Originally Posted by
natcin
i was already airside. my exact path was this:
checked in, got boarding pass
headed to international passport control to have my passport stamped to 'leave' schengen
took the shuttle to security check point
went through security check point (that was when i realized i lost my phone, but i went through with security anyway as i didn't want to hold up the line at the back searching through my bags)
after i passed security, i searched through my bags and confirmed that i had lost it
at this point (I'm standing in front of all the duty free shops) i was looking for a way back into land-side and the staff walked past me and thats when she pointed to a small gateway right next to the very security check area where i had passed through
hope that helps visualize the path! so the only thing left for me to do really was head to the boarding gate and board my plane. this was on a CDG-PVG AF flight
I have to agree with that obscure path back to immigration from Airside.
I used it in March when flying CDG-DUB on the last flight of the day from 2E-L, the original plane was swapped for a smaller one and they needed volunteers to be denied boarding and leave the next morning. I volunteered, got the 300€ and the Mercure hotel voucher, and then had to find my way back to landside. Someone from the staff of the security checkpoint pointed me to this narrow path, then onto the Lisa subway and finally border control
