Originally Posted by
Flying Viking
I flew through AMS last year, August, and can only say it was added to my list of airports best avoided. There is nothing wrong with it per se, it is just that I dislike any airport where I can not check in immediately, get my lounge-access card and relax. It is a major drawback that check-in only opens 3 hrs prior to departure.
That's hardly the airport's fault, though.
If CX used British Airways checkin rather than having their "own" check-in agents, then you'd be able to drop your bags off whenever.