Originally Posted by
NewbieRunner
I'm sorry to disappoint you but the treatment you received has nothing to do with Asia being the future or your being considered a minor Deity. It's simply because flights from the UK are considered unimportant and park at a remote apron position.
And they obviously didn't want you to enter Germany since the upper floor of the MUC First Class Lounge is in no man's land and definitely not in Germany. Have you ever been to an airport lounge where you have to surrender your passport to enter?
Well, I'm sorry to disappint YOU, as you simply have your facts wrong. Every other time I have used German airports to transit East, UK passengers have been required to go through a very laborious passport control - probably because Britain is not part of the Schengen agreement. On this occasion, not only did we have to show our passports to the German official outside the First Class Lounge, we also had to hand them over to him while we were inside!
As for UK flights being 'unimportant', wossat all about? Sheer spite? I would imagine Munich has more flights to and from Heathrow than any other European airport outside Germany. The parking spot may - again - have had something to do with Schengen.
