Poster: A snowHead
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Hi everyone, hiring a car in Geneva airport french side, no probs with the driving instructions, bought a vignette. People are saying there is now difficulty getting back into the swiss sector of the airport from the french sector, can anyone help with advise? Many thanks in advance!
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moosty, welcome to Snowheads. There isn't a problem that I know of - there's a "walk through" between the sectors - airport information can direct you to it - it's not terribly clearly signposted and easy to miss if you're not on the right level. It's much more obvious from the french side, because it's so much smaller.
However, Geneva airport does have a way of springing surprises, so maybe there is some recent change which has made things more complicated. Are you thinking of after you've dropped your car, on the way home?
I think easyJet has a check in on the French side (they used to) though BA might have dropped theirs (I had major problems with BA in the French sector once and nearly missed a flight as a result).
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brian
brian
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moosty, from the airport's website:
"Arrivals
If you have hired a car in the French sector, you can reach the French sector, even if you land in the international one.
How to proceed? At your arrival:
1. pass through the passport control;
2. pick up your luggages;
3. go out in Swiss side like the others passengers (arrival level);
4. go upstairs to the check-in level to reach the French side;
5. cross the customs (on the right of the check-in hall, near the Air France KLM desks). Attention: you necessarily have to show your contract for car hiring.
Departures
For departure, you can bring back your car to the French side, do your check-in there (except for British Airways and Continental) and reach the international sector via the transit area."
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Thanks for that, it is on the way back after dropping the car off and we are flying with easyjet.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Easy, follow the signs, but they are in French
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For Easyjet you can no longer check in on French side. You can only check in on Swiss side now
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Geneva airport has not made things easy for those who wish to use it but visit France.
Although Switzerland are not in the EU they seem to be afforded many of the same benefits as EU countries i.e. they can use the EU immigration channels at UK airports.
Maybe they need to have their lives made a bit harder by the EU countries to encourage them to be a bit more flexible to their friends
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Villz,
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For Easyjet you can no longer check in on French side. You can only check in on Swiss side now
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When did that happen?
The last time I was there it was still possible to check in using the self service machines and drop your bag off with the easyjet baggage handlers on the French side.
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Geneva French/Swiss keeps springing these sorts of surprises. After the complete foul-up BA made when I tried to check in on the French side, when they still had a desk there, I'm not surprised they changed but easyJet seemed OK.
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Can anyone else confirm that you can no longer check in with easyjet on the french side, even with the self service machines.
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brian
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Villz, presumably you can drop your car at the French side and then walk through the "magic door" to Switzerland though?
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brian, what a useful photo!
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Villz, You are right. You can now only use the easyjet self service machines and baggage drop off for easyjet flights to the French sector, the sign above the machines indicates this has been the case since October 2009. Shows how observant I am.
As brian mentions it is still possible to walk through to the Swiss side and check in / drop your baggage off there.
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You know it makes sense.
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