Connecting flight through Amsterdam Schiphol

holidaysong · 19-01-2013 06:30PM #1

Hi all,

I'm just wondering if anyone has any experience getting a connecting flight through Amsterdam Schiphol from Dublin to another non-Schengen country?

I'm hoping to go Dublin - Buenos Aires through this route in April with a 1 hour 20 minute connection time. The flights are both with KLM and will be booked through their site so it should be just one ticket. They obviously feel it's time enough if you can book it, but does anyone with experience of the airport think that I could be cutting it too fine?

Thanks.

spurious · 19-01-2013 06:47PM

Schiphol is contained enough and easy to find your way around. Do you know which 'concourse' you leave from?

If the worst comes to the worst and you look like it's going to be close, tell the cabin crew on your flight from Dublin and they will have a man with a little buggy there to take you on a death-defying drive to your next gate.

In one out of five transfers through Schiphol my baggage followed me on the next day's plane, so spare pair of jocks/drawers in the hand luggage mightn't be a bad idea.

ardmacha · 19-01-2013 07:30PM

They obviously feel it's time enough if you can book it, but does anyone with experience of the airport think that I could be cutting it too fine?

I don't have recent experience of such a connection. But AMS is one of the better places to connect, IMHO, you can walk between gates without getting on buses and the like. I'd be content with 1h20 or anything over the hour.

In one out of five transfers through Schiphol my baggage followed me on the next day's plane

Actually last time I went through Schiphol I didn't get my bag for 48 hours, although I think they lost it at the destination.

20-01-2013 02:45AM

Its a breeze, all contained in one building.

mcballer · 20-01-2013 02:54AM

I did that route end of July. Was worried about the short connection time but it was a short walk to the connection all within the same building. Just note what number area the flight departs from and it is signposted where to go! Easy peasy

Bruthal · 20-01-2013 03:08AM

Yea I did it to Shanghai a few times with just over an hour between flights. No problem, as said, easy to find your way around that airport.

holidaysong · 21-01-2013 08:13PM

Thanks for all the replies everyone, much appreciated. Will get onto booking the flights so.

Bruthal · 21-01-2013 08:25PM

holidaysong wrote: »

Thanks for all the replies everyone, much appreciated. Will get onto booking the flights so.

Im not sure if it makes that much difference, but I used to ask them about checking me in, onto the connecting flight, when checking in at the first flight.

Connecting flight through Amsterdam Schiphol

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