Originally Posted by
docbert
Do you know what constitutes a 2B-2B connection - a flight that normally leaves from 2B, or only one where they have actually published the departure gate as being 2B? For example, we all know that UA always departs from 2B, but the official answer is that it could be either 2A or 2B and isn't officially 2B until an hour or so before departure.
There are similar "satellite" connection facilities at 5B and 5C, and I'd expect similar rules to apply in 2B.
According to a
guide written by a very knowledgeable member of the BA forum, you can only use those facilities if your onward connection gate has been published as being in 5B/5C. However, it is suggested that the flight information displays near the entrance to the connection facilities show more than an hours' worth of flights, and/or the computers that read your BP and determine your eligibility to use the facility have more info than is shown on the displays.