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Old Oct 29, 2017, 6:30 am
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Good to know, Yllanes, that you left without problem. Hope you can report again on your returning via T4S. Have a good trip!
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Old Oct 29, 2017, 3:15 pm
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Sounds like I'm going thru MAD at the worst time. Arriving on AA MIA-MAD at 9:55am, then I assume will have to transfer from 4s to 4 to catch my IB MAD-LIS flight at 11:35am. Hopefully 1:40 hours will be sufficient.
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Old Oct 29, 2017, 5:17 pm
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Arrivals aren't half as bad, especially at that time. You should be more than fine.
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Old Oct 29, 2017, 9:24 pm
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Thanks. Good to hear, hope so!
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Old Oct 30, 2017, 5:00 am
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Originally Posted by Tracker72
Sounds like I'm going thru MAD at the worst time. Arriving on AA MIA-MAD at 9:55am, then I assume will have to transfer from 4s to 4 to catch my IB MAD-LIS flight at 11:35am. Hopefully 1:40 hours will be sufficient.
The problem is LEAVING the Schengen area. Arrivals aren't so bad lately. It used to be you would never even have to wait 5 minutes, but now it's a bit more. But if you have a connection like that, they will send you through the fast connection line (just ask at the desk before going to the immigration area) and it will be quick.

The longest part is likely to be just walking to the immigration area and then taking the train from T4S to T4
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Old Oct 30, 2017, 5:28 am
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Originally Posted by Yllanes
Today (Sunday) at about 9.00, there was a minimal (2-3 min) wait for EEA passports, maybe twice that for other passports (probably more than 10 min if you were slow to get there from the train). Four officers in either side (one shared with the dedicated crew/diplomat line on the EEA side).
I think you are talking about Arrivals and this thread is talking about departures.
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Old Oct 30, 2017, 5:37 am
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Originally Posted by chongcao
I think you are talking about Arrivals and this thread is talking about departures.
No, I was talking about departures... Yesterday at 9.00 it was OK.
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Old Nov 1, 2017, 9:21 am
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Am flying Mad-Phl Saturday at noon.
How early would I need to get there?
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Old Nov 1, 2017, 11:24 am
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If you have lounge access, I'd say you're best getting there between 9 and 9:30 and just enjoying a late breakfast in the newly opened lounge.
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Old Nov 1, 2017, 1:56 pm
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Don't have lounge access. What time would you suggest for 12pm AA flight?
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Old Nov 5, 2017, 6:58 am
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Just went through around 1400 and there was a lot of tensa barriers and a few people in line, but overall generally organized with a less than 10 minute wait.
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Old Nov 5, 2017, 2:22 pm
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Uh oh. I connect r
through Madrid tomorrow, VCE MAD in IB fkight, then MAD ORD on IB. The connection is 1 hour. Will we make it? Tix are awards booked by Aa. If we miss the ORD flight, who will rebook us, AA or IB?
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Old Nov 5, 2017, 5:43 pm
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It will be tight, as the ORD flight departs towards the beginning of the busy departure bank. I believe there is a fast connections queue, you might have to ask the queue manager.

IB will handle any issues. They have a desk after immigration in the R and U areas.
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Old Nov 5, 2017, 10:51 pm
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Originally Posted by BA6501
It will be tight, as the ORD flight departs towards the beginning of the busy departure bank. I believe there is a fast connections queue, you might have to ask the queue manager.

IB will handle any issues. They have a desk after immigration in the R and U areas.
With transfers at MAD such a mess it seems odd that IB would schedule flights with such short connection times. I will hope that if we are delayed IB will SE us in transit and will hold the ORD flight departure for a few minutes.
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Old Nov 6, 2017, 3:58 am
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Honestly it's pretty rare for a TATL to not leave a few minutes late, but the system just sees the minimum connection time which is not a very flexible measure.
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