'Premium car transfers' ; whats this?
Jan 13, 2018, 2:34 pm
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Jan 13, 2018, 2:53 pm
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So my question for this would be with regards to conformance. You can clearly get from one plane to another fairly swiftly with this Service and I can imagine it being most useful with a delayed domestic flight with an at near MCT departure from T3, given you bypass security presumable conformance is over-ridden by B but is there a set limit? Like for example if you arrived into T5 with 45 minutes prior to your departure from T3, would this Aervice be offered or would you be rebooked?
Jan 13, 2018, 3:29 pm
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So my question for this would be with regards to conformance. You can clearly get from one plane to another fairly swiftly with this Service and I can imagine it being most useful with a delayed domestic flight with an at near MCT departure from T3, given you bypass security presumable conformance is over-ridden by B but is there a set limit? Like for example if you arrived into T5 with 45 minutes prior to your departure from T3, would this Aervice be offered or would you be rebooked?
Jan 14, 2018, 2:32 am
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Probably best not to expect this service but be grateful if you get it.. On a one hour T5 MAN to JFK connection, which became 40 minutes, I was just told to run to B32
Jan 14, 2018, 3:08 am
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Surely that should be doable without running? It's about the time you could leave the south lounges and still easily get to B32 in time, so connecting from a domestic arrival shouldn't be much different?
Jan 14, 2018, 4:55 am
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from the lounge you don't have the conformance restriction.
Jan 14, 2018, 4:58 am
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It's 11 minutes to Flight Connections in that situation, it's dynamic if connecting from Domestic to B. I'm not sure a car would have made it any faster, there is a one way system to B32 which is quite convoluted. But with a child I see it would have been vastly more comfortable. The car should have been offered if you were travelling in Club or with status. Without a child it should be still reasonably comfortable, even walking the whole way from A5 to B32 is about 13 minutes.
Jan 14, 2018, 5:28 am
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I think that an adult on their own should be able to make it to any B gate from any south lounge within 10 minutes using the transit. Before T5C opened, I reckoned the maximum time was closer to 7 minutes.
Jan 19, 2018, 12:15 pm
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Jan 19, 2018, 9:32 pm
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I received a transfer fro T5 to T4 on Wednesday from a delayed flight from ABZ
It was about 30 minutes late and so had 90 minutes to make my connection to a QR flight at T4 which should have been ok using the bus.
Arrived in the QR lounge with an hour to spare.
I was met half way up the air bridge, Passport and boarding pass checked. Then down the steps and was transferred in a Mercedes people carrier
to the normal bus drop off point at T4.
It was about 30 minutes late and so had 90 minutes to make my connection to a QR flight at T4 which should have been ok using the bus.
Arrived in the QR lounge with an hour to spare.
I was met half way up the air bridge, Passport and boarding pass checked. Then down the steps and was transferred in a Mercedes people carrier
to the normal bus drop off point at T4.
Jan 21, 2018, 6:56 am
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There's no harm asking if they have had a ping on their iPads, but if to T5B then it's probably not saving any time unless you had mobility issues, T5C yes it would potentially save a few minutes. There's no real risk of missing the transfer arrangement, the oneworld express connections agent will hold up a tablet with your name/flight number.
Jan 21, 2018, 6:58 am
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Thanks, CWS! Yep - it was T5C I was thinking of.
There's no harm asking if they have had a ping on their iPads, but if to T5B then it's probably not saving any time unless you had mobility issues, T5C yes it would potentially save a few minutes. There's no real risk of missing the transfer arrangement, the oneworld express connections agent will hold up a tablet with your name/flight number.
Mar 13, 2019, 9:28 am
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Will have short(ish) connections JFK-LHR-HAJ and then ARN-HAJ-EWR and was wondering if car service would come to the rescue in case of delays (as I wouldn't have to pass immigration into the UK)