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The Schiphol mess

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    #92
    Lexi Jolly Farm
    Posts: 0 ✭ Lexi Jolly Farm


    The irony is that up to about a de axe ago Schipol was the very model of a well organised busy hub. It had a great reputation going back to the days my Dad would go through it in business trips in the 60s & 70s, then I went through it the odd time in the 80s, 90s etc, and found likewise. My last experience was good too even though it involved missing a connection, which was very well handled.

    My KLM flight from Lima (a good airport) departed an hour late, meaning I missed Dublin connection from Schipol. Was travelling in a group, the staff at Schipol prioritised elderly people into earlier connecting flights back to Ireland etc as there were some spare seats on other services. I and 3 others were asked to stay overnight at a very pleasant airport hotel, wined & fined & given a shopping voucher and booked onto a flight in the morning, all arranged with a smile in jig time.

    Since that I have heard bad reports about the airport having gone into a state of disorganisation, unpleasantness, chaos. Obviously the airport’s movements simply exceeded its capacity to handle.



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    #93
    Board Walker
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119827495#Comment_119827495

    Everything in cork seems operating as Normal. and at that... Cheaper



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    #94
    Tabnabs
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 15,710 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tabnabs


    Travelled through Schiphol, out and back this week. No great problems with queuing. Certainly nothing to put you off using the airport. Noticed that quite a lot of the food retailers were shut, including the (in)famous Murphy's Pub. Other food vendors seemed to be operating curtailed hours. Not sure what is going on there, as shopping was in full swing?

    Business lounge (Aspire) was mobbed, absolutely no chance of getting in there on-spec, you had to make a booking well in advance.

    But as long as they don't cancel your flight, Schiphol seems to be back in action.



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    #95
    Board Walker
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119890212#Comment_119890212

    Murphys has been shut since before the pandemic. the area was being used for Covid testing for the chinese flights which has stopped now and the airport is busy as ever so i dont know why they wont open it back up again.



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    #96
    Chris_5339762
    Registered Users Posts: 5,888 ✭✭✭Chris_5339762


    From what I've seen on various Facebook groups, it seems to be ok recently now that we're well into the off season. That said, a holiday-day seems to still cause problems far and away over what you might expect.



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    #97
    Tabnabs
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119893469#Comment_119893469

    Covid testing for Chinese passengers is still going on there, a lot of signage in that area for it. Must be why the pub is still closed.



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    #98
    Blut2
    Registered Users Posts: 2,996 ✭✭✭Blut2


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119899078#Comment_119899078

    Not far until the Christmas season in December now though. I'd be wary of booking flights through AMS during December personally anyway given their performance in the year to date.



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    #99
    Chris_5339762
    Registered Users Posts: 5,888 ✭✭✭Chris_5339762


    Yeah me too, but I did have flight booked and of course they've rescheduled them a little and I've to do a Schengen to Non Schengen connection in an hour which will be a riot. Whats worse is that according to Flightradar, it could well be the exact same plane for both flights too.



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    #100
    Board Walker
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    I see Privium have stopped taking new members. Privium basic was a hot seller for a while.



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    #101
    DubDani
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    We went through Schiphol twice over the XMAS Holiday period, and I have to say it was a very positive experience, comparable to how it was before Covid.


    Luggage, Immigration, Check-in etc. all worked smoothly with no delays or Issues.



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