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Old Jan 6, 2012 | 2:53 am
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Accès n°1 & immigration upon arrival from non-Schengen countries at CDG

Moderator Note: this thread originated from comments posted in a Club 2000 thread.




Originally Posted by Zembla

Regarding status. I have observed that French LOVE status. For example. Very often at 2F I see that the elite/biz security line is MUCH longer and slower than the Y line. But it's the elite line...and you've got an oportunity to show the world you're an elite...or is there another reason why you wouldn't choose for efficiency in such a situation?
I think it has more to do with people (naively) thinking that ADP/AF got their act together and would ensure a faster progress through the Acces No. 1 lane. Until they learn that even here their status isn't worth that much.

Best one was international arrivals the other day: separation between Access No. 1 lane and "normal" lane for EU/EEA citizens, one lane for "normal" non-EU. Access No. 1 lane moved very slowly. Reason: the ADP line managers had the grandiose idea to merge the "normal" EU and the Acces No. 1 lane and to have people see the same agent. It would have been smarter to merge the two "normal" lanes. Did I say that "Pragmatism" would be needed badly?

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