Originally Posted by
geoffsb
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.
It seems a few more smilies were needed in my previous post?
Apron arrivals have nothing to do with Schengen/non-Schengen. Some arrivals from the UK do park at gate positions and you can walk to the First Class Lounge without having to show your passport to anybody until you are inside the lounge. That was my experience when I went through MUC only a week before you did on my way from MAN to NRT.
The door of the First Class Lounge on Level H is effectively a border because the lounge itself is in Schengen with the door on the lower floor opening onto the Schengen area.
I go through German airports several times a year travelling eastwards from the UK (with a UK passport) and I've never had to go through passport control during transit, not at least until the end of March which was the last time I went through MUC.
I'll find out if things have changed in a couple of weeks.