Flight Plan not recieved?

[stray10level]

I whent to Beuvais yesterday, on arrival we were accosted by the French Customs:eek: Our flight plan hadnt been recieved by them and so the ensuing mess.....well you can imagine:confused: After an hour of questions and telephone calls it was resolved in our favour. So i was thinking, do any of you have a fool proof method of confirming your flight plan has been logged? Is there a way to check on the net before you leave?
Any thoughts chaps?
Cheers S10L.

[merlinxx]

This is unusual, but a good bet to to bell BVA customs to alert them of trip as AIS/tower may not always pass fpl on. BVA customs on +33 3 44 45 08 92. For normal ops, depends how you file, do you file by phone, net or AIS? Either way it'll be in the system, just a matter of SNAFU, especially in certain Chambre du Commerce locations in France. A call ahead is always worth the effort subject to your type of traffic, sounds like you self handled, so always call,e-mail or fax ahead.