End of Iris? [effective 17 September 2013]
Sep 20, 2011, 2:59 am
#301
Join Date: Apr 2008
Programs: Lord OPebble - Mucci of the Hour. Diamond Class MUCCI.Chevalier du Circle Intime de Pucci
Posts: 7,088
IMHO they definitely aren't going to do anything with IRIS that involves expenditure! They might keep it running in maintenance mode but if it breaks badly then bye-bye IRIS!
Sep 20, 2011, 3:31 am
#303
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: MAN and LON
Programs: Mucci, BAEC LT Gold, HH Dia, MR LT Plat, IHG Diamond Amb, Amex Plat
Posts: 13,773
I have found IRIS to be working well in T5 recently (and given the other immigration queues even for EU nationals what a godsend that was). It has also been working much faster for both Mrs LoM and myself taking only a couple of seconds between iris scanning and the "thank you". Perhaps as old records have been weeded system performance is improving?
Sep 27, 2011, 9:57 am
#304
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: UK
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 2,422
I have found IRIS to be working well in T5 recently (and given the other immigration queues even for EU nationals what a godsend that was). It has also been working much faster for both Mrs LoM and myself taking only a couple of seconds between iris scanning and the "thank you". Perhaps as old records have been weeded system performance is improving?
Sep 27, 2011, 10:46 am
#305
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: London, England
Programs: OW Emerald (BA), UA*G, Marriott Plat, IC RA, Various others
Posts: 1,009
Ditto. Used Iris on Sunday eve and was through in a heartbeat. Only one of the two T5 Iris machines seems to be in use...at least on the three occasions in September I've been through T5.
Sep 27, 2011, 12:35 pm
#306
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Glasgow, UK
Programs: BA, UA, Marriot
Posts: 2,196
I checked the receipt from my most recent IRIS encounter and it explicitly says IRIS registration expires in 2012, two years after I last reregistered. My previous passport which I used to reregister for IRIS expired in 2011. This is for a typical registration for a non-UK non-visa holder.
Sep 27, 2011, 1:38 pm
#307
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Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: From ORK, live LCY
Programs: BA Silver, EI Silver, HH Gold, BW Gold, ABP, Seigneur des Horaires des Mucci
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Mrs. stifle was told when registering that her registration would be extended for two years each time she used an IRIS machine. I may well have been told that as well, but I can't remember.
Sep 27, 2011, 1:57 pm
#308
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Programs: BA GGL, Hilton Diamond, Hertz PC
Posts: 1,314
Ditto, think that's the way it works. Keep using and you extend on a rolling basis
Sep 27, 2011, 2:51 pm
#309
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: UK
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 2,422
Both were working on Thursday although only the left one was working earlier in the month when I was last there.
Sep 29, 2011, 12:14 pm
#310
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: United Kingdom
Programs: Skywards Blue :-(, HHonors Gold, SPG Gold, GHA Platinum
Posts: 2,531
I was at gatwick north on 27th september. i am not registered for IRIS but I asked the officer if it was operational. She said it was but was a bit 'temperamental'
Oct 1, 2011, 9:00 am
#311
Join Date: Mar 2011
Programs: SPG Plat; AA EXP; HILTON Gold, Hyatt Diamond
Posts: 16
Bad to Worse
Flew LHR-LIS-LHR this week. On arrival at Lisbon the E-Pass gates were all switched off. When I returned to LHR, The IRIS and The E-PAss gates were all broken with massive queues 20+ minutes for UK citizens with the air conditioning not working properly. Things seem to be going from bad to worse. This is the first time I have ever had a problem with IRIS in T3. IRIS was the best thing about LHR and the one thing the UKBA got almost right.
I hope that the new system that will integrate with the US and NL will be at least as good and the current crashes are not a portent of future service levels. The e _pass euro thing seems to be disastrous based on what I have seen in Lisbon.
I hope that the new system that will integrate with the US and NL will be at least as good and the current crashes are not a portent of future service levels. The e _pass euro thing seems to be disastrous based on what I have seen in Lisbon.
Oct 1, 2011, 4:11 pm
#314
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: JER
Programs: BA Gold/OWE, several MUCCI, and assorted Pensions!
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I'm hoping my wife will be recognised on Monday morning. Last time it was a bit awkward, after I sailed through the Iris border and she was stuck airside. However, her e-passport did the trick 
Oct 1, 2011, 10:55 pm
#315
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Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: SE1, London
Posts: 23,449
Slightly apprehensive about my IRIS registration as the passport I think I registered with now needs renewing (it is full and my other is approaching the 90% mark). Does this mean my registration will expire? And no chance of renewal either?