Macau Airport

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1/10

"such a disappointing experience"

(United States)

Not Verified | Customer service representatives are extremely rude and will yell at you for no reason. Everybody’s cutting the line. If you’re a foreigner, prepare to be unable to buy anything, they only accept Alipay or local cash at this airport. The first time I’m having such a disappointing experience, avoid going here at all cost!
Experience At AirportArrival and Departure
Date VisitJanuary 2020
Type Of TravellerSolo Leisure
Queuing Times 12345
Terminal Cleanliness 12345
Terminal Seating 12345
Terminal Signs 12345
Food Beverages 12345
Airport Shopping 12345
Wifi Connectivity 12345
Airport Staff 12345
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3/10

"poorly designed and managed airport"

(Finland)

Trip Verified | Very poorly designed and managed airport. Not worth flying out of this airport compared to HK international airport due to a guarenteed bad experience.
Experience At AirportDeparture Only
Date VisitDecember 2018
Type Of TravellerSolo Leisure
Queuing Times 12345
Terminal Cleanliness 12345
Terminal Seating 12345
Terminal Signs 12345
Food Beverages 12345
Airport Shopping 12345
Wifi Connectivity 12345
Airport Staff 12345
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2/10

"featureless, frustrating area"

(Hong Kong)

Not Verified | I had high expectations for Macau Airport, none of which were met and Macau has neglected to bring an int'l standard of quality to its airport. Poorly lit corners abound in what amounts to three levels of cramped mediocrity. In the whole terminal is a lonely 7-11 down the hall. There's the obligatory McD's upstairs for finer dining, but not much else. Seeing the jacked up prices in these places turned me off from them. An unforgiveable oversight is the lack of standardized mobile device charging. Fully expecting to plug my phone into a USB port, I still can't fathom what the airport admin was thinking by installing very non-standard 3-prong charging ports, what they dubbed as 'wireless charging'. To use these, you're forced to buy the local solution in the form of an adapter. No worries, for the 7-11 has 'em for $100 MOP. Kudos for removing the use-anywhere, conveniently 'universal' of the USB. That took a special effort. The personnel at MA could also use some rewiring. Most obvious, the airport overstaffed its confines with too much security. Here, there & everywhere you'll meet the Blueshirts who, you can bet, have an eye on you. I interacted with a warden-esque washroom attendant who let me know my time was up by rapping the stall door & barking admonitions. On the way out I fingered him to take the matter to admin for further assessment. Macau Airport is not merely a scaled down version of its counterpart across the pond. More than that, it's a featureless, frustrating area where you'll be in a hurry to not just catch your flight but to escape the pains of being in the place.
Experience At AirportTransit
Date VisitJune 2018
Type Of TravellerSolo Leisure
Queuing Times 12345
Terminal Cleanliness 12345
Terminal Seating 12345
Terminal Signs 12345
Food Beverages 12345
Airport Shopping 12345
Wifi Connectivity 12345
Airport Staff 12345
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7/10

"a pleasant public area"

(New Zealand)

Not Verified | My 2nd experience of a Macau departure and it was consistent with the 1st. Very small compared to other airports in the region but nonetheless did not feel cluttered. Check in not very efficient with an ineffectual security check sticker placed on the zip of my bag. Otherwise it was a pleasant public area with good duty free shops. Annoying that my flight required a bus to get to the aircraft but not unexpected.
Experience At AirportDeparture Only
Date VisitMarch 2018
Type Of TravellerSolo Leisure
Queuing Times 12345
Terminal Cleanliness 12345
Terminal Seating 12345
Terminal Signs 12345
Food Beverages 12345
Airport Shopping 12345
Wifi Connectivity 12345
Airport Staff 12345
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10/10

"security was efficient and fast"

(Philippines)

Macau Intl airport is spacious. Security was efficient and fast. Check-in counter queues not long and fast. Staff at the counters were good and friendly.The boarding gates were big and not crowded.
Experience At AirportArrival and Departure
Date VisitApril 2017
Type Of TravellerFamily Leisure
Queuing Times 12345
Terminal Cleanliness 12345
Terminal Seating 12345
Terminal Signs 12345
Food Beverages 12345
Airport Shopping 12345
Wifi Connectivity 12345
Airport Staff 12345
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4/10

"bad immigration staff"

(Thailand)

Verified Review | To start off, the immigration staff are the worst I have ever seen. They are unhappy people who just toss your passport at you. When I said hello in Mandarin and English, they didn't even look at me! Across the border in China I met friendlier immigration staff, even though typically Macanese people are very friendly. To add to this bad immigration staff, the food is extremely overpriced. I got a "coconut egg tart" (which had no coconut in it) for 18 Pataca. Outrageous. A bowl of noodle soup for 70 pataca, and bottled water for 20. There's two positive things I can say about this airport. One, it's very light and airy, and two, other staff are very helpful. I would visit again if it weren't for the bad immigration staff.
Experience At AirportArrival and Departure
Date VisitJanuary 2017
Type Of TravellerFamily Leisure
Queuing Times 12345
Terminal Cleanliness 12345
Terminal Seating 12345
Terminal Signs 12345
Food Beverages 12345
Airport Shopping 12345
Wifi Connectivity 12345
Airport Staff 12345
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10/10

"little effort means so much"

(Thailand)

Verified Review | I came to Macau many times before. This time I arrived early afternoon transferring to HK. I expected to catch an airport bus to the ferry terminal to HK. I went to the information counter and there a member of staff gave me the travel info. After I left to the bus stop I realised that I had no Macau coins to pay the bus fee. I returned to the information desk for help. The kind staff searched her bag to find the coins to exchange with my HK notes so that I could take the bus to the ferry pier. This little effort means so much.
Experience At AirportTransit
Date VisitDecember 2016
Type Of TravellerSolo Leisure
Queuing Times 12345
Terminal Cleanliness 12345
Terminal Seating 12345
Terminal Signs 12345
Food Beverages 12345
Airport Shopping 12345
Wifi Connectivity 12345
Airport Staff 12345
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5/10

"staff were unable to understand me"

(China)

Verified Review | I arrived at Macau from Beijing on the way to Vietnam (layover of 6 hours). I found the staff who were waiting by the luggage were unable to understand me and so finding out whether I would have to collect my luggage or not became a huge issue. I then went to the currency exchange who were not rude, but extremely utilitarian and peeved that I did not wish to change a larger quantity of money. Exiting the airport throws you out onto a road where roadworks are being undertaken making it difficult for you to walk. On returning to take my onward flight, there was no order as to where I (or anyone else) should go to queue to check-in and no-one understood enough English to explain. The guy blocking my entrance to the customs area made an enormous issue out of me not having a slip of paper (that I did not need!) and held me up for ages. The teenagers who were undertaking the customs search and bag check were extremely rude, the x-ray area was very busy with people grabbing, pushing and snatching their items from the outlet of the x-ray. I refused to leave my personal effects (where literally all my money / phone / passport) was all piled into the same plastic box in order to walk several metres away out of sight of my bag in order to be searched. The agent shouted at me several times to go over to be searched and I refused repeatedly (I'm not normally pushy, but gut feeling was all wrong here), he continued to shout and point "camera, camera, camera" until eventually he snatched my bag and dumped it on the floor by the area I was to be searched in and then snarled at me "Happy now! You happy now?" I politely replied that I was happy now and he shouted / pointed / talked with the rest of his colleagues who basically kept their heads down, not even looking at him. Drinks and food were expensive in Pacific Coffee and the staff at the Information Desk unhelpful when asked about my delayed flight - they didn't seem to know which gate it had been altered to board at or when. From there Macau Airport was less eventful apart from someone disconnecting my nearly finished charging bank to connect his mobile phone to it (the charging bank). If I hadn't been stood directly behind him at the the time, I believe he would have stolen it. My flight was also delayed but I'm guessing that's nothing to do with the airport.
Experience At AirportArrival and Departure
Date VisitFebruary 2017
Type Of TravellerSolo Leisure
Queuing Times 12345
Terminal Cleanliness 12345
Terminal Seating 12345
Terminal Signs 12345
Food Beverages 12345
Airport Shopping 12345
Wifi Connectivity 12345
Airport Staff 12345
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2/10

"this airport is decent"

(Philippines)

Verified Review | This airport is decent. It's not that bad but it's not that nice either. The comfort rooms are nice. The duty free only has a few shops. What I don't like about this airport is that the salesladies are just rude. They speak to me in Chinese because I look Chinese but I don't understand Chinese, I asked them how to use their product and they just say huh? I've encountered many of them and almost all that I've encountered are the same. They speak in a rude manner knowing that I'm their customer who spends a lot on things. I guess it's their loss that I didn't buy from them. The airport is neat with only little trash.
Experience At AirportDeparture Only
Date VisitJanuary 2017
Type Of TravellerFamily Leisure
Queuing Times 12345
Terminal Cleanliness 12345
Terminal Seating 12345
Terminal Signs 12345
Food Beverages 12345
Airport Shopping 12345
Wifi Connectivity 12345
Airport Staff 12345
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5/10

"left me feeling annoyed until my flight arrived"

(Philippines)

Not sure if this is one of the busiest times of the year but there was quite a line thru security check. Mortified that they asked me to actually drop my passport on the tray to go under the scanner. T'was still fine until I was waiting to get my things from the belt when I was ushered away to do a body check. Understood it might've been because I was wearing a jacket but it took too long that I was afraid for my handbag and passport left on the tray while a lot of people have already passed through the security check. Good thing my mom recognized my things and grabbed it. But it was frustrating and left me feeling annoyed until my flight arrived.
Experience At AirportDeparture Only
Date VisitOctober 2016
Type Of TravellerFamily Leisure
Queuing Times 12345
Terminal Cleanliness 12345
Terminal Seating 12345
Terminal Signs 12345
Food Beverages N/A
Airport Shopping 12345
Wifi Connectivity 12345
Airport Staff 12345
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