Dear Swiss Lurker,

I have a point of concern to raise regarding connections from D gates to E gates at ZRH, especially when flying F. Before the E lounge came up, I would make my way from D gates through passport control to FCL A where I'd be driven to E gates to catch my flight. As a passport holder requiring a Schengen Visa to enter Switzerland, I would add two stamps (in/out pair) to my passport every time just to have FCL access and thus ending up wasting valuable page space (resulting in multiple passport booklets).

Now with FCL E up and running, I don't face the issue of going through passport control. However, it has created a new problem when I land clean into D gates (typically from LON) connecting to E gates in F. I have to go through transfer security at E, which I find unnecessary, and during my last three visits took approx. 30 minutes alone (no priority line here unfortunately). This both eats up any time I would like to spend in FCL E (2/3 I had to go straight to gate) and makes the F ground experience very frustrating. Of course I can always go back to the tried and tested (and admittedly easier) route through passport control and then FCL A but then the stamps start pilling up again.

Is there any way transfers for F pax from clean D to E can be made easier i.e. no security AND no passport control? I must admit, the FCL experience (E especially) strongly influences my decision to connect through ZRH, but I still have to make a tradeoff.

Much appreciated