Originally Posted by
xenole
I just go landside now for connecting flights. After the last time I used airside flight connections, I vowed never again. Staff are ill-mannered dicks at security and it takes longer and is more stringent than anywhere else I've been to so far whilst remaining in a secure area and connecting to say a domestic flight.
Yep. It seems that there are more and more reasons not to go through INT-DOM connections at T5.
I also saw two people that were the row in front of me on my previous flight get to the Flounge 10 mins after me doing this. Maybe it was quicker landside. Maybe they went shopping.