Originally Posted by
taxexile
Departed BKK Suwannaphum last Friday evening around 6pm, there were no queues at either immigration or security and both processes took less than one minute and security and immigration staff were smartly turned out and polite.
Although Suwannaphum is starting to look a little run down now, it seems to function in a very efficient manner. We have used it a lot over the past couple of years, 8 times, and have never encountered delays or annoyances. Luggage is always delivered quickly and transport to and from the airport using the airport express from Makkasan is superb. Less than £1 to the airport in 30 minutes from the city centre in this day and age is remarkable.
Contrast that with the shambles that are UK airports at present. They charge drop off and pick up fees, and once inside the crumbling terminals you are herded around by aggressive gestapo like staff who are invariably fat, ugly and scruffy and all wearing those bulky multi pocketed commando style stab waistcoats festooned with cameras, radios and huge key chains. It was like entering a war zone. Waited nearly an hour for our luggage too. That was Manchester by the way.
What a welcome for foreign visitors, and what a slap in the face for returning Brits.