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When traveling from one EU country to another is it still advisable to arrive to the airport 2 hours early? thks |
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Kamakazee wrote:
A follow up question: When traveling from one EU country to another is it still advisable to arrive to the airport 2 hours early? I tend to, so personally I'd say yes. I'm sure you'll get some people who turn up with less time than that. Some airlines require you to be at check-in an hour before (e.g. FlyBe) and I think it's better to be on the safe side. If you are printing your own boarding pass, this is maybe less of an issue... -- (*) of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate -www.davidhorne.net (email address on website) "If people think God is interesting, the onus is on them to show that there is anything there to talk about. Otherwise they should just shut up about it." -Richard Dawkins |
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Kamakazee:
A follow up question: When traveling from one EU country to another is it still advisable to arrive to the airport 2 hours early? If everything is normal (no strikes, fine weather, not the first day of the national holiday season, no terrorist alarm), then two hours in advance is too much. One hour should be OK. However, there are days when not everything is normal. -- Erick |
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On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:10:58 -0700 (PDT), Kamakazee
wrote: A follow up question: When traveling from one EU country to another is it still advisable to arrive to the airport 2 hours early? thks I'd say yes. If you're (for example) travelling with one of the budget airlines, e.g. Easyjet, getting to check-in 2 hrs (or even more) beforehand means that you'll be in boarding group "A" and have more of a chance of finding the seat you want. Boarding group "B" has less of a chance - boarding group "C" - well, maybe you don't mind a screaming kid barfing all over your nice, clean jacket (?) :-) Keith (formerly of Bristol UK) now moved to Berlin/nach Berlin umgezogen |
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Erick T. Barkhuis -o-m wrote:
Kamakazee: A follow up question: When traveling from one EU country to another is it still advisable to arrive to the airport 2 hours early? If everything is normal (no strikes, fine weather, not the first day of the national holiday season, no terrorist alarm), then two hours in advance is too much. One hour should be OK. Many airlines require you to be at the check-in an hour in advance. Ryanair and Easyjet are around 40 minutes I think, but they're _very_ strict about it. Depending on whether or not you need to check in, one hour could cut it very fine indeed. And of course, if you're flying to a non-schengen country, you can be held up at a passport control On Saturday, the transit service from the RER station to CDG 1 was halted inexplicably for 15 minutes. If you'd been cutting it fine with the check-in, that could have been a problem! I do admit that I usually find that I've got 'plenty' of time, once I'm checked in and through security, but I'd rather be in that situation than the other way around... -- (*) of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate -www.davidhorne.net (email address on website) "If people think God is interesting, the onus is on them to show that there is anything there to talk about. Otherwise they should just shut up about it." -Richard Dawkins |
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Keith Anderson wrote:
On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:10:58 -0700 (PDT), Kamakazee wrote: A follow up question: When traveling from one EU country to another is it still advisable to arrive to the airport 2 hours early? thks I'd say yes. If you're (for example) travelling with one of the budget airlines, e.g. Easyjet, getting to check-in 2 hrs (or even more) beforehand means that you'll be in boarding group "A" and have more of a chance of finding the seat you want. Boarding group "B" has less of a chance - boarding group "C" - well, maybe you don't mind a screaming kid barfing all over your nice, clean jacket (?) :-) Worth remembering that you could have that screaming kid barfing all over you, no matter when you (or they) board. Oscar and I had exit row seats on the Ryanair flight to Marseilles from Manchester. Oddly, no one wanted to take the spare seat next to us- I suspect because a lot of the travellers seemed to be in groups of two or more. -- (*) of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate -www.davidhorne.net (email address on website) "If people think God is interesting, the onus is on them to show that there is anything there to talk about. Otherwise they should just shut up about it." -Richard Dawkins |
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Kamakazee wrote:
A follow up question: When traveling from one EU country to another is it still advisable to arrive to the airport 2 hours early? thks Normally airlines open their check in counters 2 hours before. |
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In article ,
Keith Anderson wrote: On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:10:58 -0700 (PDT), Kamakazee wrote: A follow up question: When traveling from one EU country to another is it still advisable to arrive to the airport 2 hours early? thks I'd say yes. If you're (for example) travelling with one of the budget airlines, e.g. Easyjet, getting to check-in 2 hrs (or even more) beforehand means that you'll be in boarding group "A" and have more of a chance of finding the seat you want. Boarding group "B" has less of a chance - boarding group "C" - well, maybe you don't mind a screaming kid barfing all over your nice, clean jacket (?) :-) Another reason to prefer trains 8-) -- Mary Loomer Oliver (aka Erilar) You can't reason with someone whose first line of argument is that reason doesn't count. --Isaac Asimov Erilar's Cave Annex: http://www.chibardun.net/~erilarlo |
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erilar wrote:
In article , Keith Anderson wrote: On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:10:58 -0700 (PDT), Kamakazee wrote: A follow up question: When traveling from one EU country to another is it still advisable to arrive to the airport 2 hours early? thks I'd say yes. If you're (for example) travelling with one of the budget airlines, e.g. Easyjet, getting to check-in 2 hrs (or even more) beforehand means that you'll be in boarding group "A" and have more of a chance of finding the seat you want. Boarding group "B" has less of a chance - boarding group "C" - well, maybe you don't mind a screaming kid barfing all over your nice, clean jacket (?) :-) Another reason to prefer trains 8-) Not really. There's nothing stopping you being sat next to screaming kids. -- (*) of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate -www.davidhorne.net (email address on website) "If people think God is interesting, the onus is on them to show that there is anything there to talk about. Otherwise they should just shut up about it." -Richard Dawkins |
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Kamakazee wrote:
A follow up question: When traveling from one EU country to another is it still advisable to arrive to the airport 2 hours early? Depends on which airport, and maybe country of departure. If the airport is Heathrow or Frankfurt, two hours early is suggested, although I've gotten from counter to gate in as little as 25 minutes in each (yes, in recent years too, like last December at Heathrow). If the airport is Nürnberg or Berlin-Schönefeld, no, not so much. |
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