Originally Posted by
gnomey
your DP shows that it is not yet universal for all ex-US flights to bypass security screen at 2E
i wonder if the reason I get to bypass security screen is because our flight was delayed, and the last thing AF wants is to reroute a big portion of pax or put them up in hotel.
however, 6 months ago, my flight arriving into CDG was also delayed. i cant remember which one was delayed more. would be quite pissed if I miss my flight as it was the last flight of the day to my final destination. I missed my connection 6 months ago and had to reroute via AMS and wasted a whole day doing that.
first trip was to schengen EU
second trip was to non-schengen non-EU.
same origin airport in US for both trips
yes, I also did wonder if schengen vs non-schengen final destination makes the difference, but I believe it doesnt.
at that fork, I think it says left is "arrival" into France, and right is "connections". I also remembered other posters writing here saying they bypassed security screen enroute to a final schengen destination
Originally Posted by
wysiwyg
My recent experience:
Arrived Jan 28 around 8:15am from 2 L gates and transferred to 2F. One long walkway to reach 2F and had to go through both security and PAF. (No lines for both). I did witness a huge and never ending line to go through PAF for those heading in the other direction. I was expecting the worst coming back…
On return trip, on Feb 11, arrived from 2F at around 11am and transferred to 2M gates. No one at PAF and did not need to go through security.
Originally Posted by
hhdl
My hypothesis was incorrect. Arrived from BOS this morning at one of the gates on the northwest quadrant of 2E(L) and was directed through a separate arrival corridor which ultimately puts you at the 2F <-> 2E(L) passport control. It was all of 20 minutes with a very sleepy 7yo in tow from stepping off the plane to sitting down in the 2F lounge.
No idea how many gates can use this flow.
Unlike my experience a couple weeks ago with needing to pass through security and passport control for my 2E(K) --> 2F connection, ~10 days ago we had only passport 2E(L) --> 2F. We had nearly the identical experience to you hhdl as we only walked down the L gates, turned right, then the long corridor until we waited ~8min to get through the facial recognition passport gates at 2E <-> 2F. Which makes no sense since we had essentially an identical itinerary as my previous (USA -> CDG -> Schengen flight) one that required security check AND took FAR FAR longer. I was absolutely sweating our 70min connection time knowing my previous experience and the CDG website listing both security and passport for all 2E -> 2F transfers.