Originally Posted by
Track
All this information is great, but I wonder whether KLM's baggage transfer in Amsterdam is still (again?) efficient. In mid-December, on a Friday afternoon, my brother and I (both in our late 70s and both with both US and EU passports) will travel SOU-BOD with checked luggage and a transfer in AMS. Transfer time is scheduled for one hour, and both planes are Embraer Cityhoppers. I understand one hour transfer is sufficient for passengers, but is it enough for transferring the bags? And can anyone in this group speculate on how we would move from one plane to the other, e.g., via bus from parking stand to terminal or perhaps just within the transfer lounge? I understand coming from the UK passport checks are simple and no security check is required. Thanks for your insights and help.
It's efficient, 1h should be enough. If there is anything you need immediately after arrival, you should carry it with you anyway, that is a general rule, not just for short connections. Other than that, just buy what you need if the bag is missing the next day and submit for reimbursement to the airline and/or travel insurance, as per the usual.
Since both of your flights will be on Embraers, you will arrive by bus, and will be let out close to the passport check. You can use your EU passports to use automatic check or EU holders queue. Should be OK.
You will leave however from B pier, which is a decently long walk away... 10 minutes easily. 15 depending on which gate and your walking speed. If you are not comfortable with that, try to arrange for transfer assistance/wheelchair service.
https://www.klm.nl/en/information/as...ity-assistance
Originally Posted by
ChevyCruze
Will be traveling solo for work so I can be flexible, if I miss the connection. The upside is taking a later morning, direct flight back back to Florida on a VS A350 with Amex Lounge access vs 8:30AM flight from AMS to ATL and then having to connect to Florida.
You have a valid point on all the probabilities of what could possible go wrong either due to wx or mechanical or any other number of factors
Never count on catching the next flight. If
you miss your connection, chances are there are more people who also missed their connection. And they might get priority over you...
Now you say you fly to Florida on VS A350 so that would mean you fly to MCO not MIA (seriously, why do people make people who try to help them play detective? Just give all the info....) and the first departure is 11:50. That should be fine, but you might as well buy the afternoon one from LHR, that way you are sure to make it, and if you arrive night before, you have a nice long morning in London.