Originally Posted by
IggySD
Are you flying Business or Economy? I’ve done non-Schengen to non-Schengen several times in the past few months and it never took more than 15-20 minutes from arrival at the gate to being in the lounge being one of the first off the plane. The transfer security did seem to get backed up but here were several lanes open so doubt it was too much longer even for the last person off the plane. The general dread and complaining about how awful CDG is to transit has never been my experience and I suspect there is, in many cases, some sort of negative feedback / self fulfillment where people expect things to be awful, and then amplify every tiny inconvenience into the worst airport ever.
That being said, I have been delayed a couple of times where I did misconnect but surprisingly found AF to be one of the better airlines at quickly finding me a seat on the next best flight as well as providing vouchers for a snack while waiting. I’d book that connection in a heartbeat since there are multiple ways to get you to MSP same day even if you do misconnect. Sadly no EU/263 compensation though even if AF is at fault.
Business, thanks be to God. Definitely makes things easier. So appreciative of it.