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Dec 17, 2020, 11:14 pm

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Originally Posted by skyscanner

I do have UK and EU passports. Going to Turkey is fine. I found this at Coronavirus (COVID-19): jobs that qualify for travel exemptions - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Transiting airside through the UK
Applies to:
People transiting airside (individuals who arrive in the UK but do not pass border control).
You will need to complete the passenger locator form before you travel to the UK.
You will not need to self-isolate as you are only transiting via the UK.
You will not need to show anything as you will not pass through the UK border.

With separate tickets you are not transiting LHR. Just a ticket that ends at LHR, for which BA will be checking you are OK for entry to UK.
Then another ticket leaving LHR, for which BA will be checking you are OK for entry to Turkey.
If the second LHR-IST flight is cancelled or leaves without you (ORD-LHR is late) you will have problems

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