SABloke Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 If one flies internationally to Swampy and then change airlines (separate booking) for a domestic flight does one go through immigration at Swampy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubonjoe Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 You would cllear immigration at Suvarnabhumi. However there are some airlines that offer a connecting flight arrangement that allows a person to clear immigration at another airport that has allows international arrivals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SABloke Posted July 24, 2017 Author Share Posted July 24, 2017 You would cllear immigration at Suvarnabhumi. However there are some airlines that offer a connecting flight arrangement that allows a person to clear immigration at another airport that has allows international arrivals.Flight is BA to Swampy and then THAI to Phuket. Flights were booked separately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maybole Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 I last did it in February. There is a list of possible destinations on the overhead signs directing passengers to transfer points. I think that Phuket is on the list. I believe that it depends on the airport having an international facility. Immigration is a single desk, but I have never seen a queue at it. You will have to clear Customs at the destination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricardo Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 (edited) 16 hours ago, ubonjoe said: You would cllear immigration at Suvarnabhumi. However there are some airlines that offer a connecting flight arrangement that allows a person to clear immigration at another airport that has allows international arrivals. Just to clarify, that works out-bound, but not IME in-bound. I flew-in on Qatar end-May, with onward (on the same ticket) to Chiang-Mai on Bangkok Air, and the two-or-three Immigration-desks were just after the transit-to-domestic airline-desks, at Swampy. Only my hold-luggage stayed international until CNX, where I collected it & cleared Customs. But in the OP's case, changing airlines & on different bookings/PNRs, he will definitely need to clear Immigration & Customs at Swampy, before checking-in again upstairs for the onward domestic-flight. Edited July 25, 2017 by Ricardo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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KhunBENQ Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 20 hours ago, SABloke said: If one flies internationally to Swampy and then change airlines (separate booking) for a domestic flight does one go through immigration at Swampy? Yes. No way to arrive and enter a domestic flight without immigration check. 20 hours ago, SABloke said: Flight is BA to Swampy and then THAI to Phuket. Flights were booked separately. Separately booked also sounds that the baggage will not be checked through(?). So completely standard procedure: pass immigration pick up baggage check-in on 4th floor pass domestic security check and proceed to gate How much time do you have between the flights? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SABloke Posted July 25, 2017 Author Share Posted July 25, 2017 Just now, KhunBENQ said: Yes. No way to arrive and enter a domestic flight without immigration check. Separately booked also sounds that the baggage will not be checked through(?). So completely standard procedure: pass immigration pick up baggage check-in on 4th floor pass domestic security check and proceed to gate How much time do you have between the flights? Thanks for that. Re: time...I don't know, it's my sister, BIL and their 2 little boys coming. I think they'll be alright (I noticed that there is priority immigration check for families with little kids so hope that speeds up the usual 45min+ process)[ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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