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Old Jan 31, 2016 | 9:23 pm
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Originally Posted by Marambio
German passport here. E-gates always work at EDI and AMS and only occasionally at LHR T5. There seems to be an issue with the e-gates at Heathrow or so I was told by one of the border force agents last time I was there (December '15). The e-gate wouldn't read my passport but his computer would scan it without any issues.
Which terminal at LHR? It seems T2 has new machines, which some people here have reported as being reliable. I've had mixed luck in T5 (I suspect they have some of the earliest e-gates?)
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