On Wed, 22 Nov 2006 21:27:09 +0800, Miguel Cruz wrote:
>"Markku Gr=F6nroos" wrote:
>> "Frank Slootweg" kirjoitti=20
>> viestiss=E4:45636393$0$80790$dbd4b001@news.wanadoo.nl...
>> > "Markku Gr?nroos" wrote:
>> >>
>> >> "Frank Slootweg" kirjoitti
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>> > [Severely snipping because there no longer is any point.]
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>> >> > The process *I* am describing is more or less the reverse, first
>> >> > passenger check-in and then (and a seperate counter) hold-luggage
>> >> > inspection/check-in/drop-off.
>> >> >
>> >> Name one airport in which routines are arranged like this.
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>> > For *example* Schiphol airport ("Amsterdam").
>> >
>> Bull. At Schiphol one checks in at ONE counter. I have never done it =
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>> than one counter at Schiphol (even though I usually don't have =
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>> do in Amsterdam itself but use the airport just for changing planes =
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>> often I have been given boarding cards for following legs at the start=
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>> point, if this is not the case you typically can check in the transit =
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>> Check in takes place in front of rows of booths which are indicated ..=
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>> well... as "check in". You pick any of them (different "classes" =
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>> have dedicated booths) to check in for a flight - only one.=20
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>I don't know whether every airline does it the same way, but at Schiphol=
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>I frequently use the electronic kiosks to check in. I am pretty sure you=
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>can use them whether or not you have already checked in online, though=20
>there may be a separate batch of machines for those people.
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>I am about to board a flight to there, and I have a couple hours to kill=
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>after I get there (meeting another arriving passenger), so I will try to=
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>wander upstairs and have a look and report back, so we can put this=20
>clash of the titans to rest.
Visit the Schiphol Rijksmuseum between piers E and F instead.
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Martin
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