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How many airports have you been to?
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02 Oct 2008 Thu 08:56 pm |
All of the states do it as well....they are the dumbest questions. No, of course my bag hasn´t been in my possession nor did I pack it. That´s what I would love to say!
Bag? What bag? OH! That was the bag that nice man in the turban was carrying. He got a phone call, dropped it, and started running. I just figured I would hand it to you to put in lost and found.
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02 Oct 2008 Thu 09:10 pm |
Hey ladies, where are your lists?
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02 Oct 2008 Thu 10:10 pm |
Amsterdam Schiphol
Athens
Münster
Münich
Köln/Bonn
Chania (Crete)
Istanbul Atatürk
Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen
Ãzmir Adnan Menderes
I especially come to Amsterdam Schiphol a lot because my connecting train to university goes from there I often think I should get another connection instead.
As for questionary: 2 weeks ago upon arrival in Cologne, they took me aside and unpacked my entire suitcase just next to where ´unquestioned´ people proceeded. I asked if this was general procedure ´yes it was, especially for people travelling alone´. Well I travel from Cologne frequently and Ive never been through this procedure. They were making a problem of the cellphone I bought in TR (a ´gift´ and I had to pay a fee on the 2nd cigarette box I bought. Id rather have them sealing my luggage and xraying it many times instead of having a strange man going through my luggage in public!
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02 Oct 2008 Thu 10:27 pm |
I don’t know all the airport names but I will put them in where I know them. Here is my non-alphabetized list -
San Francisco - Los Angeles - Portland - LaGuardia - Midway - O’Hare - Sky Harbor - Phoenix - McCarran - St. Louis - Denver - Reagan National - Hartsfield - Heathrow - Athens - Tehran - Kerman - Auckland - and Melbourne
Edit - Don´t know how I could...but I forgot Montego Bay!!!
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02 Oct 2008 Thu 10:37 pm |
Billund - Copenhagen - Hamburg - Amsterdam Schiphol - Köln - München - Paris Charles de Gaulle - London Gatwick - London Heathrow - Milan Malpensa - Venice - Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen - Istanbul Atatürk - Ankara - Antalya - Van - Miami Intl. - Orlando
Maybe a couple more. Now that you mention Schiphol, my experience is that it´s great for transfer, but if you are checking in there for the first time it´s hard to find one´s way. But nothing beats Paris CDG - I´ve never seen such a chaotic airport, never! Once on a connecting flight for Istanbul I almost didn´t make it though I was running through the airport, only stopping at signs for directions, which were so cluttered. Finally I made it as the last person boarding, only to learn that my baggage didn´t - apparently they didn´t have enough time to bring that I´m definitely going to avoid CDG at any cost in the future.
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02 Oct 2008 Thu 10:57 pm |
Well, I actually hate that airport in Amsterdam, it´s the only one that asks the 3 big questions: have you packed the bags yourself, has anybody give you any items to carry, have your bags been in your possession all the time!!!!!???
Nobody else does it except for Amsterdam airport!!! I am trying to avoid connecting there at all cost!
All the British airports ask this!
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02 Oct 2008 Thu 11:05 pm |
My List:
UK
Stansted
Norwich
Edinburgh
Glasgow Prestwick
Glasgow International
Gatwick
Luton
Netherlands
Amsterdam Schipol
Germany
Hamburg
Dusseldorf
Spain
Gerona
Alicante
Palma - Majorca
Ibiza
Furteventura
Malta
Italy
Sardinia
Brescia
Milan
Austria
Salzburg
China
Shanghai
Shenzhen
Hong Kong
Mauritius
USA
Chicago - both airports
Tampa
And another I can´t remember
Greece
Corfu
Crete
Turkey
Istanbul Ataturk
Ankara
Dalaman
Bodrum
Switzerland
Geneva
Thats is all I can remember, I am sure there are more.......................
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02 Oct 2008 Thu 11:15 pm |
All the British airports ask this!
Well, maybe it has changed lately. But the odd thing is that Amsterdam bugs people even though they are only connecting there!!! Everywhere else I have only encountered these dumb questions only at the place of departure!
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02 Oct 2008 Thu 11:30 pm |
Well, maybe it has changed lately. But the odd thing is that Amsterdam bugs people even though they are only connecting there!!! Everywhere else I have only encountered these dumb questions only at the place of departure!
We just don´t trust you Americans.... (even / especially if they are originally Polish ... )
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02 Oct 2008 Thu 11:32 pm |
We just don´t trust you Americans.... (even / especially if they are originally Polish ... )
Damn... you Dutch must be extremely intelligent to come up with such a sophisticated screening method! No criminal can pass through...
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02 Oct 2008 Thu 11:34 pm |
Well, I actually hate that airport in Amsterdam, it´s the only one that asks the 3 big questions: have you packed the bags yourself, has anybody give you any items to carry, have your bags been in your possession all the time!!!!!???
Nobody else does it except for Amsterdam airport!!! I am trying to avoid connecting there at all cost!
funny, but I was asked exactly the same questions at Ataturk airport, but it didnt bother me at all since the guy asking these questions was very handsome.... when he was done I asked "is that it"??
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