Madrid Terminal 4S connection with baggage reclaim
Mar 31, 2024, 10:52 am
#16
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: E14
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You will have to go through passport control anyhow as you enter the EU Schengen zone in Madrid, there wont be any further passport control for your flight to Vienna nor in Vienna. Ask nicely to check your bags through in New York, your chances are 50/50.
Can be quite a walk and a little train from 4S to bagage reclaim which is in T4 (T4S being a satellite of T4). Bag delivery is often slow in MAD. From bagage reclaim to checkin is just one floor up. Queues at Y desks can be long, J is generally ok.
I would say you need 2 hours to be comfortable.
Can be quite a walk and a little train from 4S to bagage reclaim which is in T4 (T4S being a satellite of T4). Bag delivery is often slow in MAD. From bagage reclaim to checkin is just one floor up. Queues at Y desks can be long, J is generally ok.
I would say you need 2 hours to be comfortable.
Mar 31, 2024, 10:55 am
#17
Join Date: Apr 2005
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That should be a 'clean' arrival at T4 into the departures area, so no security, you will have outbound immigration at T4S.
Mar 31, 2024, 1:36 pm
#18
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I just did this over a week ago with an AA flight (PHL-MAD) to an IB flight (MAD-SVQ). We had 2.5 hours scheduled although our first flight arrived early, so it was more like 3 hours. We made it with plenty of time to spare. To be fair, there was virtually no line at passport control and bags care pretty quickly (the times on the monitors were great and accurate). You will come out at T4, so you will be right where you need to be to check back in.
