"House of KLM" - Crown Lounge redesign
Jun 3, 2019, 1:41 pm
#182
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More information about the lounge, restaurants and bookings can be found here:
https://lounge.klm.com/client/lounge...ent/restaurant
https://lounge.klm.com/client/lounge...ent/restaurant
Easily? Sure, we have all memorized our ticket numbers.
"It’s the perfect spot to while away an afternoon or evening."
The vast majority of lounge guests no doubt have plenty of time to while away an afternoon or evening. I can't imagine that many of them have a flight to catch.
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Jun 3, 2019, 1:50 pm
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The place opens at 7 a.m., right?
That's hardly an early hour for breakfast. The lounge will have been open for several hours by then, and will have admitted pax from well over a dozen arriving longhaul flights.
Johan
That's hardly an early hour for breakfast. The lounge will have been open for several hours by then, and will have admitted pax from well over a dozen arriving longhaul flights.
Johan
Jun 4, 2019, 1:15 pm
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Here comes a specialist question.
If I have a non-Schengen to Schengen connection and I've already cleared passport control. Would they allow me back into the non-Schengen area?
With all the hate I've been reading, I really feel like eating there now
All this reverse psychology...
If I have a non-Schengen to Schengen connection and I've already cleared passport control. Would they allow me back into the non-Schengen area?
With all the hate I've been reading, I really feel like eating there now
All this reverse psychology...
Jun 5, 2019, 12:36 pm
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Jun 12, 2019, 2:09 pm
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There have been a few comments about long waits for the showers recently, so I thought I would add another data point. I was in the lounge last week on a Friday at 14:00. The lounge seating was busy, but I was number 6 in the shower queue and it took around 5 minutes. They weren't bothering with the geolocation nonsense, they just did a tannoy announcement.
I'm back at Schiphol at the same time this week so hoping for more of the same!
I'm back at Schiphol at the same time this week so hoping for more of the same!
Jun 12, 2019, 3:37 pm
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There have been a few comments about long waits for the showers recently, so I thought I would add another data point. I was in the lounge last week on a Friday at 14:00. The lounge seating was busy, but I was number 6 in the shower queue and it took around 5 minutes. They weren't bothering with the geolocation nonsense, they just did a tannoy announcement.
I'm back at Schiphol at the same time this week so hoping for more of the same!
I'm back at Schiphol at the same time this week so hoping for more of the same!
Jun 13, 2019, 12:10 am
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Jun 13, 2019, 4:53 am
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Jun 13, 2019, 9:21 am
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Just maybe your transit boarding pass (if multiple floghts are on the same pass) might make you eligible to walk back into non-Schengen, but honestly, I doubt it.
Jun 13, 2019, 9:25 am
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The gates don't require a boarding pass. They will open for a valid passport.
And again, it's not the boarding pass that gets you through the gates, but the passport. It appears that you imply the e-gate rejected your valid EU/EEA/CH passport. Is that correct?
Jun 13, 2019, 11:13 am
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My confusion comes from the landside entrance towards security. A boarding pass is required to open those gates to proceed to security > immigration, and a "Schengen boarding pass" will not allow you entrance (I tried more then once). Even explaining the purpose (lounge visit) won't let me get in.
Jun 13, 2019, 12:47 pm
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Yes, indeed, landside you will need to show a boarding pass and will be "redirected". Once you're airside, though, you can move freely between both sides, at least if you have an EU passport.