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Q. I am flying from Los Angeles to London Heathrow on December 24th. My flight arrives at 3:20pm. My friend and I have decided to spend Christmas in Amsterdam and plan on flying there out of London Heathrow the same day. How much time do you think I should allow for between flights at LHR? I understand there may be delays as it is a busy day to fly, and I'm not sure if I will have to go through customs upon arrival. I would like to take a 6pm flight to Amsterdam, allowing 2 hours and 40 minutes between flights. Any insight?
A. I would say this probably not enough connecting time, especially if there's a terminal change. Better pad it with 5 or even 6 hours, building in time for delays and those long security lines, just to be safe.
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If you book your flight to Amsterdam as part of your flight to LHR, you won't have to go through immigration or customs. However, if it is a separate ticket so your bags are not checked through to Amsterdam, you will have to go through immigration and customs because you will have to collect your bags and re-check them on your flight to AMS. LHR is set up so that you can remain in the secure area to change flights. You need to check at which terminal your flight is arriving and from which terminal your flight to AMS is departing. If it is the same terminal, you will need less time. If your flights are booked on the same ticket, the airline should be able to tell you what is your minimum connection time and, given that it is 12/24, I'd allow an hour over that just in case because minimum connection times are set for the average day, not a holiday travel day! Hope this helps.
by on Tuesday, November 11, 2008
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