I was flying to Schiphol on Monday and use that airport as my favorite for long-haul flights, even though I'm from Germany. It's a really nice airport.
Whenever I travel in a group through Shiphol, at least one piece of luggage gets missing every time. Yes, they manage to get it back to you eventually (although I did lose an expensive pair of running shoes there), but the amount of hoops you have to jump through at times is complete madness. After ten years of going over Shiphol 1-2 per year, I'm now at a point where I just try to find a route around it.
Weird, Schiphol is my least favorite major airport. Poor dining options, for one, but the worst is how narrow the pathways are. If you're trying to pass a gate that's within twenty minutes of the boarding time, you've got to push through a crowd. (And I can't blame the crowd, as there's not nearly enough seating.)
This is when flying Air France/KLM within Europe. Maybe it's better in other terminals.
It's one of my least favorite airports in Europe. The number of times my luggage got lost there alone is enough for me to avoid whenever possible. The shops and restaurants are also extremely bland.
The needed context seems to be that the person you are replying to is German. I don't love Schiphol either, but it beats any German airport (looking at Frankfurt in particular).
I've several times made it from a hotel room in town to my gate at Schiphol in under an hour. Without trying, and walking/taking the train from central.
rf15|1 year ago
dustincoates|1 year ago
This is when flying Air France/KLM within Europe. Maybe it's better in other terminals.
ginko|1 year ago
firloop|1 year ago
Detrytus|1 year ago
Worse than Frankfurt? It seems like the only food you can get there is a hot-dog...
alamortsubite|1 year ago
wenc|1 year ago
It’s not as great as SIN, ICN or the once dominant HKG though.
sfjailbird|1 year ago