Mess in AMS today - April 2022 onwards
Aug 2, 2022, 10:02 am
#2026
Join Date: Jul 2021
Location: YVR ✈ SYD
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Could you report back if the Schiphol Schengen Star Alliance lounge is open? Last time I passed it was still shut, with the Aspire lounge (opens at 6am) directly next door accepting all displaced *A folk.
Thanks!
Thanks!
Aug 2, 2022, 11:03 am
#2027
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You ain't seen nothing yet!
T2 Arrivals - random stroller in a random place.
T2 Arrivals bag storage - note mass of strollers and other stuff with wheels on the left. Pic taken from stairs up to T2 Departures.
For some obscure reason customs with sniffer dogs were checking all the trolleys full of things with wheels.
Strewn all over the place. (and note the "RUSH" sign! - at least they have a sense of humor!)
Stacked all over the place.
On the floor.
On the stairs.
And regular luggage all over the place too:
Sorted by airline, by the looks of it.
There was also a very long line of pax patiently waiting to see the single lady at the Swissport counter.
Johan
Aug 2, 2022, 11:46 am
#2028
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: AMS/RTM
Posts: 2,826
When my wife was separated from her luggage on VIE-AMS on OS she was sent an email where she could fill out the same form that poor woman is giving out to dozens of people.
No guarantee of success, but beats waiting in line I guess.
Aug 2, 2022, 11:55 am
#2029
Moderator: Aegean Miles+Bonus
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: AMS / ATH
Programs: AFKL Plat, A3 Gold
Posts: 7,331
Could you report back if the Schiphol Schengen Star Alliance lounge is open? Last time I passed it was still shut, with the Aspire lounge (opens at 6am) directly next door accepting all displaced *A folk.
Thanks!
Thanks!
It would also be interesting to know if with *A Gold (assuming not flying business) mistytalon will be able to make use of priority security.
Aug 2, 2022, 3:39 pm
#2030
Join Date: Jul 2011
Posts: 6
How's the luggage handling been going at AMS lately? Will be flying out back to the U.S. from AMS this Friday and been hearing horror stories about bags being lost en-route mainly on connecting flights, but has baggage been reliable for people flying out of AMS back to the U.S.?
Aug 2, 2022, 3:44 pm
#2031
Join Date: Jul 2015
Posts: 81
You ain't seen nothing yet!
T2 Arrivals - random stroller in a random place.
T2 Arrivals bag storage - note mass of strollers and other stuff with wheels on the left. Pic taken from stairs up to T2 Departures.
For some obscure reason customs with sniffer dogs were checking all the trolleys full of things with wheels.
Strewn all over the place. (and note the "RUSH" sign! - at least they have a sense of humor!)
Stacked all over the place.
On the floor.
On the stairs.
And regular luggage all over the place too:
Sorted by airline, by the looks of it.
There was also a very long line of pax patiently waiting to see the single lady at the Swissport counter.
Johan
Aug 2, 2022, 4:34 pm
#2032
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: HAG
Programs: Der 5* FTL
Posts: 7,973
Could you report back if the Schiphol Schengen Star Alliance lounge is open? Last time I passed it was still shut, with the Aspire lounge (opens at 6am) directly next door accepting all displaced *A folk.
Thanks!
Thanks!
I guess the screen with RUSH on is for departing bags, but what's with the RUSH? When I was in GOT and they found my bag and I asked them to forward it to BLQ, on the note it was "Rush to BLQ". Do they have a non-rush service that delivers bags by road/boat/keep them in storage for a week? 
Aug 2, 2022, 5:22 pm
#2033
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Santo Domingo, Dom. Rep. / Washington, DC
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Is there any chance that the situation improves in the next month or so?
I'm booked through AMS (Schengen-AMS-US) with only 1H30M to connect, in the past this has been tight. Delta has a waiver since May but it's only until August 6 (although they have been extending it week by week). I could connect somewhere else but right now the price difference is big. Has anyone experienced issues with Schengen-US connections lately?
I'm booked through AMS (Schengen-AMS-US) with only 1H30M to connect, in the past this has been tight. Delta has a waiver since May but it's only until August 6 (although they have been extending it week by week). I could connect somewhere else but right now the price difference is big. Has anyone experienced issues with Schengen-US connections lately?
Aug 3, 2022, 12:53 am
#2034
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Aug 3, 2022, 1:49 am
#2035
Join Date: Jul 2021
Location: YVR ✈ SYD
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If you had a 7AM flight also, how soon would you get to the airport, considering the current circumstances? Curious as to how much lead time is required.
Aug 3, 2022, 2:14 am
#2036
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Programs: KL Gold, SQ KF Gold, CX Green
Posts: 9,396
Is there any chance that the situation improves in the next month or so?
I'm booked through AMS (Schengen-AMS-US) with only 1H30M to connect, in the past this has been tight. Delta has a waiver since May but it's only until August 6 (although they have been extending it week by week). I could connect somewhere else but right now the price difference is big. Has anyone experienced issues with Schengen-US connections lately?
I'm booked through AMS (Schengen-AMS-US) with only 1H30M to connect, in the past this has been tight. Delta has a waiver since May but it's only until August 6 (although they have been extending it week by week). I could connect somewhere else but right now the price difference is big. Has anyone experienced issues with Schengen-US connections lately?
This is the maximum daily number of AMS-origin departing passengers. I don’t think anything has been said about the number of transfer passengers! It is possible that KLM is filling the seats with more transfer passengers than they would do if AMS was operating at full capacity.
Aug 3, 2022, 2:25 am
#2037
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This is the maximum daily number of AMS-origin departing passengers. I don’t think anything has been said about the number of transfer passengers! It is possible that KLM is filling the seats with more transfer passengers than they would do if AMS was operating at full capacity.
I don't understand why the transfer pax are getting so concerned!
(Other than the days they're told they can't check luggage, and other than the fact that their luggage may not arrive...they're pretty unaffected by the "Mess at Schiphol"
)
Aug 3, 2022, 8:09 am
#2038
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Kansas City, USA
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I'm flying YYZ-AMS-CPT in September. It appears that KLM stopped selling seats on the AMS-CPT flight on 17th of September (the day I'm flying to CPT). I assume this is part of the reduction in seats allocated from AMS. Should I be worried that the flight will cancel?
Aug 3, 2022, 8:12 am
#2039
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Santo Domingo, Dom. Rep. / Washington, DC
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My main concern was that because back in 2019, when AMS was supposed to be smooth, I waited over an hour to clear immigration leaving the Schengen space, around the same time as I was rebooked now. But now that it has been clarified that there aren't issues with the connections, I'm no longer concerned.
Aug 3, 2022, 8:21 am
#2040
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My main concern was that because back in 2019, when AMS was supposed to be smooth, I waited over an hour to clear immigration leaving the Schengen space, around the same time as I was rebooked now. But now that it has been clarified that there aren't issues with the connections, I'm no longer concerned.
