Originally Posted by
MikeMpls
Are you really this ignorant of boarding practices on trans-Atlantic flights from Europe or are you deliberately glossing over the details?
Can't keep the personal aspect out of it, eh?
I flew out of the Schengen zone plenty, probably more last year than nearly everyone who has posted in this thread so far. And it is not I who am glossing over details.
Originally Posted by MikeMpls
After your BP is scanned for the final time, you go into a departure lounge to wait for the actual boarding. There is often no additional scan at the gate itself. However, the flight can be closed out and passenger manifests printed, transmitted to immigration authorities, operations, whatever, while the pax are still boarding from the departure lounge.
No matter how timely you might consider your last minute arrival to be, if they've closed out the flight and started printing the manifests, they're not likely to scan your BP & let you through.
Do I really need to clarify what I mean by "gate" here?
Did you miss that some of these denied travel passengers were in line on time while passengers behind them were allowed to pass them and board the flight? Apparently so.
Clearly, NW now thinks that things were not previously handled well and is now trying to make amends. If NW is
now making amends because of the PR implications, they are in this position principally because NW had
previously handled these passengers poorly at FRA. It's really not that hard to understand.