Originally Posted by
Cymro
If the gap is >24h, you'd no longer be connecting, so I can't see how it'd be a problem.
It would mean that you'd have to pay APD on the LHR-CPT leg, though.
Are you sure? In the past we've stopped overnight in London before continuing on our journey, and it's all been on one ticket.
Originally Posted by
Cymro
Also, not sure if you'd be permitted to transit or if you'd have to go through red-list arrivals from CPT-LHR and have a quarantine hotel booked and paid for to board, if not already on one ticket.
This what it says on UK.gov about transiting through Heathrow:
If you will be transiting landside through England you need to do the following when you complete your passenger locator form.
select ‘Stay in the UK’ under the Your travel plans section
reply ‘I will be travelling for an exempt reason’ to the question about whether you are required to self-isolate on arrival
select the Exemption options, and then select ‘Transit Exemption’
When you transit through England to international destinations you do not need to quarantine on arrival or take a COVID-19 test on or before day 2 and day 8. This applies if you are transiting airside or landside.
You must either:
remain within your port of entry until your departure from England, or
travel directly from your port of entry to another port of departure in England
There are no qualifiers on this advice limiting it to through tickets or excluding arrivals from red list countries.