StefanAVFC Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 I flew from Frankfurt a few weeks ago, returning from a business trip. Bag drop was fully automated, took 2 mins, no queues. Lufthansa have got this shit nailed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 21 minutes ago, StefanAVFC said: I flew from Frankfurt a few weeks ago, returning from a business trip. Bag drop was fully automated, took 2 mins, no queues. Lufthansa have got this shit nailed. my airport of choice, did you get the ICE train there? bag drop off 5 minute walk from the platform, ive started getting to the habit of no hand luggage too, sail through even with ze german passport control munich has the same my only problem there is I've found B to be really busy hard to get a beer and horrifically expensive (£9 sandwich + drink combo) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted August 8, 2022 Share Posted August 8, 2022 Hopefully wont be too bad end of September as going sweden for 4 days then cyprus on 10th october Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegis Posted August 8, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted August 8, 2022 1 hour ago, Demitri_C said: Hopefully wont be too bad end of September as going sweden for 4 days then cyprus on 10th october Arlanda has been buggered all summer with the same staffing issues as England. Hopefully it's better in September. Keep an eye here for current times at security and check-in https://www.swedavia.com/arlanda/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted August 8, 2022 Share Posted August 8, 2022 20 minutes ago, Tegis said: Arlanda has been buggered all summer with the same staffing issues as England. Hopefully it's better in September. Keep an eye here for current times at security and check-in https://www.swedavia.com/arlanda/ Thanks for this. Oh bloody hell didnt know that. Ill keep an eye on that. Seems its not just a UK thing. Who would have known sacking staff would have caused all this eh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightoffyour Posted August 15, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted August 15, 2022 Security last Monday evening in brum was fine. Flight was delayed by 6 hours though after boarding and later unboarding the plane as there was a fault and they had to wait for an engineer to come from Stansted. Don’t know if that was Ryanair’s fault, or the plane manufacturer, or the airport. Ryanair did kindly distribute the legal minimum obligatory vouchers which paid for about 60% of some chips in the only bar that was still, and thankfully remained, open. Only consolation was the delay was so severe that krakow airport had reopened by 5-30-6am when we eventually landed, whereas if the flight left earlier we would have been diverted to at best Katowice which would have caused further delay to get home. Also will try to get compo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choffer Posted August 16, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted August 16, 2022 Rome and back was a breeze. LGW and Rome were fine. A short queue to scan in to security and a brief hold-up when they thought the OH had a gun in her carry on (it was a toy screwdriver). Passport checks in and out were easy too. 8/10 would fly again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 Dusseldorf Airport is ****, 1 security scanner open everything else closed, no priority, queue out the door And that's just terminal A, B looked the same, family in front of me said flying in it took 1.45 to claim their bags after landing here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milfner Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 Birmingham an absolute shitshow. Flight out to Malaga we queued an hour & 15 minutes to check our bag in so we had to practically walk to the boarding gate. On the way back, even worse. Landed at 9, didn’t get off the plane until 9:45 because there was no steps & still waiting for our bags an hour & 45 later. It’s going to have taken long for me to get home from BHX than Malaga to Birmingham. Absolute piss take. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 flew from bristol monday morning get an email from Ryanair "due to how busy the airport is please get there 3 hours before your flight" turn up, no check in until 2 hours before the flight....words removed, loads of moaning from a lot of people, all their own doing rest of the airport was perfectly fine 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milfner Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 3 hours ago, Milfner said: Birmingham an absolute shitshow. Flight out to Malaga we queued an hour & 15 minutes to check our bag in so we had to practically walk to the boarding gate. On the way back, even worse. Landed at 9, didn’t get off the plane until 9:45 because there was no steps & still waiting for our bags an hour & 45 later. It’s going to have taken long for me to get home from BHX than Malaga to Birmingham. Absolute piss take. Three and a half hours to get from the plane to 10 miles down the road. Just so poor. All the other carousels were receiving their luggage but not ours. The police had to step in & help them move the luggage too. Jokers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightoffyour Posted September 2, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted September 2, 2022 On 15/08/2022 at 16:40, fightoffyour said: Security last Monday evening in brum was fine. Flight was delayed by 6 hours though after boarding and later unboarding the plane as there was a fault and they had to wait for an engineer to come from Stansted. Don’t know if that was Ryanair’s fault, or the plane manufacturer, or the airport. Ryanair did kindly distribute the legal minimum obligatory vouchers which paid for about 60% of some chips in the only bar that was still, and thankfully remained, open. Only consolation was the delay was so severe that krakow airport had reopened by 5-30-6am when we eventually landed, whereas if the flight left earlier we would have been diverted to at best Katowice which would have caused further delay to get home. Also will try to get compo. Ryanair are paying out 400 euros each! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rds1983 Posted October 16, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted October 16, 2022 Have finally got confirmation from Tui that they'll pay out the £350 compensation to each of us. Claim was submitted in May. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 Best place for this I suppose. I am taking my grandson to euro Disney during the October holidays. We are flying from BHX and I am wondering how long should I give it to get through to the departure gate. Want an hour in departures but as he is 7 don't really want to hang about too much. It's been around 15 years since I flew from Birmingham so don't have experience to call on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 50 minutes ago, Seat68 said: Best place for this I suppose. I am taking my grandson to euro Disney during the October holidays. We are flying from BHX and I am wondering how long should I give it to get through to the departure gate. Want an hour in departures but as he is 7 don't really want to hang about too much. It's been around 15 years since I flew from Birmingham so don't have experience to call on. you checking bags in? flying with who? its really hit and miss, you can go on the departures bit of the website and see what other planes there are around yours and get a feel for it but the problem is more at the security gate and then a mixture of the works they have on and how many staff they have on, id say the staff is the same with checking bags in, its almost pure luck at this point 2 hours should be enough 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 It will be with Air France and 1 suitcase being checked in. 2 hours is what I would give it if it was Manchester. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 air france im sure are down the bottom end with the star alliance mob and KLM sharing a desk so if there's say a jet2 or tui flight around the same time as yours it will have no impact on your queue checking a bag in, keep an eye out for the amsterdam flight times because they will impact you they've built a shiny new starbucks in the middle air side too but its not the best, if you end up spending a lot of time there walk up to all bar one and back to kill the time 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 11 minutes ago, villa4europe said: air france im sure are down the bottom end with the star alliance mob and KLM sharing a desk so if there's say a jet2 or tui flight around the same time as yours it will have no impact on your queue checking a bag in, keep an eye out for the amsterdam flight times because they will impact you they've built a shiny new starbucks in the middle air side too but its not the best, if you end up spending a lot of time there walk up to all bar one and back to kill the time Really appreciate this, thank you 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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