Originally Posted by
Bergman
Your overall point is somewhat valid, but I think you’re being a bit dramatic. I’ve only seen the drive take over an hour one time. In my experience, room keys are typically ready within 10-15 minutes. You’re also a JFK guy; with any of the other bases, crew rest westbound is normal 2.5-3 hours. Not a full night’s sleep, but pretty decent. Also, their new (to me at least) crew line for outbound security is much, much faster. So when the FAs bring 36 yogurts and 18 bottles of wine each that get scanned individually, it’s not so horrible. Haha
Unless someone reading this is senior to me, in which case double all the times sailingfun listed.
I probably did 50 CDG trips. I never saw a one hour drive to the Marriot. The Hilton was 20 minutes shorter but not used much on trips I did. It takes 20 minutes just to get off the airport. I would say average drive time from boarding bus to the Marriot was 90 minutes. I saw over 3 hours many times when their was a strike and they like to strike in Paris! That is why the pickup times were so early. Even with no need to clear customs outbound we still had flights going late with a 3:15 prior pickup.