Well, we purchased the flights through the travel agency as a packaged deal: flying to Europe and get on a bus for a 2-week tour, then fly back home.
This happened to us twice now that we got pulled for a detail check for our carry-on, and backpacks. One time in Dublin and the 2nd time in Amsterdam just few days ago.
The agents took their sweet time to examine all small packages inside our bags including the dirty laundry while DW was nervously watching the time ticking by and stomping her feet.
In Dublin, they finished with just 5 minutes to spare. We ran to the gate and the plane has just closed the door. We had to beg the ground crew to open the door again for us.
In Amsterdam, we had 10 minutes left and were the last ones to board.
We will have to be very careful for future bookings and make sure the connecting time is at least 2 hours. But, not sure what their criteria is for people with carry-on, and backpacks. What are the red flags on those? Size? Color? Our nervous expression?
This happened to us twice now that we got pulled for a detail check for our carry-on, and backpacks. One time in Dublin and the 2nd time in Amsterdam just few days ago.
The agents took their sweet time to examine all small packages inside our bags including the dirty laundry while DW was nervously watching the time ticking by and stomping her feet.
In Dublin, they finished with just 5 minutes to spare. We ran to the gate and the plane has just closed the door. We had to beg the ground crew to open the door again for us.
In Amsterdam, we had 10 minutes left and were the last ones to board.
We will have to be very careful for future bookings and make sure the connecting time is at least 2 hours. But, not sure what their criteria is for people with carry-on, and backpacks. What are the red flags on those? Size? Color? Our nervous expression?