<br><div><aside class="gnt_em gnt_em__fp gnt_em_vp__tp gnt_em__el" aria-label="Video - Travelers to Europe warn of missing luggage, long wait lines and cancellations"/><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">A <a target="_blank" href="/story/money/2022/06/14/travel-europe-crowds-euro-dollar/7560654001/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|inline click|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">favorable exchange rate</a> between the dollar and the euro may make a summer getaway to Europe look attractive this year, but travelers who have been there warn that the continent's airports are a mess.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Mark Cassell, a political science professor at Kent State University who lives in Washington, D.C., told USA TODAY that his experience traveling home from Amsterdam this week was marred by flight cancelations, long lines and lost bags.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">“Just getting my boarding pass required at least an hour and half of waiting, and waiting to get through security was another three hours," he said. "I looked at the number of steps I took and it was at least 2 to 3 kilometers of lines."</p><aside class="gnt_em gnt_em_tw" data-g-r="lazy" data-gl-method="loadTwitter" data-v-id="1546387349399011328" aria-label="Twitter Embed"/><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Cassell wound up having to connect through Frankfurt, Germany, after his original direct flight was canceled, and he said he wound up waiting on more lines there, including an hour-and-a-half-long line just to confirm his luggage made it onto the new flight. He was told by the airline that it did, but it never showed up on the carousel at Dulles International Airport outside Washington, D.C.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Nanci Belmont, a bassoonist from New York, had a similar experience flying home from Italy via Paris on Sunday.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p"><strong class="gnt_ar_b_al">Delay compensation:</strong><a target="_blank" href="/story/travel/airline-news/2022/07/13/airline-flight-delay-compensation/10028630002/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|spike click:7|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">What an airline owes you if your flight isn't on time</a></p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p"><strong class="gnt_ar_b_al">Airlines say FAA staffing is behind delays. </strong><a target="_blank" href="/story/travel/airline-news/2022/07/05/faa-staff-shortage-airline-delays/7812112001/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|spike click:8|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">FAA says it's a pilot shortage. So what's to blame?</a></p><aside class="gnt_em gnt_em_tw" data-g-r="lazy" data-gl-method="loadTwitter" data-v-id="1546779132989767680" aria-label="Twitter Embed"/><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">“I go to the carousel where our bags are supposed to be, and there were so many people standing there, the carousel finally stopped and...</p></div> <style> .wrapper { text-align: center; } </style> <div class="wrapper"> <a class="button" href ="https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/airline-news/2022/07/14/europe-travel-airports-lines-lost-bags/10048932002/">Read more <span>➤</span></a> </div>
