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Originally Posted by cas_de
Tegel I hate you!
Long lines, unfriendly staff, lounges at the opposite end of the airport. I personally think that TXL is even worse than FRA!
Just my $.02
Yesterday my experience with the ground crew of AB (probably Globeground people) was not nice. The Check-in was a desaster and the answer to my complains about that:
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I'm a certified member of the TXL fan club. There is nothing as important as short distances that enable late check-in times.
I love coming to Tegel conveniently by subway or S-Bahn and then by bus, also like the BA lounge with the most courteous staff and homely feel, not even to mention the minimalist feel in the terminal. All that a traveller needs is there, but nothing in excess.
Ah, do have to try the "currywurst wagon" parked in front before the lights go out, probably sometime around 2014...
I'm a certified member of the TXL fan club. There is nothing as important as short distances that enable late check-in times.
I love coming to Tegel conveniently by subway or S-Bahn and then by bus, also like the BA lounge with the most courteous staff and homely feel, not even to mention the minimalist feel in the terminal. All that a traveller needs is there, but nothing in excess.
I agree with you on the Lounges and friendly lounge staff that makes you feel at home, some of them do even personally recognise even an infrequent visitor to TXL like myself and the late check-in times are great.
I would challenge your "coming to Tegel conveniently by subway or S-Bahn and then by bus" statement though. I rather find it difficult to get to TXL by public transport even though I am very familiar with BVG and with travelling Berlin in general. IMHO a good airport needs a direct rail connection, my it be underground or S-Bahn.
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Originally Posted by totti
I would challenge your "coming to Tegel conveniently by subway or S-Bahn and then by bus" statement though. I rather find it difficult to get to TXL by public transport even though I am very familiar with BVG and with travelling Berlin in general. IMHO a good airport needs a direct rail connection, my it be underground or S-Bahn.
Yes, you are right about the lack of a direct rail connection. I do normally take the U7 up to "Jakob-Kaiser-Platz" and then switch to either the 109 or TXL buses for the 5-6 minutes last stretch to the terminal. Or occasionally the "Ring" S-Bahn (S41/42(?)) to S-Bahn station "Beusselstrasse" and the TXL bus to the terminal.
So you get quite close to TXL without having to handle Berlin traffic and for the last stretch also taxis have been quite available during my travels. But of course experiences and opinons vary on this.
Yes, you are right about the lack of a direct rail connection. I do normally take the U7 up to "Jakob-Kaiser-Platz" and then switch to either the 109 or TXL buses for the 5-6 minutes last stretch to the terminal. Or occasionally the "Ring" S-Bahn (S41/42(?)) to S-Bahn station "Beusselstrasse" and the TXL bus to the terminal.
So you get quite close to TXL without having to handle Berlin traffic and for the last stretch also taxis have been quite available during my travels. But of course experiences and opinons vary on this.
Fair point!
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I also think Tegel is a shame. C'mon, the capital of the biggest, richest economy in Europe has a main airport like this? Fitting as an LCC terminal for Ryanair and such. Time for BER - too bad TXL will be in service for another 10 months.
Yah. CPH: Car park/railway station-check in 2 minutes. Car park/railway station-lounge (airside after security) 5 minutes with access to fast track.
Another problem with TXL (which the Berlin-based fans seem to forget): if you are in transit (as I was this week, AB-AB) you normally need to do another security check. Not nice. At least the security guy at terminal C was one of the most kind and humorous of his kind I ever met.
