BA to AA in AMS
Sep 16, 2023, 8:42 am
#17
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: W29
Programs: It's Complicated...
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Are you checking in luggage?
If yes, then you will need to exit, get your bag, go to AA's check in desk and check in again, and therefore clear security again. So the 4-hr transit would be advisable.
If you are not checking in bags, and travelling with cabin baggage only, then I have had good experiences at AMS.
Most of the times you decant in the general departure area as an arriving passenger, so you can just proceed to the gate of your connecting flight.
BA usually arrives in the D-Gates - AA usually departs from the G-Gates.
It would be advisable to already have your AA boarding passes by checking in online, however even if you don't or if that doesn't work for some reason, then you can also check in at the gate once the gate is staffed/open. The AA gate agent in AMS was not irritated at all by me being at the gate without a boarding pass - they automatically assumed that I came off another flight.
If yes, then you will need to exit, get your bag, go to AA's check in desk and check in again, and therefore clear security again. So the 4-hr transit would be advisable.
If you are not checking in bags, and travelling with cabin baggage only, then I have had good experiences at AMS.
Most of the times you decant in the general departure area as an arriving passenger, so you can just proceed to the gate of your connecting flight.
BA usually arrives in the D-Gates - AA usually departs from the G-Gates.
It would be advisable to already have your AA boarding passes by checking in online, however even if you don't or if that doesn't work for some reason, then you can also check in at the gate once the gate is staffed/open. The AA gate agent in AMS was not irritated at all by me being at the gate without a boarding pass - they automatically assumed that I came off another flight.