Kris Ziel comments

I have flown to Asia a couple of times now, both trips terminating in Singapore, with stops in Narita or Hong Kong. The only diference I have noticed between Japanese/Hong Kong security is that they don't check my ticket before I go through security (which makes sense given that I got into the international arrivals area somehow), other than that there isn't a noticeable difference. Customs in Singapore is a breeze, taking 3 minutes at most. In Australia it was well over an hour, but in SFO it was a couple minutes, and SEA and ORD took no longer than 10 minutes. The TSA gets a bad rap, most of which is either unfounded or based on one bad agent. I love flying internationally, but domestic flying isn't much worse.