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I would add two more suggestions here: 1) If you have 50€ to spare always take the taxy to the city center. If you take the train you will hate this airport as

by kriz9 4y ago

I would add two more suggestions here: 1) If you have 50€ to spare always take the taxy to the city center. If you take the train you will hate this airport as much as the one at Frankfurt. You can thank me later. 2) Use security lanes 1 or 5. They are the furthest and less busy. Everyone usually just queues up by the nearest one. Don't trust the indicators.

ubaltaci 4y ago
1) Why though? FEX is really nice, fast and have only couple of stops, it reaches to central station around 30min.
- rob74 4y ago
  Yup, 50 € sounds like a lot of money for a few minutes saved (not to mention that it depends on the traffic situation if you will actually save some time). Of course, depending on where your hotel is and how many bags you have, a taxi may still be the better option...
  - thecopy 4y ago
    After arriving in a new city is it very mentally relaxing not having to understand ticketing pricing, zones, best way to navigate, understanding the differences between different types of trains/trams/buses. Especially since airport <-> city is almost always a separate system as well than intra-city transport.
c0mptonFP 4y ago
Imagine having "spare" 50€. Unless you're absolutely rich, you probably shouldn't default to using a cab in a city known for it's amazing public transport.
- bigDinosaur 4y ago
  If you're doing business travel you can probably justify 50€ fairly easily.
- rejectfinite 4y ago
  You think you are rich if you have a spare 50$ ? wow Then I must be mega-rich.
  - WHA8m 4y ago
    by 'spare' I think he/she meant something like "ah, whatever, I don't care" 'not spare' would be: "50€ ? I could buy xy for that!"
- hadlock 4y ago
  $50 after walking off a $1200 flight, $60 upgrade to board early, and $12 in cocktails is not a substantial amount. Plus lunch/dinner on the way to/at the airport for $40. And you're gonna pay $8-12 to get downtown via public transit, then make a transfer to a bus and walk two blocks to your hotel. Fifty bucks for a taxi is a lot, but a rounding error on a transatlantic flight/trip, and will drop you off in front of the hotel, might even carry your bags into the lobby for you, or at least load them onto a luggage cart.
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  - c0mptonFP 4y ago
    Your reasoning makes absolutely no sense. Either you have the budget for luxury, or you don't. If you have the budget to eat at the airport, drink cocktails and pay for early boarding, then you're most likely loaded. If you're not rich, but still pay for convenience services like that, I'd say you have irrational spending behavior.
Aeolun 4y ago
I was so surprised going through security in Schiphol Airport recently. I swear there were 3000 people in line, but they have like 30 security checkpoints, and everyone goes in the same line (maybe one per terminal?), so we were through in 15 minutes. It was amazing. I also never realized how much I appreciate everything in that airport being connected by corridors until I had to navigate CDG and it’s stupid trains and buses.
- rootusrootus 4y ago
  My brother just went through Schiphol two weeks ago. Scheduled his connecting flight with a five hour layover just to be sure. Took him 5 hours and 20 minutes to make it through security.
  - selimthegrim 4y ago
    Did he make the flight?
    - rootusrootus 4y ago
      No, he missed it. He was trying to get to Porto, he ended up catching another flight the next day to Lisbon, and took a train from there to Porto.
  - rejectfinite 4y ago
    Right now there is a crisis due to covid being "over" but allot of staff left/got fired and cant be re-hired as fast.
  - fdhsbjasvh 4y ago
    Schiphol is insane. I had the same thing happen to me a few months ago. Figured I’d go 5 hrs early just in case. Even without check bags I still missed my flight. I went 7 hrs early the next day and just made it due to departure delays. From what I heard they’re not letting people in until 5 hrs before their departure as the airport became too crowded.
ivan_gammel 4y ago
What’s the big deal with the train? I always prefer it as it’s faster than taxi.
Tainnor 4y ago
No idea what the issue with taking a train is. As a local, I'm certainly not taking a cab every time I use the airport.

by kriz9 4y ago

ubaltaci 4y ago

1) Why though? FEX is really nice, fast and have only couple of stops, it reaches to central station around 30min.

rob74 4y ago
Yup, 50 € sounds like a lot of money for a few minutes saved (not to mention that it depends on the traffic situation if you will actually save some time). Of course, depending on where your hotel is and how many bags you have, a taxi may still be the better option...
- thecopy 4y ago
  After arriving in a new city is it very mentally relaxing not having to understand ticketing pricing, zones, best way to navigate, understanding the differences between different types of trains/trams/buses. Especially since airport <-> city is almost always a separate system as well than intra-city transport.

c0mptonFP 4y ago

Imagine having "spare" 50€. Unless you're absolutely rich, you probably shouldn't default to using a cab in a city known for it's amazing public transport.

bigDinosaur 4y ago
If you're doing business travel you can probably justify 50€ fairly easily.
rejectfinite 4y ago
You think you are rich if you have a spare 50$ ? wow Then I must be mega-rich.
- WHA8m 4y ago
  by 'spare' I think he/she meant something like "ah, whatever, I don't care" 'not spare' would be: "50€ ? I could buy xy for that!"
hadlock 4y ago
$50 after walking off a $1200 flight, $60 upgrade to board early, and $12 in cocktails is not a substantial amount. Plus lunch/dinner on the way to/at the airport for $40. And you're gonna pay $8-12 to get downtown via public transit, then make a transfer to a bus and walk two blocks to your hotel. Fifty bucks for a taxi is a lot, but a rounding error on a transatlantic flight/trip, and will drop you off in front of the hotel, might even carry your bags into the lobby for you, or at least load them onto a luggage cart.
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- c0mptonFP 4y ago
  Your reasoning makes absolutely no sense. Either you have the budget for luxury, or you don't. If you have the budget to eat at the airport, drink cocktails and pay for early boarding, then you're most likely loaded. If you're not rich, but still pay for convenience services like that, I'd say you have irrational spending behavior.

Aeolun 4y ago

I was so surprised going through security in Schiphol Airport recently. I swear there were 3000 people in line, but they have like 30 security checkpoints, and everyone goes in the same line (maybe one per terminal?), so we were through in 15 minutes. It was amazing. I also never realized how much I appreciate everything in that airport being connected by corridors until I had to navigate CDG and it’s stupid trains and buses.

rootusrootus 4y ago
My brother just went through Schiphol two weeks ago. Scheduled his connecting flight with a five hour layover just to be sure. Took him 5 hours and 20 minutes to make it through security.
- selimthegrim 4y ago
  Did he make the flight?
  - rootusrootus 4y ago
    No, he missed it. He was trying to get to Porto, he ended up catching another flight the next day to Lisbon, and took a train from there to Porto.
- rejectfinite 4y ago
  Right now there is a crisis due to covid being "over" but allot of staff left/got fired and cant be re-hired as fast.
- fdhsbjasvh 4y ago
  Schiphol is insane. I had the same thing happen to me a few months ago. Figured I’d go 5 hrs early just in case. Even without check bags I still missed my flight. I went 7 hrs early the next day and just made it due to departure delays. From what I heard they’re not letting people in until 5 hrs before their departure as the airport became too crowded.

ivan_gammel 4y ago

What’s the big deal with the train? I always prefer it as it’s faster than taxi.

Tainnor 4y ago

No idea what the issue with taking a train is. As a local, I'm certainly not taking a cab every time I use the airport.