Originally Posted by drscoop

Came into LHR last week from Germany hand baggage only, connecting on to a UK flight. Once smoothly through the queue-free border point, I had to queue as normal to get through to the escalators and head up to the security check.

Meanwhile, (looking back through the checkpoint once upstairs) the queues from the departures hall into the security check lines were non-existent.

So, I'm wondering; is there any reason it's not allowable to simply exit as an arriving passenger after crossing the UK Border check, and then head up to departures, and enter security without all the faffing around in the lines for the escalators downstairs?

Anyone found this to be a quicker way of doing things?