FRA-MAD flight, passport check?
Feb 19, 2015, 5:07 am
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FRA-MAD flight, passport check?
Hello,
We are looking into taking LAN for a quick trip from FRA to MAD (LAN flight 704/705) and are wondering if we'd be required to go through passport control. The flight is obviously intra-EU and would normally not require passport checks, but i noted that 704/705 have onward service to/from Santiago. Does anyone know how the FRA-MAD segment is handled?
On one hand, the tickets are cheap and it would be cool to see a 787, but on the other hand we'll be arriving in MAD rather late and would prefer to avoid the passport hassles if possible
We are looking into taking LAN for a quick trip from FRA to MAD (LAN flight 704/705) and are wondering if we'd be required to go through passport control. The flight is obviously intra-EU and would normally not require passport checks, but i noted that 704/705 have onward service to/from Santiago. Does anyone know how the FRA-MAD segment is handled?
On one hand, the tickets are cheap and it would be cool to see a 787, but on the other hand we'll be arriving in MAD rather late and would prefer to avoid the passport hassles if possible
Feb 27, 2015, 3:25 pm
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FRA-MAD flight, passport check?
i was just looking at booking this flight today and there was a disclaimer on the LAN site that even though it is a Shengen route, you do need to go through immigration on both ends... whether this happens in practice, i don't know.
dan
dan
Jul 20, 2015, 7:14 am
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Nov 20, 2015, 12:30 pm
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Hi everyone,
I understand that one needs to go through passport control both at MAD and FRA if flying between the two.
I would really like to fly LAN on this route,but I don't hold the Shengen visa.Would I be able to fly say AMM-MAD-FRA-LHR and stay in the non-shengen area,since both AMM and LHR are outside of shengen area?
Thanks
Rami
I understand that one needs to go through passport control both at MAD and FRA if flying between the two.
I would really like to fly LAN on this route,but I don't hold the Shengen visa.Would I be able to fly say AMM-MAD-FRA-LHR and stay in the non-shengen area,since both AMM and LHR are outside of shengen area?
Thanks
Rami