Thailand trip

On 5 Nov 2003 11:55:53 -0800, (Tchiowa) wrote:

(Miguel Cruz) wrote in message ...
Wah Shizzle wrote:
(Tchiowa) wrote:
That's plenty of time. Check in at Don Muang isn't as bad as some
other airports. I arrive about 90 minutes before a flight (just in
case) and usually spend only 10-15 minutes on check in, if that.

I hope that is not for an international flight , as checking in at
least 2 hours prior to takeoff is standard and required on most
flights.

Required in what sense? The only time I was 2 hours early for a flight I
fell asleep in the airport and missed it.

It is not required in Bangkok. The New Jersey shape-shifter is just
trying to pick fights. I don't think there is an actual requirement
anywhere. But there are "recommendations". In SFO they were
recommending arriving 3 hours before flight time.

I'm just looking at Cathay Pacific's timetable, and they list the
times the check-in desks close for each airport they use. For BKK they
say its 45 minutes before flight departure, so I guess you could take
that as the minimum *required* time.

I admit I do cut it a bit fine at times. A couple of weeks ago the
traffic was much heavier than I'd expected and I got to the desk just
25 minutes before the flight was due to go. I hadn't expected them to
accept me, but they did, and I still made it to the gate with over 10
minutes to spare.

In article , (Wah
Shizzle) writes:

Not sure how well a sleepy

What a low class reply that is. White trash does get around but even in Alabama
education is making inroads.
edwardseco

"The Man"


It's actually been getting quicker for me internationally that pre
9-11.

What happened on the 9th of November then ?

Chris Blunt wrote in message . ..
On Wed, 05 Nov 2003 14:28:10 GMT, (Wah Shizzle)
wrote:

On Wed, 05 Nov 2003 12:36:08 +0800, Chris Blunt
wrote:

On Wed, 05 Nov 2003 02:44:10 GMT, (Wah Shizzle)
wrote:

On Wed, 05 Nov 2003 02:49:46 GMT, (Miguel Cruz) wrote:


Required in what sense? The only time I was 2 hours early for a flight I
fell asleep in the airport and missed it.

Required for something nowadays called International Security , or did
you sleep through the last 3 years also.

Which takes all of 10 minutes to complete.


Try doing it at JFK in NYC in 10 min.

I'll have to take your word for that, but we started off talking
specifically about BKK.

I think a lot depends on how often you fly, and how well you know the
airport. I use BKK (and 3 or 4 other airports) several times a year.
After a while you get to be able to predict within a couple of minutes
how long its going to take to you complete each stage of the departure
process, right up to arrival at the gate. If I were using an airport I
was unfamiliar with I'd allow plenty of extra time.

And you can take the frequent flying one step further. If you are an
elite level (silver or gold) in many cases you can check in at a
window with a shorter line (first or business class window even if
you're in coach). That speeds up the process even more.

In article ,
says...


And you can take the frequent flying one step further. If you are an
elite level (silver or gold) in many cases you can check in at a
window with a shorter line (first or business class window even if
you're in coach). That speeds up the process even more.


****Well well Titchy.................. So you are in Pattaya eh???

Been down to see the girlies at your old haunts???? Your new digs sound a bit
upmarket.............. Whats the joiners fee there at the Marriot old bean?

Got hold of Kramer??? Sounds like he's a bit cheesed off with you eh???

On Thu, 06 Nov 2003 14:10:25 +0800, Chris Blunt
wrote:


I'm just looking at Cathay Pacific's timetable, and they list the
times the check-in desks close for each airport they use. For BKK they
say its 45 minutes before flight departure, so I guess you could take
that as the minimum *required* time.

I admit I do cut it a bit fine at times. A couple of weeks ago the
traffic was much heavier than I'd expected and I got to the desk just
25 minutes before the flight was due to go. I hadn't expected them to
accept me, but they did, and I still made it to the gate with over 10
minutes to spare.


I had the same experience my last flight out of Bangkok. Overslept.
Caught in traffic, etc. Arrived with 20 minutes to spare on an EVA
flight. The EVA check in counter was deserted but a couple of
employees were still there. I was very rudely scolded by the EVA
check in girl for arriving late and I pretty much had to take the
abuse. She was very terse with me but quickly and efficiently checked
my bag, issued my boarding passes and then handed me off to some kind
of security guard or something who spoke no English but personally
escorted me through paying the departure tax, immigration and security
in each case cutting us ahead of people in those lines. I arrived at
the gate as the last 20 or so people were boarding probably still 10
minutes before my scheduled departure. At LAX my checked bag even
arrived as scheduled but it might have just caught up with me during
the layover in Taipei. Wouldn't recommend it but that is certainly
the easiest I ever made it out of that place. The personal escort was
a nice touch.