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Dec 17th, 2002 06:49 AM |
Derek,<BR><BR>We just did this in November through a group tour. Flying from the US was no problem with about 2 l/2 hours layover.<BR><BR>However, returning to the US, we had only a 40 minute connection (unbelievable that they would have even booked it that close) and there was a big problem because the Lufthansa from Rome was late. I talked to the flight attendant, and he said they (Lufthansa) had us in the computer and the connecting flight from Frankfurt to Denver would not leave without us.......<BR><BR>By the time we de-planned in Frankfurt, we had just a few minutes remaining and we went to the nearest Lufthansa kisok, and "demanded" (nicely, with tears on my part) that they get us a Lufthansa CART to drive us the "miles" through the concourse for our connecting flight.<BR><BR>They did commandaneer (sp?) a cart that was in use, put us in it, and broke speed laws that weren't even written yet to get us to passport control and our flight. It is a wonder we did NOT fly out of the cart, but the Lufthansa attendants on that flight greeted us with smiles and all was well.<BR><BR>Moral of the story, be aware of what you need to do if necessary and take charge!! <BR><BR>We had no problems with Lufthansa personnel. A week earlier in the Frankfurt airport while awaiting our flight to Rome, I went "shopping" and had no passport, boarding pass, or I.D. with me so I could not return to my possessions through passport control. I went into a Lufthansa office in the concourse with only my credit card for I.D. They looked in the computer, printed another boarding pass, put me in a cart, and graciously took me back to my "seat". Lucky ME.<BR>P.S. Husband was reading and did NOT miss me.
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