Aug 23, 2021, 9:43 am
Last edit by: Prospero
BA at Manchester
MAN airport website for BA info (including security wait times): https://www.manchesterairport.co.uk/...itish-airways/
Terminal and check-in desks:
All BA flights depart and arrive at Terminal 3.
Departure:
Fast Track security is available, subject to usual BA rules. It works pretty well most of the time, but do check before you join the fast track lane if it's a single lane to avoid taking longer in fast track than in the normal lanes.
According to the airport, the following retail and food offerings are available in Terminal 3: World Duty Free, KFC, Lion & Antelope, Costa, WHSmith, Boots, The Nook, Kiosco and Pork & Pickle
Lounges:
The Escape Lounge in T3 is available for BA passengers. As with the previous arrangement at T3, we assume Escape will allow access along usual BA eligibility rules (class of travel and / or status), including 2 guests for GGL and Premier cardholders. The lounge is open from 04:00 and closes at 19:45 each day except Saturdays when it will close at 17:30.
Gates:
Flights typically depart from from Gate 142 or 143.
Boarding is generally prioritised by Groups.
Arrivals:
Flights land at Terminal 3. Travelex and WHSmith will be open in Terminal 3 Arrivals.
Flights tend to arrive at Gates 142 or 143, with an airbridge to the terminal. There is a flight of steps down to ground level once in the terminal.
Baggage collection is at Terminal 3
MAN airport website for BA info (including security wait times): https://www.manchesterairport.co.uk/...itish-airways/
Terminal and check-in desks:
All BA flights depart and arrive at Terminal 3.
Departure:
Fast Track security is available, subject to usual BA rules. It works pretty well most of the time, but do check before you join the fast track lane if it's a single lane to avoid taking longer in fast track than in the normal lanes.
According to the airport, the following retail and food offerings are available in Terminal 3: World Duty Free, KFC, Lion & Antelope, Costa, WHSmith, Boots, The Nook, Kiosco and Pork & Pickle
Lounges:
The Escape Lounge in T3 is available for BA passengers. As with the previous arrangement at T3, we assume Escape will allow access along usual BA eligibility rules (class of travel and / or status), including 2 guests for GGL and Premier cardholders. The lounge is open from 04:00 and closes at 19:45 each day except Saturdays when it will close at 17:30.
Gates:
Flights typically depart from from Gate 142 or 143.
Boarding is generally prioritised by Groups.
Arrivals:
Flights land at Terminal 3. Travelex and WHSmith will be open in Terminal 3 Arrivals.
Flights tend to arrive at Gates 142 or 143, with an airbridge to the terminal. There is a flight of steps down to ground level once in the terminal.
Baggage collection is at Terminal 3
BA experience at Manchester
Apr 29, 2022, 11:31 pm
#841
Join Date: Nov 2016
Location: Sussex
Programs: BA; IHG; LHW; Hilton
Posts: 783
Overcrowded
I think really it’s just a case of overcrowding and too many passengers trying to use too few facilities as a terminal that was clearly not designed for such numbers.
May 2, 2022, 6:49 am
#842
Join Date: Oct 2017
Programs: Honors Diamond
Posts: 1,639
Took the 1140 this morning in Euro Traveller, avoiding the Euston closure. Got there for 0920, at check in 0925 (desk numbers wrong on MMB incidentally). Club queue barely moved after 10 mins so switched into Traveller, but they moved a staff member over so in the end took exactly the same about of time and bags were dropped by 0950. Incidentally no one was using the Traveller lane just Club and Verifly so technically could have walked straight to the front.
Security was quiet and efficient enough no queue at Fast Track or regular and was through to air side by 1000. Lots of bags going to secondary. So 40 mins all told.
Hard to know if all of this a bank holiday effect or now safe to leave a little less time at Manchester outside of the early morning rush
Airside a little more annoying. Only food place I could see was the bar in the centre of the atrium and queue took 20 mins to order.
Flight then uneventful. Landed 1230, at gate 10 mins early at 1240, but bags not on the belt until 1315 which was a little frustrating.
Security was quiet and efficient enough no queue at Fast Track or regular and was through to air side by 1000. Lots of bags going to secondary. So 40 mins all told.
Hard to know if all of this a bank holiday effect or now safe to leave a little less time at Manchester outside of the early morning rush
Airside a little more annoying. Only food place I could see was the bar in the centre of the atrium and queue took 20 mins to order.
Flight then uneventful. Landed 1230, at gate 10 mins early at 1240, but bags not on the belt until 1315 which was a little frustrating.
May 2, 2022, 6:55 am
#843
Ambassador: Emirates Airlines
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Manchester, UK
Posts: 18,611
Let's hope the rumour that the Escape lounge will expand is not just a rumour.
May 5, 2022, 1:35 am
#846
Ambassador: Emirates Airlines
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Manchester, UK
Posts: 18,611
May 5, 2022, 1:42 am
#848
Ambassador: Emirates Airlines
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Manchester, UK
Posts: 18,611
In J fortunately... so should have Fastrack.
May 5, 2022, 1:45 am
#849
Ambassador, British Airways Executive Club, easyJet and Ryanair
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: UK/Las Vegas
Programs: BA Gold (GGL/CCR)
Posts: 15,924
For those not familiar with MAN, this is the walkway that connects T2 to the train station and T1. It is also the route from the train station to T3. The queue in the photograph is not T3 (BA/FR) but either to the T1 or T2 checkin area, I suspect it is to T2.
May 5, 2022, 3:13 am
#851
Join Date: Jun 2018
Location: Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Programs: BAEC Gold
Posts: 177
Does this just affect paid FastTrack or will status passengers be affected as well?
Manchester Airport FastTrack express lanes through security suspended: https://www.lancs.live/news/uk-world...lanes-23868189
Manchester Airport FastTrack express lanes through security suspended: https://www.lancs.live/news/uk-world...lanes-23868189
May 5, 2022, 3:33 am
#852
Ambassador, British Airways Executive Club, easyJet and Ryanair
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: UK/Las Vegas
Programs: BA Gold (GGL/CCR)
Posts: 15,924
Does this just affect paid FastTrack or will status passengers be affected as well?
Manchester Airport FastTrack express lanes through security suspended: https://www.lancs.live/news/uk-world...lanes-23868189
Manchester Airport FastTrack express lanes through security suspended: https://www.lancs.live/news/uk-world...lanes-23868189
May 5, 2022, 4:16 am
#853
Ambassador: Emirates Airlines
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Manchester, UK
Posts: 18,611
Indeed, and it's been like that for a while (since the meltdown a month or so back).
May 5, 2022, 5:26 am
#854
Join Date: Apr 2014
Posts: 220
The queues depicted above are related to TUI in T2 who are having significant handling issues from their contracted supplier (Swissport) often resulting in significant Operational issues. Swissport have been paying x3/hourly O.T rate for months now and are still struggling. This is what happens when you let an industry (Ground handling) spiral down into the abyss.
M.A.G Security on the other hand has been operating relativly well of late.
M.A.G Security on the other hand has been operating relativly well of late.
May 6, 2022, 9:37 pm
#855
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: UK
Programs: BA GfL & GGL, FB Platinum, MB Titanium, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 2,401
Arrived at T3 at 3:30am for the 6:55am flight to LHR.
To my surprise 3 check-in agents were already getting things ready and as a result check-in opened at 3:40am (as opposed to the advertised 4am). I was checked in in 2 minutes and through a fairly fast moving FastTrack lane. The person policing the FastTrack lane didn’t believe me that my BA Gold status allowed me to access FastTrack nor that Club Europe was business class. They wanted to see the word business on the boarding pass! This would all be solved is BA just printed FastTrack on the boarding passes. Anyway, he said go ahead but they’ll turn your back, which of course they, being the machine, didn’t.
I got to the Escape lounge just before 4am where there was a queue of about 15 people waiting to for it to open.
It seemed that they were only letting people flying BA or who had pre-booked in and turning people away even at 4am. The lounge had about 75% of seats reserved for pre-books. Even the BA section only had about 6 unreserved seats.
The airport was very busy in general with long queues to get into eateries in the main departure hall.
To my surprise 3 check-in agents were already getting things ready and as a result check-in opened at 3:40am (as opposed to the advertised 4am). I was checked in in 2 minutes and through a fairly fast moving FastTrack lane. The person policing the FastTrack lane didn’t believe me that my BA Gold status allowed me to access FastTrack nor that Club Europe was business class. They wanted to see the word business on the boarding pass! This would all be solved is BA just printed FastTrack on the boarding passes. Anyway, he said go ahead but they’ll turn your back, which of course they, being the machine, didn’t.
I got to the Escape lounge just before 4am where there was a queue of about 15 people waiting to for it to open.
It seemed that they were only letting people flying BA or who had pre-booked in and turning people away even at 4am. The lounge had about 75% of seats reserved for pre-books. Even the BA section only had about 6 unreserved seats.
The airport was very busy in general with long queues to get into eateries in the main departure hall.