On Jan 6, 10:20 am, Declan Murphy <declan_mur...@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> Got back in late last night. Used the auto gates to skip the queues.
> It took the technology 4 attempts to read my passport, 2 to read the
> barcode on the re-entry permit, 3 to process the fingerprints, and 2
> for the photo. Then they needed an official at the desk anyway.
> Clusterfuck. At least I didn't have to queue. Walked through customs
> with no bag check, so plenty of untaxed hard-to-find-in-Japan booze
> for the bar.

That is a reason why I haven't bothered registering for the auto
gates.  What is the point?  Family members will have to queue anyway
and it would be VERY unlikely I would be without checked baggage.

At least it isn't the clusterfuck that everyone imagined it was going
to be when they first announced it.