Originally Posted by hammers2958

Reporting back after overnight in Budapest en route to Maui.

Couldn’t do OLCI for BUD-LHR-JFK-LAX-OGG, despite getting an email confirming my uploaded documents were in order. However on the way out to BUD a very helpful agent in the First Wing sorted me out, with boarding passes all the way through to OGG, plus passport swipe. (It was less than 24 hours to my first flight on the TPR.)

Amusingly, 3 of the 4 of us sitting in row 1 LHR-BUD were either going to or returning from Hawaii.

The traveller in 1A was doing a back to back at BUD. If he reads this he can no doubt elaborate but it seems you have to do security but not passports. As you get off the plane you have to go down some stairs and within a few yards there’s a transfer line and a security scanner. The crew on my return this morning (who I had last night) told me the passenger was back at the gate before they disembarked.

I stayed overnight at the Ibis at the airport. It’s a 5 minute walk along a covered walkway from the terminal so very easy. The hotel itself is perfectly functional and comfortable for an overnight stay. The crew apparently were at the IC in town which they thought was very nice and well located.