Hi,

This is just a general wondering...

I recently had a connection from BA to BA in London T4. My incoming flight arrived at 1405 with the connection flight leaving at 1510. We were in a big rush at the end and barely made the flight even though we skipped all of security. We got to the gate at 1502. The funny thing is though, the 2nd boarding pass says gate closes 1425. We werent even off flight#1 by 1425, and I was wondering if we didnt skip security, and just waited in line - what would have happened? According to this boarding pass - we have already missed the flight and therefore there is no point skipping security. (The screens said final call / on time before we entered security) - no announcements were made for us even with 8 mins till departure.

I would think it would be BA's fault since they are telling you their gate closed 40 mins prior to departure even though it wasnt. Would they compensate you / put you on the next flight etc etc?

Cheers