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Old Dec 2, 2024 | 4:58 pm
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Originally Posted by Marambio
You get there after peak arrivals time (all US flights land between 9am and noon). Immigration is a lottery but has gotten better over the years, customs should be straightforward.

Your main bottleneck, though, could be baggage reclaim, which can take an awful lot of time at EZE (30 minutes or more until the first bags are put on the belt, and Skypriority tags are customarily ignored). The fact that you’re flying KL should help you – less bags to offload, provided most pax continue to AMS, of course.

After customs you’ll need to leave the terminal and walk 10 minutes to Terminal C which is used for domestic flights. AR’s cut-off check in time used to be (still is?) 50 minutes before departure and you can use the SkyP for bag drop off. Security for domestic flights is a non-issue.

My instinct tell me this is a bit tight, but provided KL is on time it’s doable. I asked if you were on a single booking because then AR would be forced to pay for a hotel if you don’t make it. Otherwise they’re usually quite liberal with rebooking for the next flight but won’t open the wallet for accommodation.

Maybe worth calling AF to check if they can do a single booking? The Plat Line has done marvels for me in the past.
There is no more "Terminal C" - just one main terminal building for departures with one direction for int'l departures (up escalators after check-in) or the other to national departures - don't know what that area looks like.
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