Smoking [while connecting through LHR]
Sep 2, 2014, 6:11 pm
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Flying Van, yes a good description of new CE.
Info on Smoking Areas http://www.heathrowairport.com/heath.../smoking-areas
Info on Smoking Areas http://www.heathrowairport.com/heath.../smoking-areas
Sep 2, 2014, 6:19 pm
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Hello jeep1
That is what I always do when connecting at LHR. Should be no problem as long as:
a: You are entitled to land in UK with your nationality/passport/visa
b: You have ample connection time (remember t-35 for conformance at security - I always go back inside t-60 to nab a drink in the lounge first)
c: You have cigarettes on you - You don't want to be paying the over inflated airport cigarette prices
With all of the above, it also saves you from the scrum of flight connections and even if I wasn't going to have a cigarette during my connections, I would still choose to exit via the border & customs and re-enter from landside.
Happy & Safe travels
S
That is what I always do when connecting at LHR. Should be no problem as long as:
a: You are entitled to land in UK with your nationality/passport/visa
b: You have ample connection time (remember t-35 for conformance at security - I always go back inside t-60 to nab a drink in the lounge first)
c: You have cigarettes on you - You don't want to be paying the over inflated airport cigarette prices
With all of the above, it also saves you from the scrum of flight connections and even if I wasn't going to have a cigarette during my connections, I would still choose to exit via the border & customs and re-enter from landside.
Happy & Safe travels
S
Sep 2, 2014, 6:56 pm
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Faster line of what? 
5 hours is plenty for a fag or three. If you are referring to fast track because you are in club europe / business, yes you will have a theoretical faster line on reentry only (not on exit), but it is theoretical only because often the fast track works exactly at the same speed as the normal track. But it helps overinflated egos!
5 hours is plenty for a fag or three. If you are referring to fast track because you are in club europe / business, yes you will have a theoretical faster line on reentry only (not on exit), but it is theoretical only because often the fast track works exactly at the same speed as the normal track. But it helps overinflated egos!
Sep 2, 2014, 7:09 pm
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By all means ask to be escorted airside if connecting in T5.
Please report back how you get on as I shall be needing the same fix on our next holiday. The lack of a smoking facility airside at LHR is my only hatred of the airport.
Please report back how you get on as I shall be needing the same fix on our next holiday. The lack of a smoking facility airside at LHR is my only hatred of the airport.
Sep 2, 2014, 7:32 pm
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Sep 2, 2014, 7:33 pm
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WOW I haven't been to Heathrow for several years but shall be transiting there in the not to distant future. NONE of the lounges have a smoking terrace?
Sep 2, 2014, 7:45 pm
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Nope, unlike a number of other European airports. It's more or less illegal since almost any roof falls foul of the wording of the legislation, with the well known exceptions of prisons, the Houses of Parliament and Simon Cowell's office. There are a few airside smoking locations in the UK, BHD and NCL have them. but they are essentially outdoor passageways bolted on to the side of the building structure. At LGW there is a clear smoking area landside outside the buildings, at LHR you'll find some areas at each end of the bus station. And there is a very discrete spot in CCR were I've spotted the odd illegal smoker of tobacco and other products.
Sep 2, 2014, 7:47 pm
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Us smokers are a dying breed......
Now time to sit back and watch the debate flare up
.Happy & Safe travels
S
Sep 2, 2014, 7:55 pm
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LHR T5 also has at least one smoking area on the drop off/valet parking level of the parking building. It's there primary for staff and has some very strongly worded placards indicating that smoking outside of this area is a staff disciplinary offence. Iirc it's designed with craftily placed walls to conceal the smokers from the public too
Sep 2, 2014, 7:59 pm
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It's just as bad in my part of the world. No airside smoking facility at EZE nor inside cafes or restaurants. At least the weather, even in winter allows you to sit outside and enjoy a fag with your beer or coffee in comfort without the risk of catching hypothermia.
Sep 2, 2014, 8:06 pm
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I remember the peoplpe at the information desk in T5 would take people out every hour or something as long as you had your passport and enough time to still make your flight. I don't know if it was standard or not, but it was definitely useful. You didn't have to go back through security etc.
Sep 2, 2014, 8:07 pm
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LHR T5 also has at least one smoking area on the drop off/valet parking level of the parking building. It's there primary for staff and has some very strongly worded placards indicating that smoking outside of this area is a staff disciplinary offence. Iirc it's designed with craftily placed walls to conceal the smokers from the public too
S