Overstaying the 90 day post Brexit limit

I’m maybe missing something here. How does what you’ve posted relate to “overstaying 90 days”.?

The process you describe would be as expected. Unless of course, you’re saying that you had exceeded the 90 days at the time you exited Spain?

If you did indeed exceed the legally allowed 90 days, it might be worth reading Kimmy11’s comments on page 2 of the thread below. Evidence of a return ticket and stamps in passports will surely alert officials to illegal overstayers? 🤪🥂

Invitation letter to visit home in Spain

Reading between the lines and I may be wrong, as you are a Anglo-Norwegian couple in your 60s, normally resident in South West UK and you fortunately arrived in Spain on one of the last available flights early January of this year, having 5 return flights cancelled to date on the 19th March this year, are you saying through your experience, you and your wife overstayed the 90 day post brexit limit. I can only assume your passports were not stamped on your arrival, as if they was, my understanding is questions would have been asked. If my assumption is totally wrong, please accept my apologies. All post on this website should be clear, honest, factual and helpful and not half cocked. Stay safe, healthy and legal everyone.

You've obviously been trawling through my previous posts but describe this as 'reading between the lines'.  You then make some assumptions to fill in the gaps and follow it up with a request for all posts on this forum to be honest and factual!  Amazing.

We arrived in Spain legally, on the last day before entry was restricted to residents only, (21 December).  Yes, we consciously exceeded the 90 day post Brexit limit because to have done otherwise would have required a journey that  involved passing through two airports, three train stations, and sitting in a metal tube with hundreds of other people for a total of about ten hours on the plane and trains.  The obvious 'Covid-safe' option was to stay in Spain and trust the Spanish authorities to exercise sensible discretion when we finally departed.  I'm pleased to say they did just that, though with rather less fuss than I had anticipated.  

I doubt we are the only ones that chose to do this, and I thought my post might encourage them to return home now rather than put it off indefinitely.  The testing costs are going down quite rapidly (for those going to England at least) and quarantine requirements not onerous for many people (see my comments on the Spain to Scotland thread).

You’re original post was some what confusing, so after examining your post I simply concluded you were a overstayer. Now that you have corrected your original post in your reply, this might encourage others concerned about overstaying the 90 day limit. If I may ask, now the Spanish authorities are stamping passports on arrival and departure would you personally overstay in the future. Stay safe,healthy and legal my friend.