We are flying into Amsterdam on Delta and have a long layover to then catch another flight on KLM to Basel Switzerland.
We will have to go through passport control again, customs and or security to get to the KLM flight?
They are not connecting flights, 2 separate flights
Thanks
You will go through passport control in Amsterdam but not in Basel. Both are in Schengen.
Customs is usually just a walk through. No extra security.
Assuming your Delta flight is coming from the US, you will go through immigration/passport control for the Schengen area in Amsterdam. You will not need to go through immigration in Basel.
Per what you are saying, even though Delta and KLM are partners, and you could have booked as one itinerary, you chose not to and purchased two separate tickets, correct?
If so, then what you see for security, and how you proceed depends on a few things. If you will have checked luggage that you need to retrieve from the first flight, then you will go through immigration, on to baggage claim, then out into the arrivals are. You then will need to find recheck bags at KLM, proceed through Security, and onto your gate.
If you have only carry-on, then you can stay airside, follow the signs for connecting flights, you go through immigration for connecting flights, and onto your gate. Can't recall completely, but you may need a boarding pass to use the connecting flights path. You may be able to stop at a KLM desk in the international terminal to get one if you need it.
Thank you, so very helpful. We will only have carry on. We booked out flight based on Rick Steves tour and then made a change so stuck with flights.
Thanks again
You are aware of KLM weight limit for carry-on? The *combined total is 12 kg ( 18kg in biz class)
https://www.klm.com/information/baggage/hand-baggage-allowance
Thank you for reminder I guess it will be checked bags, can't keep it under 26lbs
You could bring it on the Delta flight, then gate check it if they actually weigh it on the KLM flight. That way you will not have to exit to luggage claim and you can use the inter terminal passport control.
Thank you, that makes perfect sense
Be aware that your flight to Basel may be a small Embrear with limited overhead space. Carry-on luggage that fitted on your Delta flight may just not fit on these planes. At the gate, ground staff may put your "oversized" carry-on in the hold which you would then collect from the belt in Basel, especially when it is a full flight. Just be prepared you may be asked in case of large trolleys.
Thank you all for the great advice, I think if I read all the info above correctly we coud carry on from SFO into Amsterdam without any weight restrictions and then check it for our KLM flight to Basel witout going through customs/immigration twice?
