Originally Posted by
Goldorak
Not generally. Always.
Originally Posted by
Goldorak
Yes. And I believe this is policy for most airlines/countries in the world, except USA (and may be Canada ?).
Always in France, but not always in Europe.
The difference here is whether you land at an international or domestic airport. Most airports in Europe are international, but for example if you fly to the north of Sweden or Norway, (or say to a small airport in Turkey) you may end up on a domestic-only airport. In such case you would have to go through customs in your point of entry, whether that is Stockholm, Oslo or Istanbul.
Originally Posted by
GUWonder
I can’t say always for this, because I have been around on arrival in France when some were asked to come out to identify and claim bags and some then got searched and controlled for customs control purposes — not just prohibited weapons/explosives/incendiaries and PPBM for flight security — before the checked-bags were allowed to continue on their journey as tagged.
On.. arrival? identify bags?
How did that work, did the PAF stop the de-boarding until all baggage could be unloaded near the aircraft? and then if you had a checked bag you didn't continue until you found it?
Or were pax stopped before boarding the connecting flight?
I can't quite imagine how that happens.
Originally Posted by
etiene
I don’t think anyone above stated it (though their information is correct) but baggage carousels are in a secure area of the airport in Europe, even for domestic arrivals.
Not secure. Non-public, but not secure.
Nothing to do with walking off or not though.
Originally Posted by
maalloc
About 6 months ago, I had a failed connection in CDG. My two options were to take a train to my final destination on my dime, or overnight in CDG and take a morning flight the next day under Right to Care.
I was going for option A, but the gate agent tried to slap me the luggage retrieving fee (I remember 200 € but maybe it was 300 €?). Arguing that I saving them to cost of a hotel + cost of travel fell into deaf ears.
So I went for option B. Might have been bad luck (it's the only time I tried to shorten a trip in CDG), but the agent was quite adamant about it.
That's just stupid. You have the right to interrupt your journey in case of a delay.