[Idyllchat] Re:Connecting to airport in Venice

[Harriet Mika]

--- idyllchat-request at lists.untours.com wrote:

> 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
> >

Remember in Venice once you leave the airport there is
a bus to the Vaporetto and then a 45 + ride across the
Lagoon to Venice.  The time has to be factored in.  We
are flying direct to Dulles in Washington from Munich
but we are taking the train from Venice to Munich and
spending a couple of days in Munich on our way home in
early October.  This is because of the time on the
connections to Munich or Frankfort from Venice being
VERY early in the morning and having to factor in more
than an hour to get to the airport.
H Mika




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