Security at AMS
#1
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Security at AMS
Hi All,
I got message from AMS Facebook and he told me that gate security screening soon to be disappear. You will no longer to be screened at the gate. They will be relocated at new central security checkpoints. Isn't that great news?
http://www.schiphol.nl/Travellers/At...alSecurity.htm
They will be completed sometime in June 2015. You will no longer to be screened at the gate. You don't have worry about secondary screening at the gate anymore. Long overdue!!!!
I got message from AMS Facebook and he told me that gate security screening soon to be disappear. You will no longer to be screened at the gate. They will be relocated at new central security checkpoints. Isn't that great news?
http://www.schiphol.nl/Travellers/At...alSecurity.htm
They will be completed sometime in June 2015. You will no longer to be screened at the gate. You don't have worry about secondary screening at the gate anymore. Long overdue!!!!
#3
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For me it depends entirely on whether or not I will continue to be interrogated. I have stopped all flying AMS-US because of these idiotic shenanigans. It's none of their g*******d business how I can afford a business or first class ticket.
If I don't respond to interrogations from authorities in my own country, I'm certainly not going to deal with it at AMS (and support it with the taxes from my ticket).
If I don't respond to interrogations from authorities in my own country, I'm certainly not going to deal with it at AMS (and support it with the taxes from my ticket).
#4
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I think that this will make things worse. My understanding (although it may have changed) is that currently, some of the gates at AMS have body scanners and some have WTMDs. My guess is that with the change, everyone departing on non-Schengen flights will be directed to body scanners.
Also, I could imagine that lines could become really long if there are fewer open checkpoints for which passengers are sent to body scanners.
Also, I could imagine that lines could become really long if there are fewer open checkpoints for which passengers are sent to body scanners.
#5
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Also, I could imagine that lines could become really long if there are fewer open checkpoints for which passengers are sent to body scanners.
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As it is, with the increased rudeness of AMS passport control, the longer taxi times after touchdown at AMS, the crazy rush at AMS even on a Sunday morning, for me AMS has rather quickly gone from being one of my favorite transit airports in Europe to being an airport I no longer fancy and sometime even actively try to avoid. Centralized transit screening for non-Schengen to non-Schengen flights is going to mess things up for some passengers, more so for some routes and times than for other routes and times.
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As it is, with the increased rudeness of AMS passport control, the longer taxi times after touchdown at AMS, the crazy rush at AMS even on a Sunday morning, for me AMS has rather quickly gone from being one of my favorite transit airports in Europe to being an airport I no longer fancy and sometime even actively try to avoid.
I do agree with your sentiment though - in previous years I have generally gotten stamped into Schengen without a word, which now only happens occasionally in the Romance-speaking areas, but at AMS they have seemingly started grilling almost everyone; it's almost as bad as the US
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Why should the rudeness of passport control matter if you are "purely" in transit?
I do agree with your sentiment though - in previous years I have generally gotten stamped into Schengen without a word, which now only happens occasionally in the Romance-speaking areas, but at AMS they have seemingly started grilling almost everyone; it's almost as bad as the US
I do agree with your sentiment though - in previous years I have generally gotten stamped into Schengen without a word, which now only happens occasionally in the Romance-speaking areas, but at AMS they have seemingly started grilling almost everyone; it's almost as bad as the US
#10
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Does anyone know whether the US will be one of the countries for which originating flights will no longer need to go through security? Will this only be on flights to non-Schengen areas, or will passengers on connecting flights to Schengen areas also not need to re-clear security?
I agree with AMS being a difficult airport to clear customs. I had an overnight layover at AMS and was given a hard time at passport control because I had yet to book my hotel room. I had planned to book it at the last minute at the airport but had trouble getting wifi access in the area of the airport prior to passport control. I was eventually allowed to enter into the country, but I have never found this difficulty with any other entry into Schengen.
I agree with AMS being a difficult airport to clear customs. I had an overnight layover at AMS and was given a hard time at passport control because I had yet to book my hotel room. I had planned to book it at the last minute at the airport but had trouble getting wifi access in the area of the airport prior to passport control. I was eventually allowed to enter into the country, but I have never found this difficulty with any other entry into Schengen.
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AMS border control is very strict. You have show your passport & boarding pass before you enter non-Schengen or Schengen areas. If you connecting the flights in EU or if you leave from Europe. You are required to show your boarding pass.
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Does anyone know whether the US will be one of the countries for which originating flights will no longer need to go through security? Will this only be on flights to non-Schengen areas, or will passengers on connecting flights to Schengen areas also not need to re-clear security?
I agree with AMS being a difficult airport to clear customs. I had an overnight layover at AMS and was given a hard time at passport control because I had yet to book my hotel room. I had planned to book it at the last minute at the airport but had trouble getting wifi access in the area of the airport prior to passport control. I was eventually allowed to enter into the country, but I have never found this difficulty with any other entry into Schengen.
I agree with AMS being a difficult airport to clear customs. I had an overnight layover at AMS and was given a hard time at passport control because I had yet to book my hotel room. I had planned to book it at the last minute at the airport but had trouble getting wifi access in the area of the airport prior to passport control. I was eventually allowed to enter into the country, but I have never found this difficulty with any other entry into Schengen.
Security at the gate was painless when we left. Just two questions (did we travel to any countries outside the Netherlands and did we check any bags).
Maybe we were just fortunate at the time.