We are flying from the US into Germany (Schengen country) on our way to Croatia (non-Schengen).
Will we have to go through immigration / passport control twice. Will bags be checked through all the way?
This is one ticket and through Lufthansa.
Posted by
Vienna, Austria
5507 posts
Depends on whether or not you booked your trip as one journey or as separate tickets...
Posted by
New York, NY, USA
11294 posts
Yes, for accurate answers to this kind of question, details matter. Is this on one ticket or two tickets? Which airline(s) are you flying? Which airport in Germany are you connecting in?
Posted by
Basel, Switzerland
8889 posts
This is one ticket and through Lufthansa.
In which case your luggage will be labelled through to wherever in Croatia. You will not see it until you land in "wherever".
Assuming the airport you are changing at in Germany is a reasonably major airport, you will stay "airside" and not need to go through Schengen immigration.
At "wherever", you will go through the standard sequence: disembark - long walk - immigration (passport control) - luggage reclaim - customs (just walk through the "nothing to declare" door) - exit to real world.