Mess in AMS today - April 2022 onwards
Aug 19, 2022, 12:40 am
#2131
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: NYC
Posts: 9,123
thanks for all your responds @my tui question.
but apparently I was right and privium isn’t working now, even tho my question kinda made irritations.
- I can’t apply on a membership
- I couldn’t skip tui checkin line for economy
and the „meet and service“ function is also outbooked already.
so - in the end - I can just arrive early and pray. What a pity.
thanks for your help!
but apparently I was right and privium isn’t working now, even tho my question kinda made irritations.
- I can’t apply on a membership
- I couldn’t skip tui checkin line for economy
and the „meet and service“ function is also outbooked already.
so - in the end - I can just arrive early and pray. What a pity.
thanks for your help!
Anyway, crowds are significantly less now as the school holidays have ended in NL so I wouldn't worry too much.
Aug 19, 2022, 2:40 am
#2132
Moderator: Aegean Miles+Bonus
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: AMS / ATH
Programs: AFKL Plat, A3 Gold
Posts: 7,340
Datapoint on Privium: A family member signed up for Privium about a month ago, through the regular privium website (not via Amex). Was able to make an appointment a few weeks later. Appointment was for November or so, but first time passing through AMS allowed him to do the scan by just walking into the lounge at a quiet time.
Aug 19, 2022, 3:36 am
#2133
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: HAG
Programs: Der 5* FTL
Posts: 8,057
Not quite coherent, so not sure what exactly to make of this, but if you have any inside information on TUI passenger and Privium member demographics and behavior then by all means enlighten us. Or is your personal knowledge of Privium restricted to what you (and everybody else) can find online? How many TUI flights do you have under your belt?
Johan
Johan
In any case I don't think sprinters from Centraal via Schiphol will be impacted by a strike in region North.
thanks for all your responds @my tui question.
but apparently I was right and privium isn’t working now, even tho my question kinda made irritations.
- I can’t apply on a membership
- I couldn’t skip tui checkin line for economy
and the „meet and service“ function is also outbooked already.
so - in the end - I can just arrive early and pray. What a pity.
thanks for your help!
but apparently I was right and privium isn’t working now, even tho my question kinda made irritations.
- I can’t apply on a membership
- I couldn’t skip tui checkin line for economy
and the „meet and service“ function is also outbooked already.
so - in the end - I can just arrive early and pray. What a pity.
thanks for your help!
They are just not accepting new members.
Aug 19, 2022, 9:23 am
#2134
Join Date: Jun 2022
Posts: 8
On the Schengen side I quite like a calm Crown lounge. I think I like the brighter spacier feeling. It was very crowded though. So it wouldn’t have felt spacious. First time trying the Privium express lounge though, and it pleasantly surprised me.
Aug 19, 2022, 1:04 pm
#2135
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: HAG
Programs: Der 5* FTL
Posts: 8,057
Privium Express lounge is definitely quieter.
I will admit that the catering leaves something to be desired. It does serve my purpose though. Have a full breakfast in landside club lounge, then go through security and chill in Express with a coffee and a water until time to leave for boarding comes.
I will admit that the catering leaves something to be desired. It does serve my purpose though. Have a full breakfast in landside club lounge, then go through security and chill in Express with a coffee and a water until time to leave for boarding comes.
Aug 19, 2022, 2:09 pm
#2136
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Oct 2000
Posts: 14,352
As for the KL NS lounge, I really struggle to think of anything to commend it, even when it is not busy. The catering totally sucks regardless of how many patrons are in the lounge, but I guess the toilets may be a bit less filthy when the cleaners don't have to fight hordes of pax answering urgent calls of nature for access.
Johan
Aug 20, 2022, 10:18 am
#2138
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Oct 2000
Posts: 14,352
Aug 20, 2022, 12:19 pm
#2139
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Nashville, TN
Programs: Marriott Lifetime Titanium.;UA 1.5MM; UA Lifetime Gold (whoppee); DL Plat
Posts: 2,124
And thanks for always being helpful to all of us!!!
Aug 20, 2022, 12:26 pm
#2140
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: AMS+IAH
Programs: Lufthansa: Senator || IHG: Diamond Royal Ambassador Inner Circle || Plutonium Status
Posts: 3,505
Seems today was a busy day:
https://nos.nl/artikel/2441413-opnie...lang-in-de-rij
https://www.luchtvaartnieuws.nl/nieu...digde-reacties
It pays to look at twitter #schiphol > latest = for an up to date situation
https://twitter.com/hashtag/schiphol?f=live
Besides today's casual shortage of security staff
Could be the start of the end of the summerholiday which will cause people to depart back to their home countries
And oh my!
Being asked to stop filming or making photos of the queue.....
Seems a shrewd way of making sure passengers have no proof or timestamp that they are in a queue if the compensation scheme will be extended untill end of August....
for refresher: https://www.schiphol.nl/en/missed-flight-compensation
EDIT : tried posting the Twitter- link but no access for this action allowed, so a screenshot instead
https://nos.nl/artikel/2441413-opnie...lang-in-de-rij
https://www.luchtvaartnieuws.nl/nieu...digde-reacties
It pays to look at twitter #schiphol > latest = for an up to date situation
https://twitter.com/hashtag/schiphol?f=live
Besides today's casual shortage of security staff
Could be the start of the end of the summerholiday which will cause people to depart back to their home countries
And oh my!
Seems a shrewd way of making sure passengers have no proof or timestamp that they are in a queue if the compensation scheme will be extended untill end of August....
for refresher: https://www.schiphol.nl/en/missed-flight-compensation
EDIT : tried posting the Twitter- link but no access for this action allowed, so a screenshot instead
Last edited by HadesNL; Aug 20, 2022 at 12:53 pm
Aug 21, 2022, 1:27 am
#2143
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: AMS
Programs: BAEC Silver, Flying Blue Gold, TK M&S Nobody
Posts: 2,481
Leaving from H on easyJet at 1845 with American [thus non-Privium] wife - wasn't planning on getting there before about five, but I see yesterday was another sh*tshow. Any recent Sunday evening experince not reported...? There aren't all that many flights left to go by early evening, so it would seem less likely that four+ hour queues would appear.
On a different note: anyone with experience of RTP-NL? Alledgedly live now, but can't find much by way of detail online.
On a different note: anyone with experience of RTP-NL? Alledgedly live now, but can't find much by way of detail online.
Aug 21, 2022, 2:38 am
#2144
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: NYC
Posts: 9,123
Isn't easyjet all from M? Without Privium I'd be comfortable with 2 hours as that should be a fairly quiet time leaving - very busy arriving as it's the last day of the school break for the North of the country.
BTW - I've heard you can fit two pax through the privium gate with one card if there's no-one watching.
BTW - I've heard you can fit two pax through the privium gate with one card if there's no-one watching.
Aug 21, 2022, 2:50 am
#2145
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: AMS
Programs: BAEC Silver, Flying Blue Gold, TK M&S Nobody
Posts: 2,481
Isn't easyjet all from M? Without Privium I'd be comfortable with 2 hours as that should be a fairly quiet time leaving - very busy arriving as it's the last day of the school break for the North of the country.
BTW - I've heard you can fit two pax through the privium gate with one card if there's no-one watching.
BTW - I've heard you can fit two pax through the privium gate with one card if there's no-one watching.
Does seem more likely that arrivals will be busier than departures, especially as evening comes. App says peak day though, and while I thought everything was slowly improving suddenly seems like yesterday was chaos.