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Soon I will be travelling from New Delhi, India (non-EU) to Valencia, Spain (Schengen + EU). As there are no direct flights, I will be connecting either through Frankfurt, Germany (Via Lufthansa) or Paris, France (Via Air France).

I have read that they have a different baggage carousel for checked-in luggage tagged outside the EU, which often leads to delay or misplaced baggage (For reference jump to 1:17). I don't speak Spanish (learning), and by the time I reach Valencia, I will be exhausted due to a day-long journey; therefore, I am a little worried about finding my way through the airport.

Does anyone have any experience of arrivals at Manises/Valencia Airport from a non-EU country? It will be conducive if someone can share their experience?

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    Where have you read that? AFAIK such separate baggage carousels do not exist.
    – Krist van Besien
    Commented Oct 6, 2021 at 21:01
  • I watched this arrival guide video on youtube, and at 1:17, he mentions the different baggage carousels for checked-in luggage tagged outside the EU.
    – sp29
    Commented Oct 7, 2021 at 3:36
  • I find it highly unlikely that they do that because no luggage handler is going to bother with sorting tags during loading or unloading. They sort by destination and that's it. What I think that's causing the confusion is that Valencia has 2 terminals, but only Terminal 1 (arrivals) has luggage services (source). Terminal 2 is departures only
    – Juliana Karasawa Souza
    Commented Oct 7, 2021 at 7:35
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    Not only this doesn't happen, there's no reason for it to happen. You self declare by leaving at the correct colored customs exit -- it's typically blue for arrival from within EU, green for nothing to declare and red for items to declare. Policing the carousels instead would be a huge and pointless task.
    – user4188
    Commented Oct 7, 2021 at 8:21
  • Since your luggage will have originated outside of the EU it will not have green tags, custom officers will notice that, and might call you over for an inspection. But it does not require luggage with white tags to be kept separate...
    – Krist van Besien
    Commented Oct 7, 2021 at 9:51

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