Originally Posted by
LondonElite
You will enter Schengen to retrieve your luggage, then check it back in with BA. You then go through security (about 75 paces from the BA desks) and can then freely roam the lounges and restaurants. You will then exit Schengen near the gates BA uses. So yes, you'll show your passport twice. Not to be pedantic, but you don't have a connection, you have two unrelated flights with all the non-protection this entails.
Thank you for the clarity on the process, which is handy as I've not flown through DUS
I was aware of the baggage pickup, but not the specifics of the immigration. I'm glad that my understanding was correct re: immigration, and that you helped me understand where security is located (I was thrown by security being at the gate at AMS once).
Fair point re: my colloquial use of 'connections' which was used from my perspective (as opposed from an external perspective of others or the airlines).
Having exercised this option several times, I am fairly comfortable with the non-protection mostly because of the ~£25 outlay in cash for mid-July flights, and policy wording from my insurance company that covers the delay in the most common circumstances (i.e. tech) which I called up about to clarify.
Thank you again