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Jan 22, 2019, 12:15 pm

#58

tigertanaka

Join Date: Jun 2009

Location: MME (midway between NCL and LBA)

Programs: BA Gold, AF/KL Gold, Hilton Gold, Nordic Choice Gold

Posts: 744

My twopenneth:

Sort out the need for baggage scanning when connecting on from a flight from a trusted country
If we must have baggage scanning for connecting flights, let's have a proper fast-track lane that doesn't open up the tensa-barrier and let a family of 8 people on their annual holiday in front of me when I am at the top of the escalator. It is crazy that TFW is the quicker route through security at busy times
Reduce the MCT on Domestic > XXX flights that are entirely within T5 (a saving of 10 minutes compared to the other way around)
New toilets in Galleries N & S (I like the idea of urinals too). I can't think of another airport in the world where the lounge toilets are worse than those in the main terminal
An indication of what gate S/H flights within T5A are likely to take off from (maybe on the BA app rather than on the screens?) If I have 20 minutes to get a drink in the lounge, I would prefer to pick the lounge nearer my departure gate.
Abolish the pointless "gate open" information (although many airports are guilty of this)
Have some more accessible shops for my wallet - apart from WHS & Boots, the rest seem to be aimed at the Arabian Petrodollar/Russian Oligarch market

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