Originally Posted by
downinit
Previously enrolled my USA passport last year. Attempted to exit in the EastPass lane at FRA this morning and was declined. I'm assuming it was because I entered Schengen in France, but it was worth a shot. Fortunately, the passport lane was only five minutes. I will be entering Schengen in BER next month, so I'm hoping I will finally get some use of my enrollment.
Honestly, it feels like a waste of time for anyone not specifically flying in and out of Germany at least 2-3 times a year. Really wish they had something for Schengen. I would happily pay for the privilege.
In the end, the espace Schengen is 29 different countries and we haven't harmonised our entry exit systems yet.
CDG is great for that because various non-EU passeport holders can use the automated queues for entry and exit without registering, and I know AMS allows that on exit. The systems in Germany just never seem to work reliably; I'm a permanent resident and the EU queue never works for me so I go to manual queue, only to have the angry agent say "use the automated one" and me reply "it refuses my passport".
Thankfully I don't generally enter/exit Schengen in Germany.