10 hour layover at Heathrow

Fred Swanson · 28-08-2015 02:12AM #1

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Chucken · 28-08-2015 04:12AM

Heathrow to...where?
Don't assume your baggage is checked in.

Have you not checked this already?

No one will have tabs on you overnight but don't expect BA to call you for brekie.

Arbiter of Good Taste · 28-08-2015 07:56AM

Charming

OP, you will need to check with the airline whether your bag is checked through. If you booked as a through ticket, you should be ok, but you will have to specify when you check in at Dublin.

I would also recommend that when you eventually go through security again at Heathrow to ask them to check (they can check by scanning your boarding pass). Aer Lingus are notorious for not scanning the bags through properly in Heathrow. I would have been caught out on a work trip to LA if I hadn't had asked. But don't worry if that happens to you. The Heathrow guys can sort it out easily.

You can leave the airport and just come back again as you would a normal flight. <mod snip>

Fred Swanson · 28-08-2015 12:50PM

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zagmund · 28-08-2015 01:50PM

"incure"?

Shurely shome mishtake.

z

January · 28-08-2015 02:30PM

You can get them checked through because it's less than a 24hr layover, or you may also ask that you are able to pick up the bag at Heathrow and check it in again the next morning.

normakelle · 28-08-2015 11:51PM

Anytime I have stayed over night at heathrow on route to the states on a through ticket cork to la, I always have had to take my luggage with me and check in again the next morning. I enquired if it could be checked through to my destination and was told no not overnight.

jaymcg91 · 29-08-2015 12:58AM

I think that warning is for those Secret Flying type of deals where people are abandoning the final legs of their trips in London etc.

Like you can save a fortune flying from Dublin to New York through London, compared to flying London to New York, and people have copped on, and BA are trying to stop them obviously.

Marcusm · 30-08-2015 11:51AM

Of course you can leave the airport.

Marcusm · 30-08-2015 11:55AM

DUB is one of the cheapest originating points for what enthusiasts refer to as "ex EU fares" with BA, ie places where you can fly to far flung destinations for much less than a UK originated flight. UK people often take advantage of these fares but try to drop the last leg, ie not fly back back DUB. Short checking of bags is often necessary if one expects to fail to fly the last leg.

You would likely be able, through arrangement, to access your luggage at LHR but I imagine it would be easier to bring overnight things in hand luggage.

Fred Swanson · 30-08-2015 01:35PM

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Marcusm · 30-08-2015 02:17PM

BA to BA on less than a 24hr stopover on a connecting flight ticketed together you would have to fight to get them back usually so you have little to worry about IMO. Not sure what hotel you're considering but check out the various travel options within the airport. There are 2 hotels connected directly to T5. Generally they are on the expensive side.

Fred Swanson · 30-08-2015 02:26PM

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spurious · 30-08-2015 03:15PM

Would this suit?
http://www.no1traveller.com/airside-bedrooms.htm

Fred Swanson · 30-08-2015 03:34PM

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highlydebased · 30-08-2015 04:28PM

Don't know what dates you want but Premier Inn at T5 and the one on Bath Rd have saver prices for £49 if you are able to book a few weeks out

Fred Swanson · 30-08-2015 06:03PM

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Poochie05 · 30-08-2015 07:21PM

There is a Yotel In Terminal 4 - small cabins (think railway compartment) that are very comfortable and quiet, and bookable by the hour.

http://www.yotel.com/en/hotels/london-heathrow-airport?gclid=CPW93pK10ccCFQFf2wodV6wNQw

I stayed in one a few years ago and it was a great, managed to have a power nap and during a 6-hour layover

Marcusm · 30-08-2015 08:29PM

T5 to T4 landslide transfer is a right pita; it's either a local bus of doubtful scheduling or 2 tubes or trains via Heathrow Central. To be avoided, IMO, unless you have no other realistic choice.

Poochie05 · 30-08-2015 09:03PM

Good point, I did T3 to T4 which was more straightforward.

highlydebased · 30-08-2015 10:02PM

Â£70 for Bath Road prem inn. Accessible by hotelhoppa shuttle bus (think there is a charge)

Thistle hotel t5 â‚¬85, don't know if any good though.

Fred Swanson · 30-08-2015 10:03PM

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Fred Swanson · 31-08-2015 03:13PM

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January · 31-08-2015 06:28PM

Aren't they cool looking?

Marcusm · 31-08-2015 06:50PM

THat's a double win then.

Fred Swanson · 31-08-2015 07:06PM

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Marcusm · 31-08-2015 07:34PM

THere is no charge to use the POD, in fact some people have been known to entertain children with multiple rides when on stopovers. The £5 charge is to use the quick access gate to the Thistle; the alternative is a longish walk out of the business car park that is served by the pod and back around to the other entrance to the hotel. Not necessarily a recommended route.

Fred Swanson · 31-08-2015 11:32PM

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10 hour layover at Heathrow

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