Originally Posted by Wandering Lion
Be aware that MXP makes transit passengers go through a security check. Took me 30 minutes whwn transferring LHR-MXP-MLA. Might have actually have been quicker to 'enter' Italy and come back through the regular lanes.
I thought the security check only applied when transferring into or out of the Schengen area, so doing EWR-MXP-BEG should obviate the check. Then again, if you ran into on your way to MLA from LHR, then it must be more pervasive. It might indeed be faster to go landside into Italy and back again, but I've been stuck in those lines too for a considerable length of time.