Originally Posted by
Johnny Rocket
Flying to LHR from JFK on DL then continuing onto a UK domestic flight with BA.
Will I be able to have my bags checked all the way through to my final destination or do I have to collect them in T4 and take them across to T5?
How long would folks suggest for the transfer? Will i have time to use arrivals lounge if getting in at 10:30am and my next flight is at 1pm from T5?
DL JFK flights will arrive into LHR T3.
Are you all on 1 ticket or separate tickets? If you are on separate tickets I don't think you will have enough time to go to the arrivals lounge as you would have to collect your bags and re check (unless you can get DL to tag them all the way through - not sure if they do this. In reverse BA wouldnt).
Even if you are on 1 ticket and bags checked - 2.5 hours isn't a huge amount of time to connect through multi terminals at LHR so I would personally just go through flight connections. Ba have a 45 minute bag drop off cut off and a 35 minute conformance at security - miss those times and you miss your flight.
Also as an FYI both BA and LHR say the minimum connection time for T3-T5 transfers (when on 1 ticket) is 90 minutes.