Originally Posted by
schrodingerdog
e-Passport Gates in UK tends to give a lot of problems. I used my Spanish one in several places (AMS; MUC; MAD; FRA; BSL; CPH) but always fails in MAN. Anyway, because they redirect you to the front of the queue is not a big deal.
I never realised they had them in BSL - is that just in the French sector, or both halves? (In May 2015 I only saw normal passport control in the Swiss sector - and the passengers were flowing extremely fast through it.)
I actually wasn't aware anywhere in the EU but outside the UK has E-gates (I've heard of AMS privium though) - are they used for both entry and exit into Schengen? (I guess I only enter/exit Schengen at my most local airport, i.e. ZRH, so I've rarely experienced border control at any other Schengen airport.)