Recorded 01 April 2019 Written by: Geoff Dahl & Vinod Viswalingam Listen to this experience wherever you download your podcasts - including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, Google Play and Overcast. Listen to it on Apple Podcasts. Stream by clicking here. Download as an MP3 by right-clicking here and choosing "save as." With summer flights coming up to and from Europe, we look into the world of Schengen and non-Schengen flights. What is Schengen and what does it mean to you as a traveller? How will you have to handle security, customs and immigration? How does the physical layout of your airport affect your connection? Vinny shares a very tight timing experience flying from IBZ-MUC-YVR on Lufthansa (LH). Geoff shares experiences having to re-jig his schedules twice through MUC on LH. What do you want to do on your arrival - do you even need to clear Schengen? Do you have the proper visas to transit to get to your destination? Vinny shares stories of checking passports with British Airways (BA) at YYC. Does the country you're flying to offer short term visas? If you're travelling inter-Europe, you still might have a Schengen to non-Schengen connection. Boarding Area/Sam Chui news item about a British Airways flight ending up in the wrong city NBC news item about a Michigan mom suing Spirit Airlines, says daughter was removed from flight without her knowledge Boarding Area/Sam Chui news item about Air Belgium A340 operating for British Airways to Dubai Shoutout to listener Brenda Reeves. If you have a story, question or experience that you would like to share - including inter-European flights - please email us at stories(at)seat1a.org or find us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Patreon. Show notes are available online at http://podcast.seat1a.org/ SELECTED LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE EXPERIENCE Schengen Area (Wikipedia) Schengen Agreement (Wikipedia) WOW air (WW – ceased operations 2019) (Wikipedia) Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) Berlin Tegel "Otto Lilienthal" Airport (TXL) Detroit Metropolitan Airport (DTW) Oslo Airport (OSL) Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) Frankfurt Airport (FRA) Warsaw Chopin Airport (WAW) Riga International Airport (RIX) airBaltic (BT) Vilnius Airport (VNO) Hannover Airport (HAJ) Zurich Airport (ZRH) Düsseldorf Airport (DUS) Helsinki Airport (HEL) Nice Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE) Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Ibiza Airport (IBZ) Munich Airport (MUC) Vancouver International Airport (YVR) Lufthansa (LH) London Heathrow Airport (LHR) British Airways (BA) Geneva Airport (GVA) Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) New York John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) Dublin Airport (DUB) ICAO Annex 9 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation Chapter 5. Inadmissible Persons and Deportees Mumbai Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM) Delhi Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL) Lahore Allama Iqbal International Airport (LHE) Seat 1A Experience 006 - Passport experience (show notes and audio) China Visa-Free Transit Guide | 72- & 144-Hour Transit Visas (travelchinacheaper.com) Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (CAN) The Terminal (iMDb) Montréal–Mirabel International Airport (YMX) Mehran Karimi Nasseri (Wikipedia) US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Preclearance London City Airport (LCY) Edinburgh Airport (EDI) WDL Aviation (WH) Spirit Airlines (NK) Tampa International Airport (TPA) Air Canada (AC) WestJet (WS) Seat 1A Experience 009 - Wet leasing experience (show notes and audio) Auckland Airport (AKL) Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) Air New Zealand (NZ) EVA Air (BR) Air Belgium (KF) Boeing 787 Dreamliner Wet & Damp Leasing (UK Civil Aviation Authority) Airbus A340 Dubai International Airport (DXB) Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) Finnair (AY) Trent 1000 Packages B & C durability improvement explained (Rolls Royce) NEWS ITEMS samchui.com | British Airways flight ends up in wrong city (27 March 2019) https://samchui.com/2019/03/27/british-airways-flight-ends-up-in-wrong-city/ "...On March 25th, a British Airways flight flying from London's City Airport to Dusseldorf in Germany, landed in Edinburgh by mistake..." British Airways (BA) London City Airport (LCY) Düsseldorf Airport (DUS) Edinburgh Airport (EDI) WDL Aviation (WH) flyertalk.com | We're Super Sorry We Stranded Your Kid(s) (29 March 2019) https://www.flyertalk.com/articles/were-super-sorry-we-stranded-your-kids.html "...Spirit Airlines is being sued by a Michigan mother who says her 15-year-old daughter was removed from a flight due to overbooking...In a similar incident, Air Canada and WestJet left a 15-year-old girl stranded at an airport in Canada after flight delays due to a combination of high volumes of spring break travelers, landing of all Boeing 737 MAX 8s and ticketing problems..." Michigan mom suing Spirit Airlines, says daughter was removed from flight without her knowledge (nbc26.com 22 March 2019) Spirit Airlines (NK) Tampa International Airport (TPA) Detroit Metropolitan Airport (DTW) Girl, 15, stranded alone overnight at Calgary airport after flight delay, ticket error involving 2 airlines (cbc.ca 27 March 2019) Air Canada (AC) WestJet (WS) Review: Air Belgium A340 operating for British Airways (15 March 2019) https://samchui.com/2019/03/15/review-air-belgium-a340-operating-for-british-airways/ "British Airways have wet leased some of Air Belgium A340-300s to operate on a selection of their flights. This is due to the grounding of BA's B787 Dreamliners, because of the ongoing Rolls Royce Trent 1000 engine issues." Air Belgium (KF) Boeing 787 Dreamliner Wet & Damp Leasing (UK Civil Aviation Authority) Airbus A340 Dubai International Airport (DXB) Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) Finnair (AY) Air Belgium flights operating on behalf of British Airways (britishairways.com) British Airways to use Air Belgium for New York service (businesstraveller.com 31 January 2019) Trent 1000 Packages B & C durability improvement explained (Rolls Royce) PODCAST CORRECTIONS, CLARIFICATIONS, CONFIRMATIONS Munich Terminal 1: Module A and D are for Schengen flights, Module B and C are for non-Schengen flights. Munich Terminal 2: Schengen flights are on fourth floor. Non-Schengen flights are on fifth floor. China transit visa is minimum of 72 hours for select locations SHOW NOTES What's in this experience? [00:00:45] What is Schengen? [00:01:55] What does Schengen mean to a flying passenger [00:04:55] Heads up for those booking flights through Europe [00:06:05] Security, Customs, Immigration...what's the difference [00:08:32] How the physical layout of the airport affects your connection [00:11:45] Vinny's connection experience IBZ-MUC-YVR [00:12:32] Geoff mechanical issues at MUC [00:18:45] What do you want to do at your airport when you arrive? Do you need to enter Schengen? [00:19:58] Do you have the proper documents to get to your destination? [00:22:35] Vinny shares story of checking passports at YYC [00:24:47] Some countries offer short-term transit visas [00:28:39] Remember that there is Schengen to non-Schengen connections within Europe and how that affects your timings [00:31:37] Vinny and Geoff remember those that did not have eligible transit visas [00:36:30] Do your due diligence and think about how you want to connect at the airport [00:37:12] Be aware if you require single or multiple entry visas [00:38:46] News Items [00:41:12] British Airways flight ends up in wrong city [00:41:16] We're Super Sorry We Stranded Your Kid(s) [00:45:15] Children travelling alone on flights [00:47:48] Air Belgium A340 operating for British Airways [00:49:32] Show Wrap-up [00:52:50]

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