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Old January 3rd, 2011, 05:58 AM posted to rec.travel.air
Ned Alpert[_2_]
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Hi:

Was pricing an itinerary from SFO to Rome via Frankfurt. United will
connect with Lufthansa and vice versa on the return.

Lufthansa's website indicates that the international arrivals all run
through Terminal 1 for a seamless connection. My sample itinerary had
less than an hour to connect. Is this legit? How does the process work?

Thx, Ned
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Old January 3rd, 2011, 06:49 AM posted to rec.travel.air
John Levine
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Default Connection in Frankfurt

Lufthansa's website indicates that the international arrivals all run
through Terminal 1 for a seamless connection. My sample itinerary
had less than an hour to connect. Is this legit? How does the
process work?


Poorly. If you're connecting from the US to Italy, you will have to
go through both immigration and security inspection, and probably wait
in line for both. In my experience, the chances of making your plane
in a one hour connection are not good.

R's,
John
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Old January 3rd, 2011, 09:26 AM posted to rec.travel.air
Runge 127
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Depends on the quantity of people waiting.
If you ask politely, there is a chance some employee helps you get on
faster, contrary to the US, where TSA rules.
Also note that our controls are not as stoopid as the one in America with
the stoopid questions trying to make you answer you're a born terrorist, no
waste of time with pics and fingerprints etc
They don't try to palpate you all over the place either.
Just a normal, civilized control to get into a normal country.
As you are checked, chances are the flight will reasonably wait for you, so
don't linger in the duty free shops !
You have a good chance to get through and Lufthansa knows better than
Levine...if your first flight is on time.


"John Levine" a écrit dans le message de groupe de discussion :
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Lufthansa's website indicates that the international arrivals all run
through Terminal 1 for a seamless connection. My sample itinerary
had less than an hour to connect. Is this legit? How does the
process work?


Poorly. If you're connecting from the US to Italy, you will have to
go through both immigration and security inspection, and probably wait
in line for both. In my experience, the chances of making your plane
in a one hour connection are not good.

R's,
John

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Old January 3rd, 2011, 04:41 PM posted to rec.travel.air
John Levine
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Default Connection in Frankfurt

Depends on the quantity of people waiting.

Well, of course. If there's no line, it's fast. If there's a long
line, it's slow. Unfortunately, planes from North America tend all to
arrive and leave at about the same time, so at the times that matter,
there's often long lines. The inspection is reasonable, but they can
only inspect thousands of people so fast.

I'd take the hour connection IF there are later planes you can catch
if you're late.

Regards,
John Levine, , Primary Perpetrator of "The Internet for Dummies",
Please consider the environment before reading this e-mail.
http://jl.ly

PS: Even if you have lots of time, skip the duty free. It's been a
long time since I found anything in a European duty free that was
cheaper than I could buy it in the US.

If you ask politely, there is a chance some employee helps you get on
faster, contrary to the US, where TSA rules.
Also note that our controls are not as stoopid as the one in America with
the stoopid questions trying to make you answer you're a born terrorist, no
waste of time with pics and fingerprints etc
They don't try to palpate you all over the place either.
Just a normal, civilized control to get into a normal country.
As you are checked, chances are the flight will reasonably wait for you, so
don't linger in the duty free shops !
You have a good chance to get through and Lufthansa knows better than
Levine...if your first flight is on time.


"John Levine" a écrit dans le message de groupe de discussion :
...


Lufthansa's website indicates that the international arrivals all run
through Terminal 1 for a seamless connection. My sample itinerary
had less than an hour to connect. Is this legit? How does the
process work?


Poorly. If you're connecting from the US to Italy, you will have to
go through both immigration and security inspection, and probably wait
in line for both. In my experience, the chances of making your plane
in a one hour connection are not good.

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Old January 3rd, 2011, 04:44 PM posted to rec.travel.air
Robert Neville
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Default Connection in Frankfurt

Ned Alpert wrote:

Lufthansa's website indicates that the international arrivals all run
through Terminal 1 for a seamless connection. My sample itinerary had
less than an hour to connect. Is this legit? How does the process work?


I wouldn't be overly concerned. If they are selling you the connection on a
single ticket, it has to be legal. You'll pass through immigration and security
in Frankfurt both ways. Depedning on the time of day the lines vary, but I've
never waited more than 10 or 15 minutes.
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Old January 3rd, 2011, 07:02 PM posted to rec.travel.air
AES
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Default Connection in Frankfurt

In article , John Levine
wrote:


I'd take the hour connection IF there are later planes
[DELETE you can catch] [ADD United/Lufthansa can put you on]
[DELETE if you're late] [ADD if United/Lufthansa are late into FRA].


That would be my reaction, provided that your full itinerary is on a
single United or Lufthansa ticket, and especially if you have any kind
of mileage plan or status with either of them.
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Old January 3rd, 2011, 09:05 PM posted to rec.travel.air
Steve Cain
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Default Connection in Frankfurt

?My take on this is if the outgoing Lufthansa is leaving from Section B
Level 2 of T1 you have it made. If the outgoing is from Section A then
you'd best call or email.
http://www.frankfurt-airport.com/con...lines_a-z.html



"AES" wrote in message
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In article , John Levine
wrote:


I'd take the hour connection IF there are later planes
[DELETE you can catch] [ADD United/Lufthansa can put you on]
[DELETE if you're late] [ADD if United/Lufthansa are late into FRA].


That would be my reaction, provided that your full itinerary is on a
single United or Lufthansa ticket, and especially if you have any kind
of mileage plan or status with either of them.


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Old January 4th, 2011, 02:41 PM posted to rec.travel.air
Jeff Hacker
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Default Connection in Frankfurt


"Ned Alpert" wrote in message
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Hi:

Was pricing an itinerary from SFO to Rome via Frankfurt. United will
connect with Lufthansa and vice versa on the return.

Lufthansa's website indicates that the international arrivals all run
through Terminal 1 for a seamless connection. My sample itinerary had
less than an hour to connect. Is this legit? How does the process work?

Thx, Ned


Like an online connection. United and Frankfurt are in the same terminal in
Frankfurt. You'll simply get off one flight and off the other, although
since both Italy and Germany are "Schengen" treaty partners, you'll have to
go through Passport Control in Frankfurt on the way to Rome and again on the
way back.

Jeff

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Old January 4th, 2011, 02:54 PM posted to rec.travel.air
Graham Harrison[_3_]
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Default Connection in Frankfurt


"Ned Alpert" wrote in message
...
Hi:

Was pricing an itinerary from SFO to Rome via Frankfurt. United will
connect with Lufthansa and vice versa on the return.

Lufthansa's website indicates that the international arrivals all run
through Terminal 1 for a seamless connection. My sample itinerary had
less than an hour to connect. Is this legit? How does the process work?

Thx, Ned


The airline sets a "minimum connecting time" in the knowledge of conditions
that apply at each airport. Provided the inbound plane is not delayed they
expect you to make the connection. In the event that the connection is
missed due to late arrival it is the responsibility of the delivering
carrier to find you ongoing transportation to your destination. The
delivering carrier is the one whose plane you flew on, not the one whose
flight number was on the ticket.

 




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