I am looking to go from Paris to Frankfurt and considering my options re air/rail. If I have DL Platinum and am flying with AF (thus SkyTeam Elite Plus) how long before the flight do I need to arrive (I'm American, but since this is all within schengen I guess no immigration to do?)? I would have bags to check.

The Paris-Frankfurt route is operated by Hop ! separately from terminal 2G, a satellite terminal. You will do all your check-in/boarding there, it is a small separate terminal with not too many people as it is only Hop ! flights.

Originating from Paris and arriving by car, you can tell the taxi/get dropped off directly at 2G. I would arrive 1h before depature.
If you are arriving via public transports (RER, TGV), it's more annoying as you have to take a shuttle bus from 2F to 2G, which itself is a 10-15mn bus ride. So if I were arriving via transports, I would plan 1h30 to allow for the shuttle to 2G.

Honestly, taking the TGV from Paris-Est to Frankfurt is the better solution. When I do my trips between the two cities, it is by train, and statistically more people take the train than the plane between the two cities.

There train ride between Paris and Frankfurt is shorter than 4 hours downtown to downtown. If time is what matters, the train is pretty much unbeatable even if you have Sky Priority.

Given that it is operated by Hop, will I still get my SkyTeam Elite Plus benefits to include the free checked bag?

I have to go downtown Paris to FRA airport (meeting someone there). The plane costs barely more, so it's only about time.

Yes, Hop ! is just a fomer regional subsidiary, kind of like the regional carriers in the US (Air Wisconsin, Piedmont, etc.....) so for all intents and purposes it is an AF flights, except on regional jets.



The distance and time from aeroport FRA to the centre is negligible, about 10-15mn train ride. All the more reason to take the train, because Roissy/CDG is nearly 1h from centre Paris.

By taking the TGV, you would arrive at the main train station/gare central Frankfurt and simply walk down 2 flights of stairs to reach the suburban trains taking you to the aeroport.

I completely forgot that CDG is one of those far from the center of town airports. Train it is.

Same question but flying from CDG to Naples (by AF), how fast with SkyPriority, how long before the flight do I need to arrive?

Going the other direction, I wonder if any of you can help me a bit - On the way to Paris I will be with my wife and child. I wanted to book tickets from the FRA airport to Paris Est, but it seems you can't do this through SNCF you have to go through DB. But DB won't let me select an open saloon with table as the preference. Is there some way to select seats on a TGV train while booking through DB?

As SNCF and DB have a partnership on this route, it is possible to book on either website.

Should be possible, but I know that they release inventory only 3-4 months in advance. So wouldn't be possible to book something for say, Easter next year.

you can book to frankfurt hbf but not to frankfurt airport

That is because the line/route runs directly south from the gare centrale Frankfurt towards Mannheim.

L'a�roport is served by the east-west line towards Cologne.

Recommendation is to take the S-bahn from l'a�roport to the city.

I realize i just confused things by saying to hbf and to the airport but i meant from. I'm going FRA to Paris Est in this circumstance (not the circumstance that started the thread). To be able to reserve specific seats would I have to do one booking from Flughafen Fernbahnhof to Mannheim on DB and a separate Mannheim to Paris Est on SNCF, or after i book with DB will I get a way to reserve specific seats on the InOui train? Before hand it just keys me select generic preferences which it says out can't meet (open saloon with table) despite SNCF showing almost all such seats still open.

C'est pas compliqu�.

In your situation, just take the commuter subway/S-bahn from FRA a�roport to Frankfurt Hbf. Surely you can do w/o seat r�sa for this 10mn stretch. Tickets for this you just buy upon arrival at the kiosk.

Then reserve your seats from Frankfurt to Paris Est. This is the only line that is shared as a partnership between SNCF and DB.

Ah, ok, thank you. I thought there was some good reason both SNCF and DB were directing me to use the Fernbahnhof to Mannheim instead of the Regionalbahnhof to Frankfurt Hbf before heading west to Paris (with SNCF site just blanking out the ability to buy), but based on your recommendation being your recommendation, I will take your recommendation.