Originally Posted by
The Saint
Here's the news. T5 is not being run for the last-minute-DYKWIA crowd
Good, the fewer of those the better.
Originally Posted by
The Saint
Don't like it? Fly with someone else that allows you to turn up 10 minutes prior. It's really that simple.
I've never missed a flight, or been through security <50mins before departure (more typically 1h20) or given a DYKWIA tantrum. However, I fall into the neurotic band where such a policy just adds unecessary stress to a journey (i.e. the tube's stopped, I've given myself 10 mins to get the earlier HEX, but might miss it now, leaving me only 15 mins to get from the HEX to security, if it's on time).
Any extra stage in the Early Rise - Taxi/Tube - HEX - Security - Plane - Car Hire - 2 hr Drive, is un-welcome. The consequence is the Miles + TP don't seem so alluring and I go elsewhere. It's really that simple.
If you go back to the OP's quoted material, that was the whole concern. BA start to lose customers from this policy.