Changing planes in Heathrow, the wheelchair person at the gate tried to get me to walk up the gangway - not going to happen. So she pushed me to the holding area, and then we got another wheelchair person who took us to the Lounge.
But first we had to go through security again - we had to dump out all our water (which we just got on the plane and wasn't even open). This time they picked Bob's carry-on to do an extra special inspection - scrutinized his electric razor and the charging stuff for the scooter and also of course the scooter battery and the scooter. We did not get out of there until 11:30. Very little time in the lounge
although I did use the bathroom-
there is free wi-fi but it needs a password. And as before, we got a wheelchair out of there at the very last minute
This time they made Bob gate check the scooter. We were on the plane by 12:55 (for a 13:10 departure) - this was a full plane.
They gave us a light lunch which consisted of a somewhat nasty salad with a three pie shaped wedges of cheese - reminiscent of a plowman's lunch which I have never cared for, but the roll was good.
Flying in over the Netherlands
We landed early at Schiphol. We got the scooter, unscathed from being gate-checked
The wheelchair pushing person was quite efficient and helpful. She had two wheelchair people - us and a man and his wife. The wife pushed their wheelchair. Bob got the scooter and put the battery in it so we put the hand luggage on the wheelchair and went to baggage claim. Got the baggage, and we went through customs (nothing to declare which meant just walking through a door), and she took us to the "meeting place" (a red and white checkerboard cube) where drivers pick people up.
Meeting Point
Meeting Point
The driver was not there. She took the phone number at the bottom of the thing I printed out and called and the driver was on his way. He got there about 4:00, and drove us to the hotel. I was in the back seat so I didn't get to take any pictures.
But first we had to go through security again - we had to dump out all our water (which we just got on the plane and wasn't even open). This time they picked Bob's carry-on to do an extra special inspection - scrutinized his electric razor and the charging stuff for the scooter and also of course the scooter battery and the scooter. We did not get out of there until 11:30. Very little time in the lounge
although I did use the bathroom-
there is free wi-fi but it needs a password. And as before, we got a wheelchair out of there at the very last minute
This time they made Bob gate check the scooter. We were on the plane by 12:55 (for a 13:10 departure) - this was a full plane.
They gave us a light lunch which consisted of a somewhat nasty salad with a three pie shaped wedges of cheese - reminiscent of a plowman's lunch which I have never cared for, but the roll was good.
Flying in over the Netherlands
We landed early at Schiphol. We got the scooter, unscathed from being gate-checked
The wheelchair pushing person was quite efficient and helpful. She had two wheelchair people - us and a man and his wife. The wife pushed their wheelchair. Bob got the scooter and put the battery in it so we put the hand luggage on the wheelchair and went to baggage claim. Got the baggage, and we went through customs (nothing to declare which meant just walking through a door), and she took us to the "meeting place" (a red and white checkerboard cube) where drivers pick people up.
Meeting Point
Meeting Point
The driver was not there. She took the phone number at the bottom of the thing I printed out and called and the driver was on his way. He got there about 4:00, and drove us to the hotel. I was in the back seat so I didn't get to take any pictures.
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