In Reply to: But a very slow process surely posted by sherbert on Tuesday, 4. March 2008 at 10:32 Bali Time:
and takes just seconds for each bag. I needed to wait around 3 minutes in Denpasar as they needed to change a tape roll.
Let me tell you, they do not fail during the flight. I now carry a "waiter's friend" style wine opener in outside pocket of my suitcase and use the knife part to open at destination.
When I went to my travelling-companion's room in Bali with my knife, he was desparately trying to work-out how to open his bag - tryng to burn it off with a light from box of matches.
I have had my bags sealed regularly as alwlays fly Garuda on Indonesian Domestic Routes and have never had the seal fail.
The system is quite fine-tuned at Garuda check-in counters and is absolutely seamless even when check-in queues are long.