I've seen a couple of posts on this but they are all quite old and don't exactly address my situation. Plus, the rules themselves seem quite confusing.
I will be flying into LCA, and staying on the Greek part of the island. I would like to fly out of ECN because the flight schedule on my day of travel is much better. My full flight path is ECN-IST-AMS on one itinerary, so I would depart the EU, and arrive back on the same day. I will be traveling with a Canadian passport, but also have a British passport if that makes things any easier (from my initial read, it seems British and Canadian are basically the same post-brexit):
- What should I expect departing ECN at 3:30am? It seems that border crossings are open 24 hours and the airport is a short distance away from the border. Will it be relatively easy to find transport in the middle of the night? How far in advance should I plan on crossing the border?
- Any issues arriving at LCA and out of ECN? From the older information I've found, it seems that most of the issues have been in the other direction with people entering the EU 'illegally' through ECN. If my passport is stamped at LCA on arrival, then presumably I will not have a problem departing from ECN?
- Should I expect issues when I arrive in Amsterdam? Will they have a record of my exit from the EU?
There is an option for me to depart LCA, but the flights are significantly worse so I'm hoping to avoid it if possible.