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[quote=Anonymous]If you're connecting, it's hit or miss. I flew round-trip from JFK to Geneva on Air France in February. On the inbound, the 1.5-hour connection was completely fine. I had to switch from the terminal for U.S. arrivals to the Schengen terminal, which was about a 20-minute walk, and also do passport control. But it was a nightmare on the way back. Also about 2 hours, which I thought would be fine. But then my flight was delayed an hour leaving Geneva; some of the exit passport control machines weren't working, leading to a bottleneck; and the terminal transfer from the European arrivals to the U.S. departures terminal was by bus. There was a massive line for the bus, and the ground staff wouldn't let people with tight connections cut the line. So I ended up having to absolutely sprint to the gate. I made it onto that flight because it ended up being delayed, which I discovered at the gate.

That experience was so stressful that I probably would not do a 2-hour connection there again. It's tough, though, because as PPs have said, it's bizarrely deficient in food and drink and shopping options for such a major airport. [/quote]

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