LHR transfer: DL in T3 to BA in T5, will I make it?
Jun 27, 2014, 1:14 am
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LHR transfer: DL in T3 to BA in T5, will I make it?
Hello, I am arriving at LHR 19:40 DL T3 from JFK and have a 20:40 BA T5 to CDG. Unfortunately this only gives 1 hour in between, far below the 90 min MCT, but this is the last flight to PAR of the day.
Will it be possible for me to make the connection? I will have only carry on, and complete OLCI before the JFK departure. Is it correct that I can stay airside and take the flight connections, and not go through immigration?
Any advice is welcome...
Will it be possible for me to make the connection? I will have only carry on, and complete OLCI before the JFK departure. Is it correct that I can stay airside and take the flight connections, and not go through immigration?
Any advice is welcome...
Jun 27, 2014, 1:16 am
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Hello, I am arriving at LHR 19:40 DL T3 from JFK and have a 20:40 BA T5 to CDG. Unfortunately this only gives 1 hour in between, far below the 90 min MCT, but this is the last flight to PAR of the day.
Will it be possible for me to make the connection? I will have only carry on, and complete OLCI before the JFK departure. Is it correct that I can stay airside and take the flight connections, and not go through immigration?
Any advice is welcome...
Will it be possible for me to make the connection? I will have only carry on, and complete OLCI before the JFK departure. Is it correct that I can stay airside and take the flight connections, and not go through immigration?
Any advice is welcome...
Jun 27, 2014, 5:43 am
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Unlikely. You will not be let into security if your flight leaves in less than 45 minutes. It is unlikely that you will be able to get off the plane, walk to the T3-T5 bus, and arrive in T5 in time. Good luck; keep us updated.
Jun 27, 2014, 7:40 am
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Hello, I am arriving at LHR 19:40 DL T3 from JFK and have a 20:40 BA T5 to CDG. Unfortunately this only gives 1 hour in between, far below the 90 min MCT, but this is the last flight to PAR of the day.
Will it be possible for me to make the connection? I will have only carry on, and complete OLCI before the JFK departure. Is it correct that I can stay airside and take the flight connections, and not go through immigration?
Will it be possible for me to make the connection? I will have only carry on, and complete OLCI before the JFK departure. Is it correct that I can stay airside and take the flight connections, and not go through immigration?
Jun 27, 2014, 7:56 am
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Hello, I am arriving at LHR 19:40 DL T3 from JFK and have a 20:40 BA T5 to CDG. Unfortunately this only gives 1 hour in between, far below the 90 min MCT, but this is the last flight to PAR of the day.
Will it be possible for me to make the connection? I will have only carry on, and complete OLCI before the JFK departure. Is it correct that I can stay airside and take the flight connections, and not go through immigration?
Any advice is welcome...
Will it be possible for me to make the connection? I will have only carry on, and complete OLCI before the JFK departure. Is it correct that I can stay airside and take the flight connections, and not go through immigration?
Any advice is welcome...
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Jun 27, 2014, 12:16 pm
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Hello, I am arriving at LHR 19:40 DL T3 from JFK and have a 20:40 BA T5 to CDG. Unfortunately this only gives 1 hour in between, far below the 90 min MCT, but this is the last flight to PAR of the day.
Will it be possible for me to make the connection? I will have only carry on, and complete OLCI before the JFK departure. Is it correct that I can stay airside and take the flight connections, and not go through immigration?
Any advice is welcome...
Will it be possible for me to make the connection? I will have only carry on, and complete OLCI before the JFK departure. Is it correct that I can stay airside and take the flight connections, and not go through immigration?
Any advice is welcome...
Are you actually arriving on a VS flight (DL code share) ? Just for clarification because it won''t make any difference. You will simply not make the connection.
As you know the MCT is 90 minutes
Is this on one single ticket or did you buy them separately?
If the former then you really should not have been offered that combination by the airline / travel agent in the first place.
If the latter then you are stuck as when you miss the BA flight they will simply cancel your ticket as a no-show and they are not responsible for rebooking you onto another flight (after all they weren't responsible for you missing it)
