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Re: SXM airport introduces automated gates
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01/09/2017 05:09 PM
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I'm not sure, from reading the story, although it does talk about security. And there is no security when you are entering SXM. And the pictures sort of look like upstairs in the departure area.
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Re: SXM airport introduces automated gates
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OK, looks like we need to have someone report on their first hand experience and see what happens.
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Re: SXM airport introduces automated gates
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LONGISLANDSHARON said: They had these installed when I was there in Nov. But....they didn't work. A human had to scan your boarding pass. I 'assume' this means they are now working. It's only for your boarding pass...before you go upstairs. The boarding pass scanners are at the bottom of the stairs and were working when we left December 7th. The scanners show in the article are at the top of the stairs just prior to entering security. Those scanners were there in December but not working yet.
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Re: SXM airport introduces automated gates
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01/10/2017 01:27 PM
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Carol_Hill said: So, the new machines are when you arrive in SXM?? No, the new machines are when you depart from SXM...On the second floor before the security checkpoint.
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Re: SXM airport introduces automated gates
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01/10/2017 01:29 PM
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Happy Nude used it on 12/27/16 upon arrival.
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Re: SXM airport introduces automated gates
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Immigration officers in being able to process upwards of six travellers in the same timeframe it would customarily take one passenger to be cleared through exit control Agree about the security thing BUT Immigration is, by definition, coming INTO a country but I can't put that with "Exit control" . Our last arrival was pure chaos AFTER baggage claim because they were checking passengers bags where you normally pass through. Maybe THAT's the normally absent "exit control" . It is very confusing....might have made more sense if they started the article with "Arriving (or departing) passengers at PJIA now have....."
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Re: SXM airport introduces automated gates
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...and even better....refers to it also as a faster EMIGRATION procedure offer a very fast exit emigration control procedure, taking only a few seconds to complete each transaction.
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Re: SXM airport introduces automated gates
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01/10/2017 04:32 PM
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Confirmation on Sunday <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Wink.gif" alt="" />
My guess is that they are n ow active in both areas
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Re: SXM airport introduces automated gates
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This is what I saw when we were there in December. As you ARRIVE, there were free standing machines on the left hand side just before where the people who let you IN to the country have their wickets. On Dec 3rd they were not yet in use (covered in plastic) but it sounds like they are now being used. The description of inserting your passport and having your photo snapped is exactly how these machines work at many airports in North America now.
The BOARDING PASS SCANNERS were in fact being used (unless you were flying Air Canada) and are located at the bottom of the escalators that take you upstairs to pass through security.
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Re: SXM airport introduces automated gates
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01/10/2017 04:49 PM
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Yes, those (unused) machines were sitting there at least from May 2016.
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