Originally Posted by
KeaneJohn
They seem to be a bit less lax at the moment with waits for 4.5hrs at the border at LHR last night with everybody having every document checked.
Given the news today of the rogue Brazilian strain now in the country I’d expect checking and enforcement of outbound travel to be more stringent next week when the new declaration to travel forms come in.
OP was asking about the BA checkin staff, but yes I agree the border staff are checking everything on your way back into the country. My advice would be to get a return flight that lands as early as possible (e.g. before 7am).
This government uses big scary language and the media to scare people into not flying, vs actually having a good border policy and laws to back them up.