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Jun 4, 2016 | 3:01 pm

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Originally Posted by scubaccr

Me also/simularly needing 4x BA metal flight segments. All my coming earning 1520 TPs on MH metal July-Aug2016 but zero BA flights as my BAEC membership reset to zero flights on 9th March.

o My Booking to get 4x BA credits uses LHR-MAN HBO fare (rtn), followed by LHR-AMS rtn
o I have not flown domestic MAN-LHR for 4years and last was on Virgin Atlantic, although I have more recent KL AMS-MAN-AMS which requires immigration.
o Not aware if my domestic MAN arrival then departure requires exiting airside or if airside transfer option exists.??
o Not sure about how Domestic MAN-LHR to International LHR-AMS transfer works at T5 LHR?? Never needed transfer at LHR from domestic flight before!

Ticket(A)
1. MH KUL-LHR T4 05:55 Tue 26Jul Arrival
(hoping Suitcase gets interlined BKK-KUL-LHR-AMS as AMS on separate BA ticket)
transfer airside T4 to T5
Ticket(B)
(2hr 10min to get from T4-T5)
2. BA LHR-MAN 08:05-09:05 Tue 26Jul HBO rtn fare 1st leg
(3hours is lots of time to turn myself around

)
3. BA MAN-LHR 12:00-13:10 Tue 26Jul HBO rtn fare 2nd leg
Ticket(C)
(90mins to transfer domestic arival to international departure)
4. BA LHR-AMS 14:40-17:00 Tue 26Jul econmy rtn fare 1st leg
(6day wait for 4th BA rtn flight should now be BRONZE for AMS-LHR)
(enough TPs for Silver but only 3x BA flights)
5. BA AMS-LHR 16:20-16:40 Sun 31Jul economy rtn fare 1st leg

Airside transfer does exist in MAN, but no one really does it (at least off a BA flight). If you arrive at gate 18 (disembark into a general departure area rather than stairs/baggage claim directly) then turn right and talk to the agent, you need to get put on the biometric system. If 141/142/143 then again talk to the agent at the top of the jetbridge. Honestly with that amount of time between flights I'd just go landside and save the hassle, you'll be landside within two minutes maximum and it takes about 10 minutes to get back airside.

When you arrive at LHR, just follow the signs to flight conenctions, you'll get a BP Check, go up an escalator, and there you are near Boots at the North end of T5A. That's it!

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