In Paris (CDG I presume?) you need to get the train to another terminal. This took an hour, by the time we found out where we needed to be, got the train, then found where we needed to be there.
In Amsterdam they have a transfer area, whereas in Paris they don't. When we arrived in Paris on a connecting flight from Hong Kong we had to go out through arrivals and then recheck in, go through all the necessary security and passport checks. Which ended up being alot of hassle for me - I had bought duty free items in Sydney, had been told that as long as they were in a sealed bag there would be no problem bringing them through to Dublin - then to be told in Paris I couldn't, because Paris didn't have a transfer area (this was at the security check), so I had to go back out and check the items in again. Long story short, this took another 45mins of trying to figure out how to get back to the check-in area (you can't go down any escalators in the terminal we were in, so you had to go up 2 levels, then get a lift to go back down to the level I actually needed to be on!). .
This sounds bizarre to me. As an Air France frequent flyer I connect in CDG regularly and have never had to get a train anywhere. And I've never had to re-check in.
The only thing I can think of is that I fly AF only through CDG, perhaps you had an Aer Lingus connection? AL flies out of terminal 1, Air France is all within terminal 2.
On the duty free thing, it's clearly written in the EU regulations that you cannot bring liquids of over 100ml bought outside the EU on a connection in a European airport. These regulations are posted on all the airlines' sites.
OP - Amsterdam is a much easier connection, especially if you're changing airlines.
Actually flying Paris or Madrid doesn't really matter, same distance either way, in fact flying from Paris is a smidgen shorter. Here are the miles:It's an overnight flight and a slightly more direct route from Dublin.
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