Fast Track at London Heathrow
May 5, 2012, 10:50 am
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Fast Track at London Heathrow
Does United give fast track or arrivals at London Heathrow? Used to live there so had IRIS but it's expired and am quite worried with recent news.
May 5, 2012, 11:27 am
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May 5, 2012, 11:55 am
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"Mr Walsh - the boss of British Airways' parent company IAG said a more-detailed analysis using data and CCTV footage from Heathrow's owners BAA showed some passengers queued for two hours and 31 minutes on 27 April."
Interesting that it's the airline going to bat for its customers. Would UA ever do such a thing for TSA/CBP waiting times?
Interesting that it's the airline going to bat for its customers. Would UA ever do such a thing for TSA/CBP waiting times?
May 5, 2012, 12:05 pm
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Flew quite a few times in biz with UA over the past two years into LHR, so hoarded the Fast Track certificates to use when arriving back during the December hols. 'Fast track' on Dec 29, 2011 was 1 hour/5 min. 'Regular' entry would have been at least 2 hours.
That being said, on 'normal' days previously, the regular or fast track lines were about the same, maybe 10 minutes, tops. Not sure how they will cope with the Olympics though.
That being said, on 'normal' days previously, the regular or fast track lines were about the same, maybe 10 minutes, tops. Not sure how they will cope with the Olympics though.
May 5, 2012, 12:10 pm
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May 5, 2012, 12:13 pm
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May 5, 2012, 8:20 pm
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Fast Track is given to all F & C pax for flights arriving before 3 or 4 pm. after that time the Fast Track lane is closed. So for Flt 922 which has a 21:55 arrival time there's no Fast Track cards given out but there isn't much of a line at that time in T1.
If extra fast tracks were boarded the purser/crew used to hand them out to 1k & GS in Y but since the 3/3 change over the manifest only shows special meals and wheel chair assistant info for Y pax not our loyal high status pax in Y
For some reason in T1 IRIS is hit or miss unlike T3 & T5. I used to visit London a lot but my IRIS has expired so I've saved up on fast track passes
If extra fast tracks were boarded the purser/crew used to hand them out to 1k & GS in Y but since the 3/3 change over the manifest only shows special meals and wheel chair assistant info for Y pax not our loyal high status pax in Y
For some reason in T1 IRIS is hit or miss unlike T3 & T5. I used to visit London a lot but my IRIS has expired so I've saved up on fast track passes
May 5, 2012, 10:13 pm
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We flew LAX-LHR in C and were excited to use our Fast Track invitations on arrival ... but this actually turned out to be slower than going in the regular queue.
When we arrived, the Fast Track queue had about six pax in front of us (waiting to talk to one agent), and the regular queue had zero pax (waiting to talk to one different agent). We ended up ducking over to the regular track.
(Not that it mattered, as our luggage was delayed for two hours!)
When we arrived, the Fast Track queue had about six pax in front of us (waiting to talk to one agent), and the regular queue had zero pax (waiting to talk to one different agent). We ended up ducking over to the regular track.
(Not that it mattered, as our luggage was delayed for two hours!)
Sep 21, 2013, 3:52 pm
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Fast Track at London Heathrow
I fly Iah-lhr several times a year, typically in BF and they have always provided a fastpass coupon. In my experience, the standard queue moves about 10:1 vs the FP queue. This is due to the number of agents processing FP is typically 2. Typical wait times has been less than 30 minutes - but this is T4 and much less populated than other terminals.