Connecting in Brussels [BRU]
Jul 15, 2022, 8:07 pm
#317
Join Date: Aug 2004
Programs: Continental OnePass
Posts: 856
I have to connect in BRU twice in the next few weeks.
Firstly I’m doing US-BRU-UK and then a few days later I’m doing UK-BRU-EU.
Obviously I know i’ll need to go through passport control on my second visit, the question I have is whether I will have to go through security on either transit? (I’ve done UK-BRU-US before and had to go through security in BRU)
Firstly I’m doing US-BRU-UK and then a few days later I’m doing UK-BRU-EU.
Obviously I know i’ll need to go through passport control on my second visit, the question I have is whether I will have to go through security on either transit? (I’ve done UK-BRU-US before and had to go through security in BRU)
Jul 16, 2022, 1:58 am
#319
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Geneva
Programs: LX SEN, AFKL Platinum, BA Bronze,
Posts: 5,641
BRU long haul and non-Schengen arrivals at B aren't separated into clean/non-clean IIRC and require security check before going to A for Schengen flights. I would imagine that it is the same for B to B transfers but haven't for personal experience of that.
Apr 10, 2023, 11:50 am
#320
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: DEN
Programs: UA 1P-1MM, Marriott LT Titanium
Posts: 3,930
Just transited BRU twice in the last couple weeks US-BRU-KGL and KGL-BRU-US - in both cases, the planes arrived at B gates and we had to clear security. All connecting passengers go through security, then can go through passport control to get to the A gates, or go upstairs to the B gates (and then a bus to the T gates, if needed).
Aug 20, 2023, 5:39 am
#321
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: SJJ/AMS
Posts: 4,647
Plane-to-Train Query
I appreciate this is slightly off-topic but I’ll be arriving in BRU just after 8PM (8:10 to be precise, from a Schengen country), I’m then planning to get on the 9:11PM train (last service) to Amsterdam Centraal. How feasible would this be, taking also into consideration a potential delay (let’s say ~30 minutes, just to get a rough idea) of the flight in question? I’ll be travelling in business hence with a slight advantage in terms of getting off the plane, run to the train station etc.
Thanks.
G
Thanks.
G
Aug 20, 2023, 6:56 am
#322
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: BRU
Posts: 308
I appreciate this is slightly off-topic but I’ll be arriving in BRU just after 8PM (8:10 to be precise, from a Schengen country), I’m then planning to get on the 9:11PM train (last service) to Amsterdam Centraal. How feasible would this be, taking also into consideration a potential delay (let’s say ~30 minutes, just to get a rough idea) of the flight in question? I’ll be travelling in business hence with a slight advantage in terms of getting off the plane, run to the train station etc.
Thanks.
G
Thanks.
G
Aug 21, 2023, 4:47 am
#324
Ambassador: World of Hyatt
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: UK - the nearest airport is named after a motorway !
Posts: 4,235
Extra Schengen to extra Schengen… easy?
Many years since I’ve connected at BRU, and I have absolutely no recollection. Have a 1:10 connection tomorrow morning and wondering how easy it is. Realise that I will have to go through security but is there a simple connection route (avoiding double immigration)? UK passport holder so no technical problem but would take time…. It’s ET from ADD onto SN to LHR, single ticket, if that makes any difference.
thanks
thanks
Aug 22, 2023, 7:53 am
#325
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Barcelona, Catalunya
Posts: 2,108
Yes, you'll stay in the B gates area (or maybe use the shuttle between B and T). As long as you stay there, there is no passport control, only security.
Maybe this helps: https://www.brusselsairport.be/en/pa...MjE1NC4wLjAuMA..
Maybe this helps: https://www.brusselsairport.be/en/pa...MjE1NC4wLjAuMA..
Aug 22, 2023, 1:57 pm
#326
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: DEN
Programs: UA 1P-1MM, Marriott LT Titanium
Posts: 3,930
Many years since I’ve connected at BRU, and I have absolutely no recollection. Have a 1:10 connection tomorrow morning and wondering how easy it is. Realise that I will have to go through security but is there a simple connection route (avoiding double immigration)? UK passport holder so no technical problem but would take time…. It’s ET from ADD onto SN to LHR, single ticket, if that makes any difference.
thanks
thanks
Sep 12, 2023, 3:30 pm
#327
Join Date: Sep 2023
Posts: 15
Question for the experts here. I will be arriving BRU in the morning with a 8 hours layover before another flight to Rome. All on J and Brussels Airlines. Coming from JFK. I would like to use the lounge to shower and leave the airport to check out the city. Do I go through passport control for transit passengers, hit up the Loft, and then exit the airport? Or do I go through passport control for arriving passengers, go back through security and hit up the lounge and then exit the airport for the city after? Thanks!
Sep 12, 2023, 4:56 pm
#328
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: DEN
Programs: UA 1P-1MM, Marriott LT Titanium
Posts: 3,930
Question for the experts here. I will be arriving BRU in the morning with a 8 hours layover before another flight to Rome. All on J and Brussels Airlines. Coming from JFK. I would like to use the lounge to shower and leave the airport to check out the city. Do I go through passport control for transit passengers, hit up the Loft, and then exit the airport? Or do I go through passport control for arriving passengers, go back through security and hit up the lounge and then exit the airport for the city after? Thanks!
Sep 12, 2023, 10:17 pm
#330
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Europe
Programs: M&M mainly
Posts: 318