Jordi <[email protected]> wrote:

    > chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn wrote:
    > > Jordi <[email protected]> wrote:
    > >
    > > []
    > > > It's over 2 years I don't have my passport checked when returning
    > to
    > > > Spain from those airports, and even then they barely looked at it
    > if it
    > > > was a EU passport.
    > >
    > > The last couple of times I've flown to Spain even from the UK
    > > (non-Schengen) they barely glanced at the passport, but in Berlin a
    > few
    > > weeks ago (as other people had recently wrote) they scrutinised the
    > > passport more carefully- even when _exiting_.
    > >
    >
    > I'm taking a connecting flight in MUC this Saturday, so I will check :)

If you're leaving from Spain, it shouldn't make a difference. It was
going to Germany from _non_ Schengen countries where the passport
scrutiny has increased.

--
David Horne- www.davidhorne.net
usenet (at) davidhorne (dot) co (dot) uk

In article <1guaezx.1huj71nxzc1wmN%this_address_is_for_spam@y ahoo.com>,
[email protected] says...
    > Jordi <[email protected]> wrote:

    > If you're leaving from Spain, it shouldn't make a difference. It was
    > going to Germany from _non_ Schengen countries where the passport
    > scrutiny has increased.

I pretty much got waved through at MUC the other week, as opposed to the
usual deep scowls and careful examination at FRA or DUS.

However MUC T1 had the lovely shoe carnival at security. I'm going to
start flying wearing flip-flops soon.

They had a good long look when I came back to LHR as well.

Iain

Iain Bowen <[email protected]> wrote:

    > In article <1guaezx.1huj71nxzc1wmN%this_address_is_for_spam@y ahoo.com>,
    > [email protected] says...
    > > Jordi <[email protected]> wrote:
    >
    > > If you're leaving from Spain, it shouldn't make a difference. It was
    > > going to Germany from _non_ Schengen countries where the passport
    > > scrutiny has increased.
    >
    > I pretty much got waved through at MUC the other week, as opposed to the
    > usual deep scowls and careful examination at FRA or DUS.
    >
    > However MUC T1 had the lovely shoe carnival at security. I'm going to
    > start flying wearing flip-flops soon.

They do it for fun I think!

    > They had a good long look when I came back to LHR as well.

Really? I've never had my passport scrutinised there or any other UK
port of entry. I've noticed they at least look _inside_ the passport
now! :)

--
David Horne- www.davidhorne.net
usenet (at) davidhorne (dot) co (dot) uk

In article <1gucfto.xwaf941g7t05cN%this_address_is_for_spam@y ahoo.com>,
[email protected] says...
    > Iain Bowen <[email protected]> wrote:
    >
    > > In article <1guaezx.1huj71nxzc1wmN%this_address_is_for_spam@y ahoo.com>,
    > > [email protected] says...
    > > > Jordi <[email protected]> wrote:
    > >
    > > > If you're leaving from Spain, it shouldn't make a difference. It was
    > > > going to Germany from _non_ Schengen countries where the passport
    > > > scrutiny has increased.
    > >
    > > I pretty much got waved through at MUC the other week, as opposed to the
    > > usual deep scowls and careful examination at FRA or DUS.
    > >
    > > However MUC T1 had the lovely shoe carnival at security. I'm going to
    > > start flying wearing flip-flops soon.
    >
    > They do it for fun I think!

I think they do it because the DL flights go from the same area as the
BA flights and the Merkins insist on Shoe Carnival.

    > > They had a good long look when I came back to LHR as well.
    >
    > Really? I've never had my passport scrutinised there or any other UK
    > port of entry. I've noticed they at least look _inside_ the passport
    > now! :)

It was even run through some swipe thing!

It is getting tatty with an impressive number of stamps, although hardly
any for "interesting" places.

This is true, the days of going back into BHX, by just holding it up are
over.

Iain

chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn

    > Iain Bowen <[email protected]> wrote:

    > > They had a good long look when I came back to LHR as well.
    >
    > Really? I've never had my passport scrutinised there or any other UK
    > port of entry. I've noticed they at least look _inside_ the passport
    > now! :)

A few months ago I embarked on a three-week international itinerary. My
old passport was getting short, but I expected to be home a month or
more before it actually expired. My trip involved five airline
check-ins and at four of them the agent remarked upon the expiry date of
the passport. My last stop on the way home was in Britain and I went
through pass control at LHR. At that point my passport was valid for
another five weeks and three days. Nevertheless, the immigration
officer--who _pretended_ to look inside the passport--granted me leave
to remain in the UK for 90 days!

cheers,

Henry

From Amsterdam to France, there was no checking whatsoever. In Germany
there wasn't either. Sit in first class, cover it up, and you should be
ok. Although I don't recommend it.

Use the advice of not having it on you, but somewhere on the train.


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