customs / immigration line ups

[Craig123]

Although I have never experienced it before, this February 12 we arrived at 2:30 pm along with three other planes. When we approached the "room", the line was backed up beyond the entire room (around the corner) and was about 6 people wide. We took about an 1.5 hours to clear customs. The Moscow visitors were butting in and jumping lines. They (although not all) generally had no consideration for others whatsoever. I watched the circus and smiled. NO sense in getting upset as it was beyond my control.

The couple we met arrived on a different flight at the same time. They took the alternate line, hoping to expedite things and took almost 3 hours to clear. It was absolutely insane. We were sharing a taxi, so it was frustrating for all involved, including our driver Kingsley, who BTW was awesome.

Under those circumstances the extra fee to jump the queue would be well worth it.