VAT Refund at CDG
Jul 19, 2022, 9:49 am
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Feb 2018
Programs: AC
Posts: 106
VAT Refund at CDG
Hello.
Going to Paris for the first time next week. Given the DPs on how long it takes to get through security at CDG, I wanted to see if anyone can share how long it might take to handle VAT refund at CDG. For reference, I am flying Air Canada in J (I believe out of 2A) and it's a 1 PM flight. Would getting to the airport 3.5 hours early be sufficient to handle VAT refund and get through security?
Thanks!
Going to Paris for the first time next week. Given the DPs on how long it takes to get through security at CDG, I wanted to see if anyone can share how long it might take to handle VAT refund at CDG. For reference, I am flying Air Canada in J (I believe out of 2A) and it's a 1 PM flight. Would getting to the airport 3.5 hours early be sufficient to handle VAT refund and get through security?
Thanks!
Jul 26, 2022, 6:34 pm
#2
Join Date: Feb 2005
Posts: 250
I did this in March and it took me a while because my documents weren’t approved when I scanned them so I had to line up for a manual review by an agent. The line itself wasn’t long—I was the fourth person in line—but it took a while because the people ahead of me had a lot of items or were unprepared. Overall maybe 30 minutes but adding the time for the long security lines made me lose a bit of time despite getting to CDG 2 hours before my flight.