Originally Posted by
mjpflyer
I'm flying out ORD-FRA on Tues, and am debating whether to check a bag. I have a tight turnaround in FRA for a train connection, and I was wondering how backed up passport control in FRA gets. ie, by the time I clear, would my suitcase be waiting for me? Or, is it quick and painless, and I might be waiting 30 min for bag to show up?
Thanks for your input!
mjpflyer, remembering the ginormous lines at LHR when she was last there...and hoping FRA isn't the same...
I've probably entered via FRA 50-60 times in the last 20 years. Quite simply the most painless and efficient passport control and customs anywhere I've run into in the world. I always give the passport officer a cheery "Guten Tag".
I haven't checked luggage into FRA in a good ten years so I could not comment on luggage arrival time.
I have yet to get stopped by FRA customs when walking out in the "Nothing to Declare" line.
I will actually connect to London via FRA and LCY specifically to avoid the security/passport control/customs fiasco that is LHR.