BA to fingerprint domestic passengers

[Roland Perry]

In article <Pine.LNX.4.64.0803232139590.23255@bb4.ncuk.net>, Sebastien 
Lahtinen <xx-ukcrypto@smail.ncuk.com> writes
>>> Is this the case in T1? I thought it was only if you wanted to go 
>>>into  the international departure lounge for shopping. (This said, it 
>>>will  change in a few days' time anyway).

Only for BA, of course. BMI will continue to use T1 for domestic 
flights.

>> It was reported a couple of weeks ago by someone arriving from the 
>>USA  and transiting to Scotland. It sounded like they didn't arrive at 
>>T4,  which means arriving at T123 and departing T1.
>
>That's probably because they used the Flight Connections Centre which 
>probably means they need to cross the international departure lounge.

Yes, and if you've arrived at T1 on one of the longhaul flights (eg BA 
from LAX, Moscow etc), the connections centre is the most obvious place 
to head for, as it's basically attached to the T1 departures lounge.

>They could have gone landside and through normal security I suspect.

If they have the time. But the thought of long security queues to 
re-enter landside usually puts people off this. I had the same choice at 
CDG last year and some colleagues decided to go from longhaul to 
shorthaul via landside, while I took the airside bus (which goes round 
the houses a bit). I beat them, just.

-- 
Roland Perry