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2. It isn’t that common to have a short haul arrival onto a C gate and if the flight critical screen had been checked the OP would have seen that their connecting flight was also from a C gate, they would have had time to clear security and possibly had time to visit the B lounge for a few minutes to send the email.
I know that for next time now, but bear in mind I am not a frequent T5 user and I missed the screens/signs - mind you, it was very busy on arrival, so you are navigating through crows of people and I don't think signs alone are effective enough, to be honest. At other hubs, the short connection flights are usually displayed on the IFE screens of the home airlines, so that one can note them in the relative calm of the cabin and get off knowing where you are going.
Out of interest, the PA on the shuttle tells you to stay on it when you transit the B pier, so I was not aware that one could get off there and use flight connections, I just followed the signs and the PA on the train and ended up in A.
It doesn't say "stay on transit" it says "This is B Gates, remain on transit for Arrivals, Baggage Reclaim and Flight Connections all terminals". You should have not got on the transit but remained in C Gates.
There is a tendency amongst frequent flyers when in unfamiliar airports to dash around not looking at signs as if they know where they're going as it doesn't sit well being in an unfamiliar airport.