On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 13:21:29 -0700, Michael Feldman
wrote:
>Hatunen wrote:
>> On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 11:06:36 -0700, Michael Feldman
>> wrote:
>>
>>> JohnT wrote:
>>>> "Michael Feldman" wrote in message
>>>> news:fuvhhr$1j8$1@aioe.org...
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>
>>>>> In June, my wife and I will be flying British Air, Seattle -> Heathrow
>>>>> -> CDG. We have about 3 hours between flights. How is Heathrow
>>>>> (especially Terminal 5) doing these days?
>>>>>
>>>>> Will our bags make it onto the second flight? Also, I checked Heathrow
>>>>> arrivals for yesterday's flights, and our Seattle flight came into
>>>>> Terminal 4 and the Paris flight left from Terminal 5. Do you think
>>>>> that will be the scheme in mid-June? How do we get from T4 to T5?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> No date announced yet for the move of BA longhaul flights from T4 to T5.
>>>>
>>>> Connection information is at
>>>> http://www.britishairways.com/travel/airpflcnxlhr/public/en_gb
>>> Thanks, this is very helpful in providing the "official" connection
>>> details. It does seem odd that in going from T4 to T5 within the
>>> "sterile" part of the airport, we still need to go through security
>>> again. After all, we'll have done all that back in Seattle.
>>
>> You have to do the same going from T4 to T3/T2/T1 and vice versa.
>> I assume it's because you do physically leave the terminal and
>> take a shuttle to the other. It's a different security checkpoint
>> than the one new arrivals to the airport use. I think.
>
>Hmmm. In going to Europe Seattle -> Heathrow -> Paris, I have 3 hours to
>connect at Heathrow. But on the return, Schiphol -> Heathrow -> Seattle,
>I arrive LHR 4:40 PM, and am scheduled to leave 6:20 PM. That's only 1
>hr 40 min.
>
>Assuming they haven't shifted the Seattle flight to T5 yet, then (as I
>understand it) I'll have to go T5 -> T4, with another security check, at
>afternoon "rush hour". Am I asking for trouble? If that's too tight, why
>did British Air suggest it as a connection?
I've only changed flights at Heathrow a few times, since we're
usually going to or departing England, but the airside security
check has never seemed very long or onerous. Nowhere near the
long lines to get airside in the first place.
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