Europe Trip

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

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.

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.

On Jul 22, 2:46 pm, yeadeagisss <dai/gea/isss/0nne/3hrree/zer0/
zer0_@_geea/maiil.c0mx> wrote:
> 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.

Thanks. One of the airports is Frankfurt.

Do they have the same requirements as the US when it comes to liquids?

Thks again.

Kamakazee wrote:

> On Jul 22, 2:46 pm, yeadeagisss <dai/gea/isss/0nne/3hrree/zer0/
> zer0_@_geea/maiil.c0mx> wrote:
>
>>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.
>
> Thanks. One of the airports is Frankfurt.

Get there early, as Frankfurt is one of Europe's biggest, and it can get
busy. Even if you make it through in short order, it's a matter of
better safe than sorry. You might make it through in half an hour at
a quiet, uncrowded time, but if there's extra security precautions or
just a lot of seasonal travelers, that could turn into a couple of
hours all too easily.

> Do they have the same requirements as the US when it comes to liquids?

The first airports to come up with those requirements were in Europe.
It started in the UK, and spread almost immediately to the continent
and the USA. The upshot is, yes, same requirements; I think the only
difference is that they state the limit on container size as 100ml
instead of 3 US ounces, but for all intents and purposes, those are
close enough to the same size anyway.

On Jul 22, 3:32 pm, yeadeagisss <dai/gea/isss/0nne/3hrree/zer0/
zer0_@_geea/maiil.c0mx> wrote:
> Kamakazee wrote:
> > On Jul 22, 2:46 pm, yeadeagisss <dai/gea/isss/0nne/3hrree/zer0/
> > zer0_@_geea/maiil.c0mx> wrote:
>
> >>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.
>
> > Thanks.  One of the airports is Frankfurt.
>
> Get there early, as Frankfurt is one of Europe's biggest, and it can get
> busy.  Even if you make it through in short order, it's a matter of
> better safe than sorry.  You might make it through in half an hour at
> a quiet, uncrowded time, but if there's extra security precautions or
> just a lot of seasonal travelers, that could turn into a couple of
> hours all too easily.
>
> > Do they have the same requirements as the US when it comes to liquids?
>
> The first airports to come up with those requirements were in Europe.
> It started in the UK, and spread almost immediately to the continent
> and the USA.  The upshot is, yes, same requirements; I think the only
> difference is that they state the limit on container size as 100ml
> instead of 3 US ounces, but for all intents and purposes, those are
> close enough to the same size anyway.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Very good, I really appreciate the info. Booked the rental today, it
wasn't a problem taking it across the border (Belgium/Germany) but it
added 200 euros. For a flippin' Focus!

Kamakazee wrote:

> Booked the rental today, it
> wasn't a problem taking it across the border (Belgium/Germany) but it
> added 200 euros. For a flippin' Focus!

You mean you're renting in one country and dropping it off in another?
If so, yes, that adds a ridiculously high fee, which is patently silly.
I've picked up rental cars with German license plates at Schiphol air-
port. You'd think it would be doing them a favor to drop it off at a
German station, but no. It's extra. So I made sure to plan a circular
route that got me back to Schiphol.

The only time it doesn't cost extra is when the pick-up and drop-off
stations are in the same country, or at least that was the case last
December, when I picked up a car in Antwerp and dropped it off at
Brussels airport.

On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:30:11 +0200, "tile" <supertile@libero.it> wrote:

>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.
>

At Schiphol you are supposed to be there two hours in advance for charter
flights.
--

Martin

On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:56:23 +0100, d4g4h4.uk (David Horne, _the_
chancellor (*)) wrote:

>erilar <drache@chibardun.net.invalid> wrote:
>
>> In article <gh5c84l2im5b78n9k4felqngit6bfut2hj@>,
>> Keith Anderson <keefy@> wrote:
>>
>> > On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:10:58 -0700 (PDT), Kamakazee
>> > <mscottster@> 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.

Kids are fairly rare on most flights.
--

Martin

On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:08:03 -0700, yeadeagisss
<dai/gea/isss/0nne/3hrree/zer0/zer0_@_geea/maiil.c0mx> wrote:

>Kamakazee wrote:
>
>> Booked the rental today, it
>> wasn't a problem taking it across the border (Belgium/Germany) but it
>> added 200 euros. For a flippin' Focus!
>
>You mean you're renting in one country and dropping it off in another?
>If so, yes, that adds a ridiculously high fee, which is patently silly.
>I've picked up rental cars with German license plates at Schiphol air-
>port. You'd think it would be doing them a favor to drop it off at a
>German station, but no. It's extra. So I made sure to plan a circular
>route that got me back to Schiphol.

Years ago returning a hire car to it's original country was heavily discounted.
I've done it from Paris to Schiphol.

>
>The only time it doesn't cost extra is when the pick-up and drop-off
>stations are in the same country, or at least that was the case last
>December, when I picked up a car in Antwerp and dropped it off at
>Brussels airport.

There used to be a con operated by some car hire companies at Geneva Airport
where hirers unwittingly returned them to the wrong country at the airport.
--

Martin