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Transfer at Heathrow
Mon, 04/19/2010 - 17:21
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Hey need to know is if have left my self enough time to catch a flight or if i need to push it back a bit.

I am on a Direct flight from Vancouver on May the 4th ( providing the Volcano has simmered down ) and will be ariving at Heathrow at 10:15am on May the 5th, I want to Catch a Conection to Lisbon at 1:40 in the afternoon is this enought time ?? The termianl transfer is from T3 to T1. The Flights are on differnt airways and I will need to Pick up my baggage and check in again. Is there enough time ??

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Mon, 04/19/2010 - 17:29
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If everything goes to plan, then that would be enough time. However… I would allow more time for myself—unless the savings were stellar to take a risk like this.

I would consider the 18:25 TAP flight instead. Book from their USA site flytap.com and it’s currently only $98 USD for the one-way flight from Heathrow on May 4.

Mon, 04/19/2010 - 18:49
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If everything goes to plan, then that would be enough time. However… I would allow more time for myself—unless the savings were stellar to take a risk like this.
Even the slightest glitch could mess this up — like a couple of totally unrelated international flights from Africa or Asia being late that morning so there was a big line up at immigration/passport control. Like Don, I probably wouldn’t risk it unless the price was so good I wouldn’t mind pitching the ticket and I knew I could get another cheap flight that day or my plans were flexible enough that spending a couple of days in London (to wait for the next cheapish flight) was not big deal.

Tue, 04/20/2010 - 01:49
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To transfer to Heathrow, you see this http://www.premierai… to get some infos