Originally Posted by
Jetstreamer
It has been a while since I abandoned a domestic flight at T5 but I've done it a few times (voluntarily due to excessive flight delay on day trips) and I definitely was not sent to the border. I remember walking down "secret" corridors and ending up in domestic baggage claim and the BA rep had to speak to an official person along the way but definitely no passport control. This was just a handful of people from various flights, not when a whole flight was cancelled.
I agree. We are talking 10+ years here but I have aborted a domestic and even though I had a passport, I remember being taken by a BA rep through pass operated doors, to some kind of computer terminal and at the time my understanding was my photo was basically verified then deleted, my ticket cancelled and queued for a refund (this was pre fly ie with the old blue screen tip tap keystrokes system that looked a bit like MS Dos!)
I remember I waited for a good 45 minutes and was quite embarrassed by the amount of faffage this caused but the Senior Customer Service person who helped me airside was v clear I was not supposed to go to Int Arrivals.
I aborted as flight was delayed something like 6 hours!