UK Border Strike 30th November

[openseat]

Just a heads up on this


Strike to cause travel chaos as airlines asked to halve passenger numbers - Telegraph

"The delays at immigration are likely to be so long that passengers could not be safely accommodated within the terminals and would need to be held on arriving aircraft.
"This in turn would quickly create gridlock at the airport with no available aircraft parking stands, mass cancellations of departing aircraft and diversions outside the UK for arriving aircraft."

 

[TonyHancock]

I'm flying right into this!

 

[JetLagged]

PTL that we are flying in on the 29th and don't fly out again until 4/12!

 

[adrian]

I changed my PRG-LHR-JFK flights on 30/11 to one day later. Even though I wouldn't be going thru immigration, the reports I read indicated that they expected planes to be held back from disembarking and reaching their gates, with delays of up to 12hrs, affecting all passengers, not just those entering the UK. With a 2hr connection, that didn't sound like a fun day.....

 

[TonyHancock]

Looks like QF isn't allowing bookings for flights to LHR from Australia on 29th December.

I have a bad feeling about this trip! I'll probably finish up being diverted to somewhere utterly dreadful...please, please, please not France. :shock:

 

[alieninperth]

I know it can take a while to get through LHR but a whole month is a bit excessive

 

[TonyHancock]

I know it can take a while to get through LHR but a whole month is a bit excessive

LOL. Fearful thinking on my part! I am flying on the 29th November and not looking forward to it at all. I thought QF might have had info up on the site about it, particularly as they are not allowing bookings for flights to the UK on the 29th November.

 

[mannej]

LOL. Fearful thinking on my part! I am flying on the 29th November and not looking forward to it at all. I thought QF might have had info up on the site about it, particularly as they are not allowing bookings for flights to the UK on the 29th November.

They do.
Qantas travel alerts | Flight disruptions | Industrial action | Thailand flooding

 

[TonyHancock]

They do.
Qantas travel alerts | Flight disruptions | Industrial action | Thailand flooding

Thanks for that. I was being my usual lazy self and looking for an orange banner on the main page!! Hang on it is now there!

 

[alieninperth]

Can you change to FRA and then hop on the train. into Brussels and then Eurostar to London. It pretty much avoids France and the border should be OK at Waterloo/Kings Cross/wherever it stops in Norf landan/even Ashfield(?) in Kent and then car might be quicker.

 

[TonyHancock]

Touched down at 5:05 AM (twenty mins early) and cleared immigration and customs by 05:30.

LHR looked well prepared and by 11:00 AM UK time no major dramas reported.

 

[Princess Fiona]

Touched down at 5:05 AM (twenty mins early) and cleared immigration and customs by 05:30.

LHR looked well prepared and by 11:00 AM UK time no major dramas reported.

Good news :shock:

 

[Kendall Roy]

Can you change to FRA and then hop on the train. into Brussels and then Eurostar to London. It pretty much avoids France and the border should be OK at Waterloo/Kings Cross/wherever it stops in Norf landan/even Ashfield(?) in Kent and then car might be quicker.

If travelling on the Eurostar, you'll pre-clear into the UK in either Brussels or Paris