Originally Posted by
KARFA
do you get any sense that you could just head directly to the transfer security channel? I don't get the point of going upstairs for you just to be sent straight back down unless they are giving you some voucher you need to gain access to transfer security.
They scan your passport. And they asked/checked that I had done that before letting me through the security channel. It’s a pain but think it cannot be avoided. With an empty passport control the whole process could be done in just a few minutes.