Slightly bizarre arrival at Lisbon
Arrived in Lisbon yesterday morning as a non EU PP holder (and non UK).
Walking down the very stark corridors towards Customs there was a series of 5 terminals with a sign ‘for EU pp holders’. Most walked past it (as the flight has come from Instanbul), but I decided as a NZ op holder to give it a go, as at worse it could only reject my wife and I.
To my surprise it accepted me when though i honestly said i hadn’t filled out some form. Took my photo and fingerprints and then said to proceed through the e-gate.
At the Customs queuing that’s were it got really strange. EU pp holders went through a very short queue whilst everyone else were herded like sheep into a corralling pen. Three airport marshalls told me to queue. In this area this be at least an hour maybe more.
To the right there was a series of e gates. These were almost unused. In NZ we gave almost 80% usage rate of e gates.
So i broke out of the disney queue. told my wife at worst it can only reject me..and viola! we were through. Literally 5 mins out.
If you are NZ, Australian. UK anywhere else with a chipped PP you will make it!
There is NO SIGNAGE saying this. Beat the queue and take the e gates - just make sure you preload at those kiosks at arrival. You can thank me later lol