Confirm that we don't need Euro ETA, we are transiting airports in Germany on our way to Armenia.

The ETA is for travel to the UK.

What is the "Euro ETA"?

The EU equivalent of the UK's ETA is not yet operational and there is no date for when it is.

You may be thinking of the EU Entry Exit Scheme (EES) which is the collection of biometric data when you enter a Schengen country but as you are merely transiting through you will not go through immigration and therefore will not need to provide your biometrics.

the link is slightly off because it is about Visas, which is a different subject. But it does include some useful info, the phrase "five airports in Germany have an International Transit Area enabling you to transit without formally entering the Schengen area". And it shows Frankfurt and Munich as two of those. So if you really do only transit to change flights you won't enter the Schengen area so you won't need to be registered in the EES. But this and the visa answer assumes you (and any checked bags) are on a through ticket.

EES is a process not an item and is done in the passport control area, US passport holders wouldn't need a visa to transit even if they had to formally enter Schengen to change terminals - they'd just spend a little more time in the passport lines.

My daughter just arrived in Yerevan, Armenia. She connected thru Frankfurt from LAX. This is her first independent international travel, and even then its been 10 years since her only trip abroad. I tried to "coach" her to her connecting Frankfurt gate. I told her to look for "International Transfer" or "Non Schengen". She said she couldn't find it and actually left the secure area and had to go thru security again. It was no big deal, just a bit more time which she had plenty of. She said she intentionally made her way to her gate early in case she had any "snafus". It is a connection you don't want to mess up because I believe there is only one flight a day. She flew Lufthansa from LAX and to Yerevan.

Following "Non Schengen" signs (if they exist) may not be a good idea becaue they would most probably take you to the Non Schenegn passport control - which is what we are trying to avoid. Frankfurt Airports advice is read the departure screens near the arrival doors and follow signs to the actual departure gate.

My daughter followed the signs to the connecting gate and ended up outside security. I read somewhere as I was researching for her, depending on the arrival gate some of the connecting gates were difficult to get to without leaving the secure area. My best advice is to head the transfer gate as soon as possible leaving enough time to go thru security if needed. From my research and her experience, planes to Yerevan often leave the B gates 22-30, area.

@me.crew "Following "Non Schengen" signs (if they exist) may not be a good idea becaue they would most probably take you to the Non Schenegn passport control Most probably? Because when I read the information on transfers, there were specific areas (like some of the B gates) that were referred to as "Non Schengen" gates.

My daughter is fluent in German and asked a few people and either there was a communication issue or the people she asked didn't know.

My main points would be, at this time, there is no Euro ETA equivalent and if the traveler ends up outside security it is not tragic.

EDITED TO ADD: She is loving Yerevan and is sending amazing photos!

I had read that the EU version of the ETA was going into effect this year, apparently it has not gone in effect.

We visited the Uk last year and the UK ETA was a pain the the butt, due to getting it to accept the photos that I had. I went out and purchased passport photos that were rejected and finally had a selfi approved after a long effort.

Thanks for the warning about where to go in the airport.

The "EU ETA"--I've never heard that before--is ETIAS. You've probably seen lots and lots of posts about it on this forum.

It is/was scheduled to go into effect sometime in the last quarter of this year. But since there are hiccups with the EES, I have a feeling it will be postponed---again--until sometime next year.

My daughter followed the signs to the connecting gate and ended up
outside security

Frankfurt is a bit complicated. Not all international departure areas have sterile routes between them, so depending on where here next flight was leaving from she well might indeed have to re-clear security.

Which means she probably did nothing wrong.

ETA may be a pian in the butt, and ETIAS is bound to be given the fiasco of EES. But bear in mind that these and others are all follow-ons from the US ESTA system which has been causing hassle for everyone else for nearly 20 years!