[Idyllchat] Re: ?? connecting airport to Venice

Mon Sep 10 13:13:31 EDT 2007

As a New Yorker, with the advent of the AirTrain, they have made it much
easier to get between terminals. The problem with JFK is that it has 9
terminals. Delta domestic and international fly out of 2 sides of the same
terminal, so going between them shouldn't be bad. The problem with New York
is that flight security is very tight, but they try to move it along by
adding more scanners and lines. I can't remember if you have to go outside
security to go between the domestic and international sides of the Delta
terminal. You will obviously have to go through passport control to get into
the international terminal, but that is usually quick.

There was a recent article about connecting airports in Europe that somebody
sent out. It rated Munich as the #4 European airport overall and the #1 to
connect through. There were strong votes for Zurich as well. I'm sure you
can search for it, or someone could repost the link to the article.

  - Jay

On 9/10/07, Sue and Eric <milliron at mindspring.com> wrote:
>
>  Hello everybody-we just booked our April 2008 Untour to Venice, and I am
> already looking at flights-I found the recent thread about connections came
> at just the right time, and hope I can get some feedback.
>
> We live in Richmond, Va.   The flight options that we are considering, and
> would book ourselves are :
>
> RT RIC to VCE via JFK on Delta. My concern is that we have always avoided
> JFK, so are unfamiliar with the airport.  Is it the zoo we have heard??  Our
> connection time would either be 1 1/2 hrs or 7hrs, depending on which flight
> we took out of RIC.  We would probably choose the longer time, just to be on
> the safe side, but that sure does make for a long day.
>
> Our second option is to  drive to Washington Dulles, which we have done
> many times, and take United or Lufthansa  to FRA, MUC, or ZUR, connecting to
> VCE-however, in order to arrive in Venice at a reasonable time for the
> escort to our apt, our connection time at either of these airports would be
> minimal-from 50 minutes to 1 1/2 hrs.   Would that be enough time to go
> through customs and immigration and make our connecting flight??   Claiming
> luggage is not a problem, as we always only travel with carry ons .  We have
> flown into and out of Zurich and Munich, but never connected at either.
>
> would welcome responses from any  of you familiar with these airports.
>
> Thanks in advance for what I know will be many helpful replies.
>
> Sue and Eric Millirons
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jay Cloidt
> Sent: Sep 9, 2007 10:04 PM
> To: Joan Herriges
> Cc: Idyllchat new
> Subject: Re: [Idyllchat] It's Not Just the Destination, It's the
> Connection-Munich
>
> Thanks for the article. Living in the NYC metro area, I can usually get a
> direct flight to wherever I'm going. However, I've been looking into flying
> into some smaller airports in Europe (especially, Italy) and this will be
> great to keep in mind.
>
>   - Jay
>
> On 9/9/07, Joan Herriges <joanherriges at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> >
> >  Good article--and confirms a recent string of Idyllchat posts regarding
> > the importance of connecting airports when traveling abroad.  Munich has
> > become a favorite of our traveling friends departing from S.F. to all
> > European destinations.   We chose to book our own travel with Idyl in 2006
> > (Castle/Austria), thus avoiding Heathrow and it was a good decision.  On
> > the return trip we had to return our car rather early, but had a
> > fabulous time at the Munich airport.  They have good restaurants--even a
> > Hofbrauhaus.  Excellent shopping and comfortable lounges.  Joan.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > *From:* Barbara Roy <broy at dplanet.ch>
> > *To:* Idyllchat new <idyllchat at lists.untours.com>
> > *Cc:* Idyll Untours Culture Chat <culturechat at lists.untours.com>
> > *Sent:* Sunday, September 09, 2007 8:52 AM
> > *Subject:* [Idyllchat] It's Not Just the Destination, It's the
> > Connection-Munich
> >
> > Thought you might all like to see this article in today's travel section
> > of the NYTimes.
> > We recently returned to Switzerland, via Munich on a flight from Boston
> > and thought it
> > was great, as the article indicates. Happy travels.
> >
> > Barbara Crowell Roy
> > Sachseln Switzerland
> > http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/09/travel/09headsup.html?8td&emc=td
> >
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