Expired passport - travel tomorrow?

flaneurs_lobster

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81988244#Comment_81988244

Glad you had a good trip.

Could you share your experience of EES at VIE?

QrizB

Could you share your experience of EES at VIE?

It was quicker (tho' not exactly quick) and easier than I had expected.

On arrival, our flight was a full Airbus 319 and maybe 100 pax needed to use the "other passports" lane. Due to a necessary loo stop enroute through the terminal we were pretty much at the back of the queue. (Somebody has to be last!)

Once we got to the front of the queue, it was straightforward enough. Walk up to the desk, present passport, have your fingerprints taken (four fingers on my right hand) and a photo (a machine a bit like the ones at the e-gates at Heathrow). All done in a couple of minutes.

Checking my WhatsApp message history it was about 30 minutes from deplaning to clearing immigration.

Departure was simple, helped by no queues when we were leaving. Walk up to the desk, present passport, another photo (same sort of machine), the immigration officer tapped on his console a few times and then waved is through.

MyRealNameToo

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81987359#Comment_81987359

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81987381#Comment_81987381

Direction of travel is certainly more in the opposite direction… the Court of Appeal judgement (subsequently overturned by the Supreme Court) was basically saying you can't expect someone to read a contract before signing it so you can't rely on terms "hidden" in the contract.