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WHAT'S OPEN IN T5?
Current to 14 January 2022. Changes from previous update in red where applicable.
Landside - Departures
Boots
Caff Nero
Excess Baggage (both units in Zones B and F)
Excess Baggage Wrap
Kanishka Kitchen
Travelex
WHSmith (both units in Zones C and H) - including Post Office in WHSmith Zone H
Landside - Arrivals
Boots
Bradley Smith Hair Express Bar
Caff Nero (both units North and South)
Costa Coffee
Excess Baggage
Hotel Reservations / Sim Local
Marks and Spencer
Travelex
WHSmith
Airside - T5A Upper Level
Accessorize
Boots
Dixons Travel
Giraffe
Glorious Britain
Gordon Ramsay Plane Food
Harrods
The Harry Potter Shop
The Macallan Boutique
Travelex
Wagamama
WHSmith
World Duty Free Tobacco
Airside - T5A Gate Level
Be Relax
Boots
Bottega Venetta
Bulgari
Burberry
Cartier
Case
Caviar House & Prunier Seafood Bar
Chanel
Dior
Dixons Travel
Fortnum & Mason
Gucci
Herms
Hugo Boss
InMotion
Itsu
Kurt Geiger
Louis Vuitton
Orlebar Brown
Paul Smith
Pilots Bar & Kitchen
Prada
Pret a Manger (both Main and Express units)
Ray-Ban
Reiss
Rituals
Rolex
Smythson
Starbucks
Sunglass Hut
Ted Baker
The Crown Rivers (JD Wetherspoon)
Tiffany & Co.
Travelex
Watches of Switzerland
WHSmith (both North and South units)
WHSmith Bookshop
World of Whiskies
World Duty Free (all units - Collection, Main, North, Perfumerie)
Airside - T5B
Boots
Dixons Travel
Sim Local
Starbucks
Sunglass Hut
WHSmith
World Duty Free
Airside - T5C
Boots
Starbucks
WHSmith
World Duty Free
Airside - Arrivals
World Duty Free (both North and South units)
Current to 14 January 2022. Changes from previous update in red where applicable.
Landside - Departures
Boots
Caff Nero
Excess Baggage (both units in Zones B and F)
Excess Baggage Wrap
Kanishka Kitchen
Travelex
WHSmith (both units in Zones C and H) - including Post Office in WHSmith Zone H
Landside - Arrivals
Boots
Bradley Smith Hair Express Bar
Caff Nero (both units North and South)
Costa Coffee
Excess Baggage
Hotel Reservations / Sim Local
Marks and Spencer
Travelex
WHSmith
Airside - T5A Upper Level
Accessorize
Boots
Giraffe
Glorious Britain
Gordon Ramsay Plane Food
Harrods
The Harry Potter Shop
The Macallan Boutique
Travelex
Wagamama
WHSmith
World Duty Free Tobacco
Airside - T5A Gate Level
Be Relax
Boots
Bottega Venetta
Bulgari
Burberry
Cartier
Case
Caviar House & Prunier Seafood Bar
Chanel
Dior
Fortnum & Mason
Gucci
Herms
Hugo Boss
InMotion
Itsu
Kurt Geiger
Louis Vuitton
Orlebar Brown
Paul Smith
Pilots Bar & Kitchen
Prada
Pret a Manger (both Main and Express units)
Ray-Ban
Reiss
Rituals
Rolex
Smythson
Starbucks
Sunglass Hut
Ted Baker
The Crown Rivers (JD Wetherspoon)
Tiffany & Co.
Travelex
Watches of Switzerland
WHSmith (both North and South units)
WHSmith Bookshop
World of Whiskies
World Duty Free (all units - Collection, Main, North, Perfumerie)
Airside - T5B
Boots
Sim Local
Starbucks
Sunglass Hut
WHSmith
World Duty Free
Airside - T5C
Boots
Starbucks
WHSmith
World Duty Free
Airside - Arrivals
World Duty Free (both North and South units)
COVID-19 and BA: Using Heathrow T5
#46
Join Date: Oct 2018
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Shouldnt the gate procedure be better organised.
#47
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It looks suspiciously like gate A12, which regulars will know is a bit tucked away behind WDF, with the long Starbucks concession next along. In normal times it's easier to get to this gate by cutting through WDF. Starbuck and WDF are closed and roped off.. It isn't a good choice of gate since it is hemmed in by all the closed shops, when there are plenty of unused gates in A at the moment, even if they many have aircraft sat in front. It is odd that boarding was from front to back (none of my recent flights have been) since that tends to encourage people to approach the gate. If they are doing back to front, given how little people know about aircraft layout, it isn't obvious that someone in row 36 is going to be the first on and therefore few people congregate around the gate. And 2 dimension photos don't always give a good view of spacing. But having said all that, it's down to all of us to keep a 2m distance, there is no sensible reason for people to get that close to each other - this is a shared endeavour, not something that happens to other people.
#50
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: United Kingdom
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Posts: 590
Does anyone know if BA are allowing PAX to check in hand luggage free of charge in order to create space in the overhead bins and reduce COVID risk or is this only being done on selected flights like before? I seem to recall BA sending emails within a day or two of departure.
#51
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Does anyone know if BA are allowing PAX to check in hand luggage free of charge in order to create space in the overhead bins and reduce COVID risk or is this only being done on selected flights like before? I seem to recall BA sending emails within a day or two of departure.
#52
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: London
Programs: BAEC Bronze
Posts: 1,085
Not exaclly. There is the existing ability to check in hand luggage compliant items if on a Basic fare, and in the case of Italy (and Turkey) then you have to use that facility if your bag won't go under the seat in front. But that isn't a backdoor route to increasing your allowance.
#54
Join Date: May 2014
Posts: 7,170
If your hand luggage fits under the seat in front, it doesn't need to be checked in.
If you're sat in Row 1, or emergency exit: use the bin.
There also seems to be a provision that allows the use of bins in case of a light load, but it appears to be used sporadically.
#55
Join Date: Nov 2006
Programs: MUCCI
Posts: 1,908
The rule in Italy is, as I understand it, as follows:
If your hand luggage fits under the seat in front, it doesn't need to be checked in.
If you're sat in Row 1, or emergency exit: use the bin.
There also seems to be a provision that allows the use of bins in case of a light load, but it appears to be used sporadically.
If your hand luggage fits under the seat in front, it doesn't need to be checked in.
If you're sat in Row 1, or emergency exit: use the bin.
There also seems to be a provision that allows the use of bins in case of a light load, but it appears to be used sporadically.
#57
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See upthread, but the short answer is that only WH Smith, Boots, Prt and (landside) Caff Nero are open
#58
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: London
Posts: 777
#59
Join Date: Jul 2018
Location: Glasgow, UK
Programs: BA GGL/CCR, HH Diamond
Posts: 125
As traffic picks up hopefully we'll see more and more of T5 open up.
#60
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Ah, that's a different question! From next week onwards I'd be hoping that a few more venues will be opening up. I am expecting at least the smaller WDF shop to open up very soon, the one in T2 is open.