u/prospectpico_OG

Traveling to Portugal in November. Flying from US via Madrid into Porto, and exiting through Madrid via Lisbon. Our LIS departure to MAD is at 8:30 AM. Would it be not unwise to travel to MAD the day before and do an overnight layover in MAD to catch our ~noonish flight back to the US?

Traveling in the fall, and we depart on a Saturday AM ~ 830AM from LIS. We are travelling through MAD to DFW. Do we go through Schengen controls in LIS or MAD? Do we really need to arrive at the airport by 5:00 AM? Any other details on wait times, etc.