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Hi there.This is maybe not a question specific to the Camino, but since I know there are many many well seasoned travelers on this forum who have traveled to and from the Camino, I'm going to ask this here.
I have an option for a very convenient and well priced flight from Porto to Houston, but it has a layover in Amsterdam. My question is this...the layover is only 1 hr 15 minutes. Is it realistic to think I can do this without missing my connecting flight? I've never been through Amsterdam before and don't know the airport. Thank you all in advance.
I've flown through Schiphol, returning home to Canada, many times. Always on KLM and a connection between two of their flights.Hi there.
First some facts. The vast majority of connecting passengers make theor connections globally. Schipol is legendary in Europe for processing connections well. Given the small size of the Dutch market they are well know for offering competitive prices in places like Northern England to take people over Schipol. There is a minimum connecting time which is assessed and monitored regularly. Of connections are made things change, but they are made. Customers missing connections is a very expensive business for airlines.
Yes, that's the flight I'm on. Thanks for the advice - I think I'm going to chance it. I'm not checking bags, so that should help.Hi there.
First some facts. The vast majority of connecting passengers make their connections globally. Schipol is legendary in Europe for processing connections well. Given the small size of the Dutch market they are well known for offering competitive prices in places like Northern England to take people over Schipol. There is a minimum connecting time which is assessed and monitored regularly. If connections are not made things change, but they are made, most of the time. Customers missing connections is a very expensive business for airlines, and have a huge negative knock on across the days operation.
But of course they can be missed for many reasons. I guess it’s like baggage, everyone has a story. Yet baggage is delivered to the customer as planned >99% of the time .
Simplistically, Frequent travellers, let’s say folks who take a round trip journey once a month, like ‘tighter’ connections. That is one the reason they exist. Less frequent customers tend to like longer connections.
Are you on the KLM flight
OPO 0500 AMS 0835/0950 IAH 1325
I would book it!
Good advice! I'll be letting the flight attendants know about the connection. Thank you!I've flown through Schiphol, returning home to Canada, many times. Always on KLM and a connection between two of their flights.
I agree with the comments above that discuss how efficient Schiphol is for connections. The airport has four wings and they're very good about whizzing you from one wing to another, by golf cart if necessary, to make a tight connection. Particularly if it's the same airline throughout (that is KLM>KLM or similar).
The one complication in this is that you're heading out of the EU on your second flight; that means you'll have to go through border control and have your passport stamped "out of the EU." That takes a bit more time than just moving gate to gate.
BUT if you let the flight attendants know, before you land from the Porto flight, that you have a tight connection to make, they are great! They will do their damnedest to see you make that connection.
We don't go through Schiphol any more; but it's only because the departures from Lisbon are at 5 am, which I hate. If they got their slots changed, in Lisbon airport, I'd be flying KLM again in a moment. Great staff, and and a very well-run airline!
Checked bags are not an issue with a connection like this - you wouldn't have to deal with checked bags until your first stop in the US.Yes, that's the flight I'm on. Thanks for the advice - I think I'm going to chance it. I'm not checking bags, so that should help.
Early morning flights tend to be good news. The aircraft you will fly on will arrive in OPO the night before so little chance of a delay due late inbound aircraft!Yes, that's the flight I'm on. Thanks for the advice - I think I'm going to chance it. I'm not checking bags, so that should help.
Slight detour:Early morning flights tend to be good news. The aircraft you will fly on will arrive in OPO the night before so little chance of a delay due late inbound aircraft!
Also the taxi time at OPO airport is quite quick. Whilst we all talk about departure times, what matters is airborne times. The big airports tend to have average taxi tiles of 30 mins, but smaller ones less.
I have also stayed at Opohotel and would recommendSlight detour:
A newly discovered tip re Porto--if you need to stay in a hotel near the airport because of an early morning flight, this one is great. On the airport metro with good connections from the main bus station/Campagna rail station. Walking distance from the airport; very quiet in spite of that; serves breakfast from 4 am!
We will definitely use it again.
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Check this out https://www.schiphol.nl/en/blog/find-your-way-quickly-and-easily-at-schiphol/This is maybe not a question specific to the Camino, but since I know there are many many well seasoned travelers on this forum who have traveled to and from the Camino, I'm going to ask this here.
I have an option for a very convenient and well priced flight from Porto to Houston, but it has a layover in Amsterdam. My question is this...the layover is only 1 hr 15 minutes. Is it realistic to think I can do this without missing my connecting flight? I've never been through Amsterdam before and don't know the airport. Thank you all in advance.
I connect there often by preference and often have a short layover. Haven’t missed a connecting yet.This is maybe not a question specific to the Camino, but since I know there are many many well seasoned travelers on this forum who have traveled to and from the Camino, I'm going to ask this here.
I have an option for a very convenient and well priced flight from Porto to Houston, but it has a layover in Amsterdam. My question is this...the layover is only 1 hr 15 minutes. Is it realistic to think I can do this without missing my connecting flight? I've never been through Amsterdam before and don't know the airport. Thank you all in advance.
There will probably be quite a few folks on your flight with shorter connex than you and most crew see 75 mins as a breeze! But worth asking. In fact if you are unable to online check to a seat near the front, then always ask at the desk at the airport. Things move around with regard to seat allocation (for example some seats blocked for certain passenger types who may not materialise) and may be a chance to sit nearer the front. Of course assuming the OPO to AMS does not deplane from front and rear, which I think is unlikely!!Good advice! I'll be letting the flight attendants know about the connection. Thank you!
Likewise, probably just bad luck on my part but flight into Schipol arrived a tad late and despite my legging it with cabin bag only I arrived half way down the another “wing” of the airport to meet 2 air hostesses asking if I was heading to the departing flight further down. I just about managed to gasp out a yes when they told me stop running! The flight, my flight was already taxi-ing out for take off. I did get a flight the next day but…Passport control at Schiphol this past March took over an hour on our flight back to the US. There were over 300 people in our snaking line. Hmm, 2 days later I was down with Covid, after two shots and 3 boosters. I just booked my next Camino flight for October and avoided all the good deals with plane changes in Schiphol. Glad to hear it is better now but that was about my third or fourth very crowded long wait at Schiphol passport control. Never again. Buen Camino
Schiphol is huge, it depends on passport control as well as where your connecting gate is. Also, where you are seated on your plane from OPO. They don't hold planes for people from connecting flights, I speak from experience on that one and had to spend the night in AMS.This is maybe not a question specific to the Camino, but since I know there are many many well seasoned travelers on this forum who have traveled to and from the Camino, I'm going to ask this here.
I have an option for a very convenient and well priced flight from Porto to Houston, but it has a layover in Amsterdam. My question is this...the layover is only 1 hr 15 minutes. Is it realistic to think I can do this without missing my connecting flight? I've never been through Amsterdam before and don't know the airport. Thank you all in advance.
Schiphol is huge, it depends on passport control as well as where your connecting gate is. Also, where you are seated on your plane from OPO. They don't hold planes for people from connecting flights, I speak from experience on that one and had to spend the night i
@hikermomma04This is maybe not a question specific to the Camino, but since I know there are many many well seasoned travelers on this forum who have traveled to and from the Camino, I'm going to ask this here.
I have an option for a very convenient and well priced flight from Porto to Houston, but it has a layover in Amsterdam. My question is this...the layover is only 1 hr 15 minutes. Is it realistic to think I can do this without missing my connecting flight? I've never been through Amsterdam before and don't know the airport. Thank you all in advance.
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