Transfer at LHR Between Terminal 3- Terminal 5
Mar 7, 2019, 3:54 am
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Arriving DEN-LHR 11:35 to T3. Premium economy -- not first off the plane but not last, either.
I would love to take the 12:55 LHR-TXL but it is departing T5. I seem to recall that I did this once before, but 1:20 seems pretty short. If I can't make this flight I have to wait another 3 hours. Ugh. I have Priority Pass lounge access, but when you want to get home, you want to get home -- not sit in a crowded lounge. By contrast, if your plane is even 10 minutes after schedule (ie not even considered late) and Disembarkation is on the slow side and just missed a bit, you will likely miss conformance.
Separate BA-issued tix. Hand baggage only. I can move pretty fast.
Can I make it using airside bus?
Thanks.
I would love to take the 12:55 LHR-TXL but it is departing T5. I seem to recall that I did this once before, but 1:20 seems pretty short. If I can't make this flight I have to wait another 3 hours. Ugh. I have Priority Pass lounge access, but when you want to get home, you want to get home -- not sit in a crowded lounge. By contrast, if your plane is even 10 minutes after schedule (ie not even considered late) and Disembarkation is on the slow side and just missed a bit, you will likely miss conformance.
Separate BA-issued tix. Hand baggage only. I can move pretty fast.
Can I make it using airside bus?
Thanks.
in short it’s nuts to book it though you might make it if first plane is early and the stars align.
Mar 7, 2019, 5:30 am
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only book this if you are happy with a very high chance to lose your ticket and have to buy a new one. Even on a single booking, mct would be 1h30 and remember that at t5 on a new ticket you have conformance.
in short it’s nuts to book it though you might make it if first plane is early and the stars align.
Mar 7, 2019, 5:46 am
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Mar 7, 2019, 8:21 am
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Mar 8, 2019, 7:40 am
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Hi all, I went through flight connections from T3 to T5. I follow the purple signs. I know where it is. I don't have need any help. I did all yourselves. I just arrived in LHR on last Monday morning. I took on AA and then BA.
Mar 8, 2019, 7:57 am
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Mar 8, 2019, 8:07 am
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Hi all,
I have a MAN-LHR(T5)- LHR (T3)-HEL TP run in a few weeks and was wondering what the current bus situation is for T3-T5 transfers?
The reason I ask is last weekend I had to transfer from T4 to T5 and had to go via T2, it looked like they were using T2 as a bus hub, a bit of a nightmare and over an hour from debarking at T4 and arriving at FT Security at T5. Did those of you that did the T3<>T5 recently have to do T5<>T2<>T3?
thanks
I have a MAN-LHR(T5)- LHR (T3)-HEL TP run in a few weeks and was wondering what the current bus situation is for T3-T5 transfers?
The reason I ask is last weekend I had to transfer from T4 to T5 and had to go via T2, it looked like they were using T2 as a bus hub, a bit of a nightmare and over an hour from debarking at T4 and arriving at FT Security at T5. Did those of you that did the T3<>T5 recently have to do T5<>T2<>T3?
thanks
Mar 8, 2019, 8:28 am
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Early and late the bus may stop at T2 briefly but you wouldn't normally get off, and 99% of times it is just a direct service. I think they were repairing a tunnel last weekend, usually T4 would also be direct.
Mar 8, 2019, 8:48 am
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Tunnel was used when I transferred this week. Concur with cws that 99% of T3-T5 transfers are direct (though normally stop at T5B to pick up pax before continuing to T3).
Mar 8, 2019, 9:34 am
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Hi all,
I have a MAN-LHR(T5)- LHR (T3)-HEL TP run in a few weeks and was wondering what the current bus situation is for T3-T5 transfers?
The reason I ask is last weekend I had to transfer from T4 to T5 and had to go via T2, it looked like they were using T2 as a bus hub, a bit of a nightmare and over an hour from debarking at T4 and arriving at FT Security at T5. Did those of you that did the T3<>T5 recently have to do T5<>T2<>T3?
thanks
I have a MAN-LHR(T5)- LHR (T3)-HEL TP run in a few weeks and was wondering what the current bus situation is for T3-T5 transfers?
The reason I ask is last weekend I had to transfer from T4 to T5 and had to go via T2, it looked like they were using T2 as a bus hub, a bit of a nightmare and over an hour from debarking at T4 and arriving at FT Security at T5. Did those of you that did the T3<>T5 recently have to do T5<>T2<>T3?
thanks
Last edited by KARFA; Mar 8, 2019 at 10:24 am
Mar 8, 2019, 9:36 am
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It’s the cargo tunnel closure which is causing issues between CTA and t4/cargo. The CTA-T5 tunnel has been open as normal.
Mar 8, 2019, 10:23 am
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Mar 8, 2019, 10:54 am
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Would it be quicker for me as a BA gold to exit T3 immigration and take Heathrow Express to T5 and use First Wing at T5 again to check in?
Mar 8, 2019, 11:31 am
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between T5 and T3 the airside bus is usually quicker. Once at T5 you can choose to go through immigration and then up to TFW to go through security - that would be my usual route.
Mar 8, 2019, 1:32 pm
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Also, I realized the same bus driver who remember me before. She know me before. I was on the flight by last 2 years ago. When I got off the plane and walk down the airstairs. They took us to T5 to drop it off at the doors. I walk escalators up the flight connections and then back down to catch T3 shuttle bus.