You were flying long(er) haul though.sometimewoodworker wrote: ↑June 11, 2022, 2:24 pmIn the U.K. it’s just scan your boarding pass, there was nobody waiting, but yes on fast track, very few flights checking in when I did, so almost certainly not a class factor.
In Thailand I probably could have been due to age but due to there being no signage I was in general population, there was either 1 or 2 people ahead of me in my lane but with it going to two IOs no waiting.
I’ll agree with the flight times on immigration but highly doubt that class of travel had any influence on that.
For boarding the aircraft class of travel was, absolutely, the reason for no waiting. But the economy group was going at the same speed and queue time as always. The slowest would be BKK -> DOH flight but that is due to the approximately 700 economy passengers getting on 1 plane.
I’m actually in the Amari across from DMK as SWMBO said I needed to spend the money to get a shower and few hours sleep. I’ll update on air Asia economy domestic DMK -> KKC in a few hours time if there is any interest
The travelers most caught up in the debacle at MAN appear to be the one-class-fits-all that fly on smaller Tui or Wizzair airplanes to Benidorm and the Algarve. I can't honestly say if Ryanair have been mentioned in dispatches. They are usually the low bar of low-cost, no-frills regional European air travel regardless of the time of year.