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Old May 28, 2011 | 9:34 pm
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Originally Posted by gaume
It's a 7:55 am weekday flight, so from what I gather we're supposed to be at T1 about 5:55 am, hence the reluctance to be away from LHR, even at Paddington and it seems those buses from the perimeter hotels are tricky at that hour.
You're a 1K (*G) on UA, so you don't need to be there at 0555. You can use the 1K lines and you should be done in a couple of mins. I'd say 0630 would be fine. If you want to go to the lounge for breakfast after checking-in, then 0615 would also be ok. Plane leaves at 0755. The departure gate (invariably 249 or 247) is a good 10-12 min walk from the *A lounge so back-time from there.

Last edited by UAPremExecflyer; May 29, 2011 at 5:33 am Reason: clarify departure gate is 10-12 min walk from lounge
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