Originally Posted by
trickster
If you are connecting from a regional airport though, you might not get any First tags. The check-in desk in Manchester only had standard and Club ones when we used it last year for a First flight to SFO.
I assume that the OP would be trying to maximising the CCR time (given he wants to make the most of his experience, he should, if he hasn't!) and therefore the connection time should have be sufficient to collect his bag and re-check them at LHR. He can pick up the tags then.