I went on a school trip from Manchester to Austria in 1995 and set of the metal detector with my tin foil wrapped sandwiches. Very little difference between that security and the process I had at Heathrow earlier this month.
About 10 years ago was good in the U.K., arrive at heathrow, walk through Iris, job done. Now there’s no fast track arrivals for frequent flyers, and while someone travelling once a year doesn’t mind waiting at immigration for half an hour, when you doing it every week being able to whiz through is very beneficial.
Hot tip: Never fly into Dulles, immigration can take upto 2 hours (pre covid). Fly into and out of BWI instead. IAD has better facilities on the way out, but takes longer to get through the airport.
I went on a school trip from Manchester to Austria in 1995 and set of the metal detector with my tin foil wrapped sandwiches. Very little difference between that security and the process I had at Heathrow earlier this month.
About 10 years ago was good in the U.K., arrive at heathrow, walk through Iris, job done. Now there’s no fast track arrivals for frequent flyers, and while someone travelling once a year doesn’t mind waiting at immigration for half an hour, when you doing it every week being able to whiz through is very beneficial.
Hot tip: Never fly into Dulles, immigration can take upto 2 hours (pre covid). Fly into and out of BWI instead. IAD has better facilities on the way out, but takes longer to get through the airport.