"John Levine" wrote in message
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> >We live in the US and it is recommended 2 hours pre-flight time to arrive
> >at
>>airports. What I am asking is would we need more than that when leaving
>>from LHR. We have a flight departure time of 8:50 AM. We are staying at
>>the
>>Marriott Hotel the night before and just need an idea what to expect.
>
> Depends what airline and terminal. In general I'd say that two hours
> should be plenty, but if you're flying out of BA's screwed up new T5,
> I'd give them an extra hour.
>
I flew T5 - Tokyo on 1st April (of all days!) and had no problems at all.
Short queues and bags arrived at Narita. Returned om 22nd April - by the
time we reached the baggage hall from T5B bags were there. Slight queue at
immigration (not down to BA or BAA).
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