Amsterdam Meltdown: They're Not Even Accepting Checked Bags From Connecting Flights Tomorrow

European airports have been melting down this month – London Luton literally with a runway melting, but other airports like Amsterdam and London Heathrow becoming impossible to navigate due to lack of staff. London Heathrow has asked airlines to stop selling tickets. So much baggage piled up that Delta ran a flight with just bags to begin sorting the mess out in Detroit.

Amsterdam Schipol wanted to impose a cap on the number of passengers. Since Schipol airport doesn't have enough staff to handle the bags,Icelandair has sent baggage workers to Amsterdam.

There aren't enough people to keep the baggage system running and bags get caught up in it.

I landed in Amsterdam and baggage claim is just a grave yard of lost bags GL to everyone who decided to gamba and check bags for twitchcon pic.twitter.com/KRGl19ZLXs

— Gaylen (@Gaylen) July 14, 2022

The baggage system at the airport has broken down and the airport will not accept bags from flights on July 21. It seems like a passenger's only other options are to travel carry on only or to change their itinerary.

This was sent to me by a reader who was about to fly from Amsterdam to the U.S. It appears from the wording of the message that it only applies to customers connecting from one European flight to another. I contacted the company to clarify something.

It's going to be messy. People won't see the notice until they get to the airport. Many more won't be able to delay or re-route. Imagine if you will traveling on a Virgin Atlantic-issued award ticket that needs to be changed by Virgin.

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The hub is often cheaper for flights that end at the hub. Flying from New York to Milwaukee through Chicago is a lot.

In general.

It's not a good idea to fly one itinerary on different tickets. If a flight is delayed or canceled, the airline that is responsible has to get you to your final destination. If you are on separate tickets, they usually don't.

In general.

Scenes from the collapse of American Airlines have become ugly. Customer service lines stretched the length of airports as the airline canceled over 1000 flights on Sunday alone. A group of passengers raise their hands.

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