Fast Track LHR Transfers
Mar 8, 2005, 10:54 am
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Originally Posted by GUWonder
I do it all the time (travelling as an American). At most they ask me how long. I say "in transit" but it's faster to transfer terminals often times than waiting in the long line at Flight Transfers. They stamp my passport and occassionally hand write-in IT on the corner of the stamp. When I have a boarding pass for my onward flight, I show it to them; when I don't, I show them a printout of my itinerary. It's never been an issue. And in any even, what are they going to do? Send you back to flight transfers? 
Mar 8, 2005, 11:09 am
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Originally Posted by ijgordon
I think Rhys UK was inquiring about a domestic-to-domestic transfer, so passports should be irrelevant.
Most of the remote Scottish islands/airports would require a connection at EDI/GLA/MAN to come down to LON.
Mar 8, 2005, 11:17 am
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Originally Posted by AJLondon
I'm trying to imagine, given the geography of the UK and the location of LHR, where I would need a dom-dom transfer at LHR. And i still can't come up with any reasonable routings that will require this...
Most of the remote Scottish islands/airports would require a connection at EDI/GLA/MAN to come down to LON.
Most of the remote Scottish islands/airports would require a connection at EDI/GLA/MAN to come down to LON.
Mar 8, 2005, 11:57 am
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Originally Posted by ijgordon
I think Rhys UK was inquiring about a domestic-to-domestic transfer, so passports should be irrelevant. While I'm not familiar with BA's T1 domestic facilities (and thus am probably not qualified to even respond...) I can't imagine there's anything preventing you from leaving the terminal upon arrival of the first flight.
If I am reading one of my passport's smeared stamps correctly, I did certainly clear UK immigration in 2004 upon arriving into T1 from a Schengen (EU) country and going landside at LHR. I am sure I did not volunteer to get another stamp in my passport.
Originally Posted by ijgordon
And how would they stop you from clearing security for your outbound flight? You already have a BP (even if you didn't you could get one at the check-in counter), and security won't even know you came in on a connecting flight (unless of course the 2nd BP somehow indicates that).
.... because HRM's immigration will generally not do much other than to deny you entry and tell you to go fly onwards (even if they intend to deny you).
Last edited by GUWonder; Mar 8, 2005 at 12:00 pm
Mar 8, 2005, 12:52 pm
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Forgive my ignorance, but will they issue you with some sort of pass on your inbound flight? Or a sticker on boarding pass? Or will they place trust in the BAA employees to look for J/F on the boarding pass?
I have never been able to use fast track before as I am always connecting from T4 to T1 domestic so this is very welcome news!! Queues at connection centre can be hellish at 8am in the summer...
I have never been able to use fast track before as I am always connecting from T4 to T1 domestic so this is very welcome news!! Queues at connection centre can be hellish at 8am in the summer...
Mar 8, 2005, 4:04 pm
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Originally Posted by daph
Does this mean that we'll be able to used Fast Track for the following:
BA 282 LAX-LHR T-1 in WT+
transferring to BA 316 to CDG ?
Isn't WT+ considered a premium class?
Thanks!
BA 282 LAX-LHR T-1 in WT+
transferring to BA 316 to CDG ?
Isn't WT+ considered a premium class?
Thanks!