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[bradiston]

"We're queueing for the escalator to go down, only one working".

 

"Security done. Big queue for passport control". 1130 Sunday 28th January.

 

No automatic gates. Complete chaos according to my source.

[ezzra]

And It's only going to get worse come the Chinese Lunar year holidays on 10th Feb...

[Dante99]

43 minutes ago, bradiston said:

Complete chaos according to my source

SWAT and police riot control units on the way.  ETA 7 minutes.

[Stocky]

I went through Sunday two weeks (Jan 14th) back similar time. Only one escalator going down from security to immigration then, but it wasn't chaos. Lots of people yes, and the automatic gates didn't seem to be in use, but there were airport staff directing people, all the desks were manned and it didn't take more than 15 minutes to clear immigration.

[bradiston]

18 hours ago, bradiston said:

"We're queueing for the escalator to go down, only one working".

 

"Security done. Big queue for passport control". 1130 Sunday 28th January.

 

No automatic gates. Complete chaos according to my source.

Update. The auto gates were for Thais only but no takers.

[Lazybones]

1 hour ago, bradiston said:

Update. The auto gates were for Thais only but no takers.

.... except for my Thai 11yo grandson who managed to slip through the auto gates unimpeded yesterday. I didn't know where he had gone! Fortunately there was a manned gate next to the auto gates with nobody there that they let me through avoiding the hugh queues. Found him inside the terminal. 

[AAArdvark]

2 hours ago, bradiston said:

Update. The auto gates were for Thais only but no takers.

Was there a sign somewhere stating that? 

[Danderman123]

On 1/28/2024 at 8:17 PM, bradiston said:

Update. The auto gates were for Thais only but no takers.

There were auto gates for Thais, but on the other side of the escalator were autogates for people with passports with chips (ie "Epassports"). But the staff were directing people away from those gates.

 

I told them my passport would work, but when I got close to the gate, I saw a hand written sign indicating that using the automated gate would cancel a re-entry permit.

[josephbloggs]

7 minutes ago, Danderman123 said:

I told them my passport would work, but when I got close to the gate, I saw a hand written sign indicating that using the automated gate would cancel a re-entry permit.

Oh, that's not good.