kirkwoodj

Some people are just lucky! Looking forward to it next week

Didymis

The MMW-scanners check for objects on your body. That means anything that resembles "something" on your body. Even wrinkled clothing sometimes. That's why you usually get a pat-down at the location the software indicates.

If you get green screen saying "CLEAR" it would be a small miracle. Blame this fellow.

troje

50/50 chance for me to see the green screen. When I have a manual check, it's often somewhere around my pulse. Can't complain.

Another user name to remember

Can't complain? In 100% of the cases you get an dose of radiation with unknown long term effect and only in 50% of the cases you don't get an pat down? The alternative being 100% pat down and no radiation with unknown long term effect. They can frisk me the other 50% of the cases too, a clear no-brainer to me...

vexorg

Well that was a nice LONG walk form the end of pier F to find the lounge, felt like you were going circles around the airport in the new upstairs section.

vexorg

On the upside, the lack of security check on the gate side is a real benefit

Xandrios

Has anyone tried to enter the non-shengen area by going through the Shengen security check? This was mentioned as a possible trick upthread to avoid long lines.

Next week I'll be dropping off somebody for a Shengen flight, after which I'll be departing myself with a colleague from the non-shengen part. Would I be able to enter the Shengen area, guest someone into lounge 25, head to non-shengen and guest the second person into lounge 52?

First; would I be able to enter the Shengen area/lounge with a non-shengen ticket, and second; would I be able to guest two people into the lounge at the two locations? Do the lounges share information between them regarding visits. Would #52 be able to see that I already invited somebody at #25?

Henry III

On the two guests/two lounges issue: I would imagine you will be rumbled!

BPs are scanned on entry and, almost certainly, the information gleaned goes into a central computer (primarily, for non-FB folks, so that KLM can pass on the relevant costs to the relevant airline).

But I have no idea what will be your punishment if/when you are caught!

-- Henry

Aviatrix

Yes. I do it all the time - because it doesn't make sense to walk all the way to the other end when I'm departing from D6

dbndb

Is there a separate sky priority line like there used to be at the gates?

mfkne

There is a separate entrance to the security zone for Sky Priority/other priority passengers and Privium, but after that entrance typically there is no separation between priority and non-priority passengers, most notably at passport control.

Grouchy

I asked a KMar in the privium lounge and he said it was ok (was meeting someone in the Schengen area with a non-Schengen ticket). Used my privium pass to enter...

AJCNL

First experience with the new set up, last thursday 1000 Departures 2, up the escalator, all looks good, 1 minute wait to be directed to a station, seconds to get my things in a bin, green on the scanner as usual, seconds to re-assemble my things, choice of immigration machines waiting for me, the whole process took about 5 minutes.

Not having been in Departures 2 for a while it was quite a shock to descend in to the building site that it now is, nice when it's finished I'm sure. Oh, and thanks BA for giving me an extra 3 hours in that building site, and sorry U2 for being unfaithful, I've learnt my lesson and won't do it again.