Schiphol Airport (Amsterdam) Issues

[Timberridge]

I don't know if there's a direct flight from anywhere in the US to GVA. If there is it certainly isn't going to be from the middle of the uncivilized state of UT.

There is from EWR via Swissair, but it aint cheap. The Swiss know what they got.

[Buster Highmen]

There is from EWR via Swissair, but it aint cheap. The Swiss know what they got.

Lots of those are operated by United, blacklisted by famille Highmen despite the desirable option of staying in nearby Elizabeth.

There are some nonstops JFK<->GVA operated by Swiss.

[The AD]

Too many problems. They stiffed Norseman and mofro261 most recently, I have other horror stories from friends. There's AirCanada, but we only did that once and regretted it.

Can't say I've had great experiences with them overall, either, but every airline seems to be having problems currently.

[Yonder_River]

No airline is perfect although some are better. Have done an iceland layover of 55 minutes with no rush and time to spare. Benefits of a small airport

[The AD]

Yeah, Keflavik is a pretty nice airport and it's also cool to spend a couple extra days in Iceland either coming from or going to the European mainland.

[BmillsSkier]

No airline is perfect although some are better.

[The AD]

See also: Ryanair.

[Beder]

I just booked for Switzerland for next March as I had a Delta credit about to expire. BOI/MSP/AMS/ZRH. About a 90 minute layover in AMS. I guess I will plan to have ski boots and ski clothes in my carryon, and then hope for the best. I thought I was being smart by avoiding CDG.

[riser4]

My local is BTV, which means I have to connect from there. So it's worth a drive to Montreal or Boston to fly direct to a pretty good list of major hubs. And yes, Air Canada, Dorval, and Logan all blows goats, but it's better than United or Delta. I don't fly often so I can usually get my wife to drop me off and pick me up.

[Buster Highmen]

I just booked for Switzerland for next March as I had a Delta credit about to expire. BOI/MSP/AMS/ZRH. About a 90 minute layover in AMS. I guess I will plan to have ski boots and ski clothes in my carryon, and then hope for the best. I thought I was being smart by avoiding CDG.

Carry the boots separately and for the carryon, may I suggest a 40L good bc ski backpack? You can fit all necessary outerwear, gloves, goggles, underwear. socks and transceiver in that pack, so if your skis get lost, you can still ski and the airlines should pay for your ski rental until the skis show up.

[Beder]

Carry the boots separately and for the carryon, may I suggest a 40L good bc ski backpack? You can fit all necessary outerwear, gloves, goggles, underwear. socks and transceiver in that pack, so if your skis get lost, you can still ski and the airlines should pay for your ski rental until the skis show up.

I'll do just that, and I hope to see you there.

[Buster Highmen]

I'll do just that, and I hope to see you there.

You should pm alias rice since he's organizing it this year.
I may pass through, still waffling on where to go.

[old goat]

I once got the full rundown after getting a pack i used to patrol with swabbed for explosives. (Yeah i was dumb and traveled with the same pack i used for AC).

If I'd be even the least bit high, i would have a had a full fucking meltdown. As it was, i was a trembling puddle of nervous sweat.

When my kid was on patrol they had him use a company pack for that reason. He did have a picture of the open pack full of bombs on his phone, which I suggested was not a great idea.

Re the security delay at Schipol--presumably all the flights are filled with people who missed the last flight.

One of the more amusing travel experiences I've had was at CDG. I was in the check in area when there was a huge explosion. All the passengers froze and then looked around in terror. Several hit the floor. The desk agents kept right on doing what they were doing. It would have been nice if they had announced that they were going to blow up someone's unattended luggage, but no.

LHR just announced they are cutting daily airport capacity to 100,000 passengers per day, which will require the airlines to cut even more flights. So better chance to make your flight on time, if you have a flight.

[Boissal]

When my kid was on patrol they had him use a company pack for that reason. He did have a picture of the open pack full of bombs on his phone, which I suggested was not a great idea.

It reminds me that I got some pretty intense questioning flying out of SLC once when I was in grad school. Getting a degree in chemistry. Spending my days walking around a lab full of all sorts of chemicals. And only every wearing the same pair of shoes. Fortunately I was on a visa back then and had to carry about 200 pages of paperwork to make sure they'd let me back in the country after the trip so things got sorted out pretty fast once I pulled out my entire academic record and they realized I was just a dumb lab monkey.
I bought a 2nd pair of shoes after that and the lab shoes never left the chem building until they gave me my degree.

[liv2ski]

Can't say I've had great experiences with them overall, either, but every airline seems to be having problems currently.

Just want to say we flew home from Amsterdam on FINNAIR business class. What a great experience. By far the best overall flight we have ever had except for a Virgin Atlantic flight where they bumped us to 1st class going LAX to LHR. If the price is close, try them.

[old goat]

Decades ago I was a subject in a high altitude physiology experiment--I had unlabeled liquids and pills in my carryon. Got stopped at airport security--and this was when carryon screening was much more rudimentary--and when I couldn't tell them what the stuff was they held me. Fortunately they were able to get hold of someone in the physiology dept at U of M to confirm I was legit. Missed my flight but was able to get on the next one. And somehow managed to get a message to whoever was supposed to pick me up in CSprings and drive me to the top of Pike's Peak.

[bw_wp_hedonism]

ZRH remains one of the best Euro airports for me, even with Lufthansa bringing the suck.

I landed in Zurich a couple months ago, and there was a massive group of people milling around the service desk. Evidently, at the departure airport (in Turkey, I believe), the airline (not Swiss) had managed to leave ALL of the checked luggage behind. Funny when you aren’t the victim there.


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[alias_rice]

You should pm alias rice since he's organizing it this year.
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If that’s the case, we are all fucked.

[riser4]

ZRH remains one of the best Euro airports for me, even with Lufthansa bringing the suck.

I landed in Zurich a couple months ago, and there was a massive group of people milling around the service desk. Evidently, at the departure airport (in Turkey, I believe), the airline (not Swiss) had managed to leave ALL of the checked luggage behind. Funny when you aren’t the victim there.


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How does that even happen? Wouldn't an empty cargo hold be noticed??? I'm not a pilot, but my understanding is that weight is part of their calculations.

[warthog]

Holy shit.

10-20mg gives me the paranoid shakes and can’t sleep.

150mg seems outrageous panic attack zone for me, even sitting on my couch.


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No fucking way I could ever fly that fucked up. I can barely function walking after 20. No way in hell that plane wouldn't go down, confirming my paranoia on it's way into the ocean.

[JimmyCarter]

No fucking way I could ever fly that fucked up. I can barely function walking after 20. No way in hell that plane wouldn't go down, confirming my paranoia on it's way into the ocean.

I think at 150mg I’d be praying for the plane to go down.

[zion zig zag]

ZRH remains one of the best Euro airports for me, even with Lufthansa bringing the suck.

I landed in Zurich a couple months ago, and there was a massive group of people milling around the service desk. Evidently, at the departure airport (in Turkey, I believe), the airline (not Swiss) had managed to leave ALL of the checked luggage behind. Funny when you aren’t the victim there.


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I found ZRH to be one of the least intuitive airports I’ve ever used. From parking to the way levels are marked in the elevator, just….off.

And 150mg, holy shit.

[old goat]

For the record by far the most intensive routine security inspection I have encountered.--by routine I mean no one alerted the bomb detection, etc--was at CKU. For a flight of maybe 20 passengers. The screeners were defintely on their game.

[Buster Highmen]

bitd circa 1979, when the IRA was doing their thing around Britain, I flew out of Heathrow and holy crap was that a deep scan.

Aside from the mag scanners before the gate, at the gate were at least 30 people whose job it was to dig through all the carryon baggage. They'd just dump your shit out on the table and paw through it, handing each item to you to put back in your bag.

I'd had a heavy night previously with some Israeli miscreants. I think Knebworth was going on. They got me a 3 or 4 gram chunk of decent hash which we smoked before I passed out. In the security check ine at the gate I found a 1+ gram remainder in my shirt pocket so I did what any like minded waster would do: I ate it. Nice flight, the Greenland glaciers were fascinating.

[Buzzworthy]

If you’re gonna fly why not really fly?
Flight earlier this year buddy gave me some hash pills to take for the way home. He said they were 25mg. I took 2 intending to just veg out in my seat. Oh and I sure did.

Get home and a text the next day says “those 25’s I gave ya were 100. Hope your flight was fantastic!”

The word that comes to mind during my “flight” was puddle. Mind and body….puddle.

A 100mg is quite a ride. 200 was over the top.
150 and deal with police and such, oh hell no.