Join Date: May 2008
Location: Overijse( location 50.75 °N, 4.52 °E ) ; Belgium
Programs: HH diamond(yr 16, >922 nights ), AA Gld for life (1MM),M&M FTL , Sixt platinum; IATA DTTF
Posts: 161
intra schengen ID checks at gate
Got id checked at gate on every flight from ATH , BRU and WAW going into VIE and FRA for several years now ;
has to do with EU mass immigration issues since 2015 which prompted several Schengen members to declare temporary cancellation of the id -free travel rules ,
these ' exceptions' get officially extended every 6 months with the EU authorities as long as immigration problem will last !!
especially at ATH gate controls were very strict with extra German officials ( GS in civvies ) present with tablets in hand .