Originally Posted by
fomc
BA said they got in touch with UK Immigration who said that they won't allow me to come. Actually the handler said "They didn't provide us with a reference number so we can ok your departure". I then asked the phone number he used? He refused to give it me. Which made me suspicious as to whether he called them in first place....For those in the "know" is there any such "Border agency/Immigration line in the uk" that BA offices abroad can call and get authorization for travel (he described it as a REFERENCE NUMBER).
Existence of such a system has been mentioned here:
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/30467045-post72.html
Originally Posted by
Misco60
Other posts, here and elsewhere, have suggested that there is such a process, but I don't think the BA agent was under any obligation to give you the phone number he called or the name of the person he spoke to.
Particularly such telephone numbers are likely to come with a condition of use that they are not to be disclosed to the public.