Mess in AMS today - up to March 2022
#406
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They also 'requested airlines' to make fewer flights. Yeah, that'll work.
#407
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Good luck to everyone on the 28th
#408
Join Date: Mar 2008
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KLM is offering free rebooking for flights to and from AMS. You can do it via manage my booking online. FYI
#409
Join Date: Aug 2007
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What about the possible strike of security screening staff at Schiphol tomorrow - I just received a warning message from my TA? Mother of all the messes?
#410
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: AMS
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https://www.upinthesky.nl/2019/05/27...n-op-schiphol/
because screwing over the public for one day isn't enough. This one is only 66 minutes though
#411
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: mostly not far from AMS, otherwise NUE
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#412
Join Date: Nov 2018
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Schiphol update- Landed and got my luggage at around 10.30am.. other than less trains running, line to rentals it wasnt as bad as everyone was panicking .. unless it got worse. Waiting time for Uber in my case was longer than usual having had two of them cancel on me, but otherwise no issues to report in my case.
#413
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Rio Rancho, NM - USA
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I took a train from Brussels to Bruges this morning, then got in a taxi to go to my hotel. The driver asked if I would be going to the Netherlands today or tomorrow, I had no idea why he would mention it. I told him I'm taking a train to AMS airport on Thursday and a flight to Vienna that evening. That's when he told me about the rail strike and that taxi drivers from Bruges are taking people to Schiphol. I asked him what that would cost, he said €500! I noted there were 6 seats in his van. I'll be keeping a close watch on all this. Yikes.
#414
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: AMS
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Posts: 316
on Thursday things should be normal - the strike ends tonight/early tomorrow - so some aftermath to be expected for Wed - but don't be tricked by cab drivers !
#415
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: MEL
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Interesting they have just approved a EUR 349 overnight stay as well as EUR 90 for food (flight cancelled, rebooked following day).
#416
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FWIW those tend to be higher for elites.
#417
Join Date: Jun 2012
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Things were not as bad as predicted. Had a reasonable fare pre-booked cab, and built in hours of slack. In the end there was no traffic jam at all on the main highways, only the last few 100 meters of road to departures to were busy and slow. In the end it took me 40 minutes where a train (or a car without any traffic jam) would have costed 30.
#418
Join Date: Jun 2012
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I took a train from Brussels to Bruges this morning, then got in a taxi to go to my hotel. The driver asked if I would be going to the Netherlands today or tomorrow, I had no idea why he would mention it. I told him I'm taking a train to AMS airport on Thursday and a flight to Vienna that evening. That's when he told me about the rail strike and that taxi drivers from Bruges are taking people to Schiphol. I asked him what that would cost, he said 500! I noted there were 6 seats in his van. I'll be keeping a close watch on all this. Yikes.
#419
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: AMS
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With the one note - I must add - that Thursday is a public holiiday - Ascension Day - so trains might run a bit less frequently than normally on Thursdays. But the online schedule should reflect that properly !
#420
Join Date: Apr 2016
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