Originally Posted by
airoli
My baggage has been delayed more than 50% of times I connected through LHR over the past few years. But it was mostly in the times when connecting meant changing terminals. Friends of mine had better success rates lately when connecting wholly within T5 in BA lately.
On the contrary, I have heard horror stories of bags either being left behind or just completely misconnecting only at T5 !
I would give at least 3 hours for any sort of connection at Heathrow.
As far as I know though, SWISS would interline to Virgin even though not in alliance. Just make sure you show them all the reservation information to SWISS agent at time of check in.