Hi all,

Last Thursday, I was flying LAX-MUN on LH 453 continuing on to FCO on LH1846. When arriving through Munich, I did not have to clear any sort of immigration control or customs. I headed straight to the LH lounge and remained there until my flight to FCO which departed out of the K gates. Upon arriving in FCO, I did not have to clear any immigration contol either, which was expected.

So basically, after showing my passport upon checking in at LAX, I never had to present it again until I departed FCO two days later (yesterday). This is a different process from last month when I had a similar itinerary to MAD; I remember being required to go through immigration contol in Munich, where my passport was inspected and stamped. This time, nothing.

I will say that upon reflecting back, when departing the aircraft from LAX on Friday (in Munich), it was quite confusing to see which halldays, doors and exists to use after exiting the jetway. A handful of passengers including myself went through an open door to the left, which I noticed many others exited through a door to the right. I have no idea if we accidentally proceeded through an unauthorized area or not.

In any case, I'm back in the states now and was just curious to know if this may have been the explaination for what occured.