airport just because you have been outside the transit area. How does the personnel at counters know whether you have been out or not. Tiotsiiva's friends at the passport control escort you there? If you leave the transit area then you return through the Immigration counter and they can see that the boarding pass was issued somewhere else. That shouldn't happen if you checked in at the local airport. Heh heh. I have here one boarding pass/instapkaart (KLM) in hand. There is no printed piece of information on it where it is "issued". |
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Singapore - 6 hrs to kill in airport- any bus trips?
Tchiowa kirjoitti:
Markku Grönroos wrote in message ... Mark Pannell kirjoitti: doesnt matter where the boarding pass is issued. Did it last month. You just go through immigration and security as normal except you dont have to check in. Easy to believe. How do you "double check". Your file already resides in the database. Changes to it are hardly generated at any airport just because you have been outside the transit area. How does the personnel at counters know whether you have been out or not. Tiotsiiva's friends at the passport control escort you there? If you leave the transit area then you return through the Immigration counter and they can see that the boarding pass was issued somewhere else. That shouldn't happen if you checked in at the local airport. Heh heh. I have here one boarding pass/instapkaart (KLM) in hand. There is no printed piece of information on it where it is "issued". |
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