LHR Terminal 5: FAQ, information and updates
Sep 2, 2015, 7:16 am
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You normally need an onward boarding pass for T5 to be able to take the airside transfer bus, so failing that, clearing immigration at T3 and taking the HEX could be your only option.
Sep 2, 2015, 7:18 am
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No. You need to reclear security at T5 if you are doing an INT-INT connection.
The only advice I can give to help is that if you are arriving at T5B or C and your flight departs from B or C you can go through security there rather than go all the way to T5A and then come back. You will only know your arriving and departing gates on the day. Both B and C have their own flight connections areas. Here are some guides to both;
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...s-service.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...ial-guide.html
The only advice I can give to help is that if you are arriving at T5B or C and your flight departs from B or C you can go through security there rather than go all the way to T5A and then come back. You will only know your arriving and departing gates on the day. Both B and C have their own flight connections areas. Here are some guides to both;
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...s-service.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...ial-guide.html
Sep 2, 2015, 7:25 am
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If you got the airside bus from T3 to T5 the point where you have a check of your bp is by the BA agent at T5 FCC if you were doing a conenction on to an international or domestic flight, but that wouldn't apply here as BA4EVER is heading to the border not the connections part of FCC.
Sep 2, 2015, 8:08 am
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Is there a possibility to avoid T5A security if arriving from FRA and connecting to the U.S.?
I assume that connecting international>international requires security. Is there such as a decentral security at T5B or T5C? Normally I use fast track and the lounges at T5A, but I wonder if in case of a tight connection T5A can be bypassed.
I assume that connecting international>international requires security. Is there such as a decentral security at T5B or T5C? Normally I use fast track and the lounges at T5A, but I wonder if in case of a tight connection T5A can be bypassed.
No you don't. There is no bp check to ride the airside buses between T5 and T3. I have done something like this myself last year - I arrived at T3 from HEL, took the airside transfer bus, and then exited the border at T5.
If you got the airside bus from T3 to T5 the point where you have a check of your bp is by the BA agent at T5 FCC if you were doing a conenction on to an international or domestic flight, but that wouldn't apply here as BA4EVER is heading to the border not the connections part of FCC.
If you got the airside bus from T3 to T5 the point where you have a check of your bp is by the BA agent at T5 FCC if you were doing a conenction on to an international or domestic flight, but that wouldn't apply here as BA4EVER is heading to the border not the connections part of FCC.
Sep 2, 2015, 8:10 am
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If you got the airside bus from T3 to T5 the point where you have a check of your bp is by the BA agent at T5 FCC if you were doing a conenction on to an international or domestic flight, but that wouldn't apply here as BA4EVER is heading to the border not the connections part of FCC.
Sep 2, 2015, 8:24 am
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Yes, sorry I forgot about the checked luggage issue. I have become so used to travelling without checked luggage over the last year I keep forgetting some people regualarly do check bags!
Sep 2, 2015, 8:26 am
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For the first obstable, if that is encountered when doing T3 to T5 (I must admit I haven't experienced teh bp check myself) then just say you have a connecting flight on BA and that you need to collect your bp at the service desks near T5 FCC. They should allow you to proceed.
Sep 2, 2015, 8:44 am
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The HEX runs every 15 minutes, is free, and doesn't require a payment card. The tube is free as well and runs more frequently, but does require an oyster or contactless payement card. You tag in and out when using the tube but there is no charge.
In terms of picking the tube or HEX the one thing I am not sure about is whether the tube stop or HEX stop are closer to where you come out in T3. I have a feeling the HEX is a lot closer so may be more convenient.
Sep 2, 2015, 8:45 am
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T3 is just as simple as T1 for HEX, just a little bit more walking, you also have the tube which runs more frequently and would be my choice at that hour. Taxi is the sort of thing only foreigners do (once).
Sep 3, 2015, 2:39 pm
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We have three of us arriving LHR on three different flights. Two of us come into T5 on BA and one comes in on AA T3. All the flights arrive more or less at the same time.
We will all take the tube into the city from LHR.
My question is where the two of us should meet up with the chap coming in T3 on AA??? Do we go to him at T3 or should he come to us at T5? Or should we meet somewhere else?
Thanks in advance!
We will all take the tube into the city from LHR.
My question is where the two of us should meet up with the chap coming in T3 on AA??? Do we go to him at T3 or should he come to us at T5? Or should we meet somewhere else?
Thanks in advance!
Sep 3, 2015, 2:47 pm
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If you all have phones that work and are sensibly priced in the UK, meeting in the underground station at (T1/)T2/T3 seems your best bet, assuming you'll be there roughly the same time. If not, first one(s) out go sit in a cafe, then only get the tube when the other(s) are ready
Sep 3, 2015, 3:06 pm
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All T5 tube trains pass through the same platform of T3, so that would be one option, I can't see much going wrong with that. The other option would be Caff Nero in the arrivals area of T3, on the right hand side after exiting landside, and next to Boots.
Sep 3, 2015, 5:53 pm
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