Going through passport control in the UK coming from a non-EU country; will I be able to manage a short connection time?
Sorry for the long title but I will be taking a red-eye flight and coming from Nairobi to London and then onwards to New York.
The connection time is only 1hr and 5 minutes. I am an EU citizen but from what I've heard, the airport can reach its peak traffic during noon and the fact that I will probably have to go through passport control seeing as I'm coming from outside the EU makes me a bit nervous that I might miss my flight. I did read that there are new e-gates that make the process much faster so I won't have to queue but I'm not sure about that.
Is it worth changing my ticket or just leaving it?
Best Answer
You won't have to go through passport control since you are not entering the UK (assuming you have booked this as a single ticket), but will have to go through security screening.
You can use the Heathrow Connections tool to see exactly what you'll have to do and how long the airport wants you to allow. Just enter the flight numbers.
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If it's in a single booking, you usually have little to lose by booking that trip, because if you miss the connection, you'll be put on the next flight for free. You also don't clear immigration, but will clear security
If it's on separate tickets, you will need to clear immigration there's no way 1 hour will be enough.
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