Can I accompany my mother-in-law until getting boarding passes at Heathrow?
My mother-in-law does not speak English. She wants to travel to India from London Heathrow Airport. I know in Manchester and Birmingham Airports non-passengers can accompany the passenger to the check-in area. Is it the same in London Heathrow?
The reason I am asking is because in India non-passengers are not allowed to enter the terminal at all - not even to the check-in area. So I am not sure if this depends from airport to airport.
Note: I only want to accompany until the check-in area. I don't want to go though the security check. I can write notes on paper in English which she can show someone if she needs help from the security check until the flight.
Best Answer
In the queue for the check-in counter (for a flight heading to India) a good chunk of passengers will speak English and Hindi (or any other Indian language spoken in the region she's travelling to). The same applies in front of the boarding gate. And I'd even dare to say that there's a chance the check-in agent, security personnel, flight attendants, border control agents speaks one or the other Indian language too. Besides that, this people are used to meeting people who don't speak English.
Even being completely alone, she will find a way to communicate with people and manage to deal with any problem. There no environment more international than an international airport.
Maybe better than paper notes would be giving her a cell-phone and being available until she takes the plane.
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