JD1905

Thanks, done from DUB - T5 many times and knew there was an option, but not T2.

Would you still advise land-side on the return and what would the reason be out of interest?

mesadler

Flying CPH-LHR-BNA in Paid J in July. Shows arrival and departure from T5.

Looking at either an 80 minute layover or a 4 hour layover. What would you do?

scottishpoet

80 minutes and look forward to eu 261 if the inbound is late

corporate-wage-slave

The reason for suggesting landside on Dublin Aer Lingus to T5 is that like T5's gate 23 there is a fast track route from the usual Aer Lingus gates to landside and thus to the tube line. But the tube service frequency is only 8 to 11 minutes for much of the day, whereas the airside bus service is more frequent than that. So for T5 to T2 Aer Lingus I would suggest airside since it's not as easy to get landside there, and if you arrive into T5B then there are direct bus services to T2 as well as from T5A.

corporate-wage-slave

Depends on your risk appetite and the consequences of missing the direct service, in terms of replacement flights almost certainly involving a connection. Different people will take different appriaches here and quite reasonably so.

malct

I am looking to Fly from Glasgow with BA into T5 and it looks like i will be flying with Qatar on a Codeshare BA flight from T4 , What is the least you should allow for transit, Looking at a 2 hour transit time looking at the times, I have only flown once from Heathrow and that was T4 and i was on the underground from Euston.

When landing, Do you go to Landside or stay airside and what transport do you use. It all sounds complicated with arriving on a domestic flight and going on a international flight

Like i mentioned , How much time do you need from Landing in T5 and making sure that you catch the next flight ? I understand if you miss your connection, Then BA has to put you on the next flight (The Booking will be though BA Or Travel Agent acting for BA .

KARFA

is this on the same ticket or separate tickets - and if the latter do you have checked bags to collect and re-check?

scottishpoet

all booked on one pnr?

if yes you can transit airside (its a bus), minimum connection time(mct) is 90 minutes i think, but physically takes much less time. Mct is set to allow for small delays on the inbound. BA cannot sell you a through ticket that does not meet minimun connection time. 2 hours would be fine.

malct

Yes, Its all on one ticket , So 90 minutes should do it.
I have been looking for information on Youtube expecting BA or Heathrow so make Videos on how to transfer , But i am having no luck on finding anything

corporate-wage-slave

I don't think it's terribly complicated, just follow the signs to Flight Connections Terminal 4, there is bus trip involved, departing a few hundred metres from your arrival gate at T5. There are lots of data points in this thread if you want complexity but thousands of people manage to connect at LHR every single day without resorting to Youtube. There is an old BA arrival video somewhere in Youtube but it has so many out of date aspects that I couldn't really recommend it.

scottishpoet

follow the purple signs, these are the flight connection signs.

Its quite straight forward

malct

Thank you for your help, So Final question, Everything is Airside? and Just follow the connecting signs and a bus will take me to T4 Airside within the airport , Just like landing at a airport and been bused to the entry of Arrivals and then go through security and into T4 departure lounge . If so, Seems easy

corporate-wage-slave

Yes it is pretty much as you have worded it and all airside. So long as you bear in mind you specifically want to get to T4 (not any other terminal) then it really is not difficult, a fair percentage of those connecting do so successfully despite not speaking a word of English, so it's not that hard. Just keep your boarding pass or itinerary in your hand after leaving the domestic flight, that is checked along the way., but it's most unlikely that you will need your passport at that stage.

scraphappy55

New poster to the forum here. I tried to find the answer to my question first by scrolling through (but this thread is just sooo big!) and then through a search, but it didn't seem to bring up just what I was looking for.

So here's my question - we will be arriving at Heathrow from Philadelphia (Terminal 5), business class, and have a five-plus hour layover, before our connecting flight to Edinburgh (also Terminal 5.) All on one ticket, carry on only, so no bags, but they would be checked through in any case.

Will we need to go through security again before our flight to Edinburgh (including liquids in 311 baggie, etc)? I think I heard we would. Also, we would like to use one of the applicable airside lounges for a shower/quick bite to eat, and were wondering which is considered to be the best in this instance? And how to get there. Not sure which part of Terminal 5 we would be arriving at and continuing on from.

TIA for any and all replies!

TabTraveller

You will need to clear security in the UK although connections security at T5 has new scanners so liquids and laptops stay in the bag.

You will have access to Galleries Club South where there are showers. I believe there are also showers at the GC in terminal 5B but haven�t used them since it was refurbished.

Alternatively if your flight arrives in the morning you have time to go landside and use the arrivals lounge where showers should be easier to come by. You can also have some breakfast there before clearing security again to go airside and use any of the galleries lounges - you are likely to be leaving from a gate near galleries club north in T5A so I would suggest being at that end of the terminal but it doesn�t make a huge amount of difference.