Good stories. The main problem I get in the Thai queue, which I am entitled to use as a PR, is that other farangs often start queuing up behind me. Sometimes they get shooed away by the immigration officers and other times they let them through. Once I was in a hurry to catch a flight and an Indian guy was standing in the Thai queue in front of me. After a couple of minutes all his friends left the foreign queues to push in with him in front of me. Since I was in a hurry I pointed out to them they were not entitled to stand there, unless they were PRs. They ignored me but fortunately an immigration officer came up and unceremoniously booted them out of the queue.

Same thing happened to be but I told them to move back to foreign passports line and they did so. Not indians though.

It's gotten so bad that ANA has actually issued a travel notice for Suvarnabuhmi. What a lose of face.

"ANA Information

To Departing Passengers from Bangkok Suvarnabumi Airport

Severe congestion has occurred in passport control area of Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport.

Moreover, due to renovation of immigration area from 18th May, it is expected extremely long lining up at passport control. ANA recommend passengers to finish check-in 2 hours earlier than the standard departure time and queue up immediately.

(The construction may continue until March 2012.)

Your understanding and cooperation are highly appreciated.

May 16th, 2011

All Nippon Airways Co., LTD."

Source: http://www.ana.co.jp...o/notice110516/

Well this is what they are trying to do. Let me introduce you to the new two-storey immigration queues: