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Old Mar 3, 2015 | 11:29 am
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Originally Posted by corporate-wage-slave
10 minutes would be good at T5 (though not impossible), at LGW or AMS somewhat unlikely. At both airports it can easily take longer for the bag to be delivered than the actual flight time. I had the misfortune to accompany a colleague to AMS 2 weeks ago, unable to HBO on a 2 night visit (suspected shoe fetish) and we waited 45 minutes in baggage reclaim. She put the time to good use (texting, emailing, Book of Faces), I just fumed! I am nearly unable compute a really regular traveller doing anything other than HBO.
My stories were at LBA, I think the fault in those cases was at LHR but I cannot say for certain.
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