Sky Priority Security check at Schiphol
Apr 5, 2017, 2:39 pm
#106
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That sounds like a change: KLM always advised me it's fine for me to take my wife along when we fly economy. She's Ivory, I'm Platinum. Scanners never said no.
Apr 10, 2017, 2:26 am
#107
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Just used CPH Express, took a whole minute. No secondary, no patdown, only removed liquids and a tablet from my bag.
They have even improved the process by moving the entry point to the top of the stairs and physically separating the access lanes, so you no longer have to fight the crowds.
Schiphol? Hello? Are you listening? It really isn't that difficult!
They have even improved the process by moving the entry point to the top of the stairs and physically separating the access lanes, so you no longer have to fight the crowds.
Schiphol? Hello? Are you listening? It really isn't that difficult!
Apr 10, 2017, 3:14 pm
#108
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Apr 11, 2017, 12:00 am
#109
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You can now add your FB number to HV bookings. Last time I flew them and added my number, it will also show your FB status so could be that it is also coded into barcode?
Apr 11, 2017, 12:13 am
#110
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For Shengen destinations it is generally the person checking the BP who sends back my colleague. As far as I know this has always been the case, and going through Priority security with additional pax was never allowed. However when they *do* make an exception the gates seem to let everyone through.
Apr 11, 2017, 1:00 pm
#111
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I'm not sure what the machine scans. Whether or not you're at the right gate? If you're supposed to be on a flight that day? Certainly not SkyPriority.
Apr 15, 2017, 7:22 pm
#112
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HV tickets do not allow you to enter the lounge either, only buy miles (5 euro = 250 award miles) and HV translates the purchase for miles into c/i baggage, if you bring it or not.
Apr 15, 2017, 7:27 pm
#113
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Happy travels
Apr 20, 2017, 7:35 am
#114
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Out on the PR wire today: KLM now advising passengers to arrive at Schiphol airport 3 hours ahead of departure. http://klmf.ly/2oTpIs3
Apr 21, 2017, 12:52 am
#116
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Checked in this morning to find priority's security line snaking past the stairs, past another hallway, into another area and around a bend - hundreds and hundreds in line. At least an hour, perhaps 90 minutes to get through.
I've never seen it this bad. What a mismanaged disaster of an airport.
I've never seen it this bad. What a mismanaged disaster of an airport.
Apr 21, 2017, 1:06 am
#117
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Checked in this morning to find priority's security line snaking past the stairs, past another hallway, into another area and around a bend - hundreds and hundreds in line. At least an hour, perhaps 90 minutes to get through.
I've never seen it this bad. What a mismanaged disaster of an airport.
I've never seen it this bad. What a mismanaged disaster of an airport.
Apr 21, 2017, 1:18 am
#118
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