Mess in AMS today - April 2022 onwards
Jun 21, 2022, 4:43 am
#1141
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: AMS+IAH
Programs: Lufthansa: Senator || IHG: Diamond Royal Ambassador Inner Circle || Plutonium Status
Posts: 3,504
johan rebel : thanks for the update!
Did i read : troela in official Schiphol vest claiming privium is not eligable for priority?
The Schiphol budget clearly is not spent on proper quality training but on quantity drones.
Did i read : troela in official Schiphol vest claiming privium is not eligable for priority?
The Schiphol budget clearly is not spent on proper quality training but on quantity drones.
Jun 21, 2022, 4:48 am
#1142
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: AMS+IAH
Programs: Lufthansa: Senator || IHG: Diamond Royal Ambassador Inner Circle || Plutonium Status
Posts: 3,504
Jun 21, 2022, 4:49 am
#1143
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: mostly not far from AMS, otherwise NUE
Programs: FB Silver, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 2,381
- the Privium scanner gave direct access to priority checkpoint #4, thus cutting in front of the the priority line. However . . . a lady in a Schiphol jacket soon showed and told me to go to the back of the line, saying that Privium was not entitled to priority any more. As the line was only a dozen or so people long, it was not worth arguing about.
Step 1: Make your normal service suck
Step 2: Tell people if they pay extra they get better service
Step 3: Collect people's money
Step 4: Make the better service suck too
Step 5: Profit!
Jun 21, 2022, 5:04 am
#1145
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Oct 2000
Posts: 14,352
As you come up the escalator, there are separate access scanners for Priority and Privium, which lead to separate queues. The Priority one is the usual Tensa zigzag setup, the Privium one leads straight to Security checkpoint #4, a distance of not even 10 meters. Fabulous, if it weren't for that lady. Pax from the Priority queue were fed into the checkpoint in batches, and I was placed at the end of one. So I actually bypassed all those Priority pax lined up in the labyrinth, and thus still saved a lot of time. 20+ minutes, and I would guess.
Anyhow, I shouldn't complain, compared to the other 99.99% of pax it was a breeze. No slower than any normal day, in fact.
Johan
Jun 21, 2022, 5:22 am
#1146
Join Date: Jan 2018
Location: BRE
Programs: Flying Blue Ultimate, LATAM Black, Vistara Gold, Accor/IHG Platinum, Marriott/Hilton Gold
Posts: 480
So when the transfer queues are this long, how does one get to the Privium gates? Also, same question for passport control at arrival, if the stairs to access I are closed off? Is there even any use in having Privium in this case?
Jun 21, 2022, 5:24 am
#1147
Join Date: Jan 2022
Location: VLC
Programs: FB Plat (Y3), All Accor Gold (Y2)
Posts: 641
just walk next to the queue and ignore everyone standing in line. Or wave your Privium card at anyone with a schiphol outfit trying to stop you.
Jun 21, 2022, 5:30 am
#1148
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: AMS/RTM
Posts: 2,827
I Will arrive on SQ 324 in July. 7 30 am arrival from Changi. Non EU passport.
Are morning flights immigration lately packed? More specifically, does it take one hour to clear?
I expect to wait one hour for luggage so if the line takes longer than 1 hour, maybe it makes more sense to book Meet and Assist Schiphol arrival?
Are morning flights immigration lately packed? More specifically, does it take one hour to clear?
I expect to wait one hour for luggage so if the line takes longer than 1 hour, maybe it makes more sense to book Meet and Assist Schiphol arrival?
Jun 21, 2022, 5:48 am
#1150
Join Date: Jan 2018
Location: BRE
Programs: Flying Blue Ultimate, LATAM Black, Vistara Gold, Accor/IHG Platinum, Marriott/Hilton Gold
Posts: 480
That's pretty much what I was expecting, but I guess the blocked stairs could be a potential issue. Or perhaps as Johann mentioned above, the next thing Privium users will be told is that "Privium gets no priority anymore".
Jun 21, 2022, 5:54 am
#1152
Join Date: Jan 2022
Location: VLC
Programs: FB Plat (Y3), All Accor Gold (Y2)
Posts: 641
edit: the same is true the other way around, spanning to the transfer area at the C gates, where another queue starts for the transfer desks
Jun 21, 2022, 5:57 am
#1153
Join Date: May 2010
Programs: Delta Silver, HH Gold, Accor Gold, IHG Platinum
Posts: 5,340
- the Privium scanner gave direct access to priority checkpoint #4, thus cutting in front of the the priority line. However . . . a lady in a Schiphol jacket soon showed and told me to go to the back of the line, saying that Privium was not entitled to priority any more. As the line was only a dozen or so people long, it was not worth arguing about.
Jun 21, 2022, 6:39 am
#1155
Join Date: May 2022
Posts: 12
I have never flown from AMS before. Is the above displayed queue for all Terminals or only for Terminal 1.
If we are parking at P1 can we immediately process into Terminal 3? We are flying business class with QR is that enough to skip lines or should we book the meet and assist option. We are a family of five and will not be at the airport before 13:30 and our plane is leaving at 16:15. thanks for your help..
If we are parking at P1 can we immediately process into Terminal 3? We are flying business class with QR is that enough to skip lines or should we book the meet and assist option. We are a family of five and will not be at the airport before 13:30 and our plane is leaving at 16:15. thanks for your help..