Intl tranfer experience at CDG
May 4, 2016, 1:16 am
#16
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I'm arriving from JFK at 8:35 and my flight to TLV is at 10:50. It looks like this should be plenty of time to make the transfer, but will there be additional checks on the way to TLV? Should I count on just having time to make the flights, or will there be time for coffee on the way?
It was as random as I was stopped almost every time, possibly because I was connecting and not departing from CDG, but that is after your boarding pass is being scanned at the gate, so no issues with missing the flight.
1h15 should give you time for coffee, assuming there will not be a long queue in transit security.
May 4, 2016, 1:25 am
#17
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Thanks Goldorak, this does make sense, although I have a feeling that when it comes to non-Schengen EEA countries this is a relatively new development. I usually choose AMS over CDG so can't really tell you when I had transferred through Paris before (no more than a year ago though), but I don't ever recall going through security, so I think it may be down to new security procedures rather than the terminal layouts.
Either way, for me it's Schiphol from now on, with its new central security transferring is a pleasure.
Either way, for me it's Schiphol from now on, with its new central security transferring is a pleasure.
With the new layout, I suspect that is no longer the case.
May 4, 2016, 4:53 am
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There aren't any additional checks "on the way", there used to be "random" checks at the gate, although I think the last time I took this route was in 2014.
It was as random as I was stopped almost every time, possibly because I was connecting and not departing from CDG, but that is after your boarding pass is being scanned at the gate, so no issues with missing the flight.
1h15 should give you time for coffee, assuming there will not be a long queue in transit security.
It was as random as I was stopped almost every time, possibly because I was connecting and not departing from CDG, but that is after your boarding pass is being scanned at the gate, so no issues with missing the flight.
1h15 should give you time for coffee, assuming there will not be a long queue in transit security.
security for TLV flights usually add a layer or two of checks.
But once you have the boarding pass in hand and your bags are checked though, there is no problem.
May 4, 2016, 5:00 am
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May 5, 2016, 10:36 am
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I'm arriving from JFK at 8:35 and my flight to TLV is at 10:50. It looks like this should be plenty of time to make the transfer, but will there be additional checks on the way to TLV? Should I count on just having time to make the flights, or will there be time for coffee on the way?