TIM FCO Terminal 1 Hours?
Aug 13, 2015, 10:57 am
#1
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TIM FCO Terminal 1 Hours?
Traveling on LH to FCO on a Saturday afternoon flight from FRA, arriving at T3 (so I'm told) at 5:25p with no bags checked. It appears as though I'll be able to walk to T1 airside since I'm coming from a Schengen country. If all that checks out, I'm still not sure if I arrive early enough for the TIM store (located at the beginning of the B gates) to be open (I bought the €30 expo special for my wife and I).
My concern is: if TIM is closed, no TIM stores that I know of in the Rome city center are open on Sunday, so I'm SOL until Monday, roaming with my garbage $25/100 MB global data plan from Verizon.
Any assistance would be much appreciated! Thank you.
My concern is: if TIM is closed, no TIM stores that I know of in the Rome city center are open on Sunday, so I'm SOL until Monday, roaming with my garbage $25/100 MB global data plan from Verizon.
Any assistance would be much appreciated! Thank you.
Aug 13, 2015, 9:27 pm
#2
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Heraklion, Greece
Posts: 7,565
Traveling on LH to FCO on a Saturday afternoon flight from FRA, arriving at T3 (so I'm told) at 5:25p with no bags checked. It appears as though I'll be able to walk to T1 airside since I'm coming from a Schengen country. If all that checks out, I'm still not sure if I arrive early enough for the TIM store (located at the beginning of the B gates) to be open (I bought the €30 expo special for my wife and I).
Aug 14, 2015, 9:49 am
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Aug 16, 2015, 10:56 pm
#4
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: SEA
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Worst case, you will survive without data for a day. Download Here maps and grab Italy for offline use, and you'll have full offline navigation. It's Nokia's mapping app and it's great for when you might think you'll go somewhere without data service, since it supports offline nav. That'll get you to where you need to go, and you can plan your day in advance.
Since you're on Verizon, I should ask - is your phone a dual CDMA/GSM model, and is it SIM-unlocked?
The good news is you should make it to the TIM store with time.
Since you're on Verizon, I should ask - is your phone a dual CDMA/GSM model, and is it SIM-unlocked?
The good news is you should make it to the TIM store with time.
Aug 16, 2015, 11:10 pm
#5
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Thanks all for your help!
I verified the phone is unlocked (came from the factory that way, as apparently have all for-use-on-Verizon iPhones, 5 and up) during a trip earlier this year in the UK where I did the same SIM swap but with the carrier 3.
Nice to know the Rome airport shops don't keep the same hours as the ones in the city itself!
I verified the phone is unlocked (came from the factory that way, as apparently have all for-use-on-Verizon iPhones, 5 and up) during a trip earlier this year in the UK where I did the same SIM swap but with the carrier 3.
Nice to know the Rome airport shops don't keep the same hours as the ones in the city itself!
Aug 17, 2015, 4:24 am
#6
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Heraklion, Greece
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Somehow you seem to be confusing Rome with a small provincial city in Germany. Not a single store in Rome closes before 8 pm, many of them, though, are closed from 1 pm to 4 pm, even on Saturday afternoon! Is this perhaps what's causing your confusion?