Heathrow Pushchair on BA
Hello there. We've just booked a flight and have a couple of questions about it, which I was wondering if anybody who's flown from Heathrow terminal 5 or travelled with a pushchair on BA before will be able to help with. How long do we need to allow for getting through terminal 5? We don't want to set our alarms unnecessarily early and have to fill time at the airport, but obviously we don't want to miss our flight either. The booking information says that we need to drop bags off by 45 minutes before departure and have entered security at least 35 minutes before departure. Any guidance for translating this into 'time by which we need our Tube to have arrived at the platform' gratefully received. We'll have bags to drop off, and ideally will be avoiding stairs and escalators. Our other question is about flying with buggies, especially with BA. The flight information says our baby can take one fully collapsible pushchair (stroller) in addition to his checked luggage allowance. Does this mean the pushchair gets handed in with the checked luggage, and we have to carry him through security and the gate without? Also, any idea if fully collapsible means something different from collapsible to BA -- does our buggy have to be particularly small when folded in order to be allowed on at all? Thanks for any advice. Smylers -- Stop drug companies hiding negative research results. Sign the AllTrials petition to get all clinical research results published. Read more: http://www.alltrials.net/blog/the-alltrials-campaign/
Re: Heathrow Pushchair on BA
A pushchair is handled in essentially the same way as a wheelchair in my experience. You'll probably be able to get it to the aircraft door or steps before stowing it. On 08/07/2013, at 4:21 PM, Smylers wrote: Hello there. We've just booked a flight and have a couple of questions about it, which I was wondering if anybody who's flown from Heathrow terminal 5 or travelled with a pushchair on BA before will be able to help with. How long do we need to allow for getting through terminal 5? We don't want to set our alarms unnecessarily early and have to fill time at the airport, but obviously we don't want to miss our flight either. The booking information says that we need to drop bags off by 45 minutes before departure and have entered security at least 35 minutes before departure. Any guidance for translating this into 'time by which we need our Tube to have arrived at the platform' gratefully received. We'll have bags to drop off, and ideally will be avoiding stairs and escalators. Our other question is about flying with buggies, especially with BA. The flight information says our baby can take one fully collapsible pushchair (stroller) in addition to his checked luggage allowance. Does this mean the pushchair gets handed in with the checked luggage, and we have to carry him through security and the gate without? Also, any idea if fully collapsible means something different from collapsible to BA -- does our buggy have to be particularly small when folded in order to be allowed on at all? Thanks for any advice. Smylers -- Stop drug companies hiding negative research results. Sign the AllTrials petition to get all clinical research results published. Read more: http://www.alltrials.net/blog/the-alltrials-campaign/
Re: Heathrow Pushchair on BA
On 8 July 2013 07:21, Smylers smyl...@stripey.com wrote: Hello there. We've just booked a flight and have a couple of questions about it, which I was wondering if anybody who's flown from Heathrow terminal 5 or travelled with a pushchair on BA before will be able to help with. How long do we need to allow for getting through terminal 5? We don't want to set our alarms unnecessarily early and have to fill time at the airport, but obviously we don't want to miss our flight either. The booking information says that we need to drop bags off by 45 minutes before departure and have entered security at least 35 minutes before departure. Any guidance for translating this into 'time by which we need our Tube to have arrived at the platform' gratefully received. We'll have bags to drop off, and ideally will be avoiding stairs and escalators. Terminal 5 is nice. There is a Wagamamas for child friendly food, and a huge soft play area by Gate 7 (with an baby area). Go really early and get on the plane with a full and tired child. We go three hours before our flight as it is as nice a place to have breakfast or lunch and let the dinks play as anywhere else. Security can take longer with a change bag. Avoid taking ready made formula (in bottles or cartons) as you'll need to open and taste some of it. Take powder, getting warm water to make it up later is no problem, even on plane. Step free access everywhere, that won't be a problem. Our other question is about flying with buggies, especially with BA. The flight information says our baby can take one fully collapsible pushchair (stroller) in addition to his checked luggage allowance. Does this mean the pushchair gets handed in with the checked luggage, and we have to carry him through security and the gate without? Also, any idea if fully collapsible means something different from collapsible to BA -- does our buggy have to be particularly small when folded in order to be allowed on at all? Ideally they'd like an umbrella buggy but we've not had problems with our bigger pram. And our car seats are huge, and they've never been a problem. Car seats go with the luggage straight away, buggies are dropped off at gate, and depending on the destination come out with the normal baggage on the conveyors, or are brought to the aircraft door after you've landed. Be sure to ask which, as either waiting around at the door, or having to get some to fetch it from the door when you're at the conveyors is a pain. Note with car seats that they don't provide plastic bags to put them in anymore, so if there are loose bits or straps then best to bring something to tie them up with. Cheers, Edmund. PS on the ground people get antsy about drugging kids, on a plane no-one minds. If Calpol makes them sleep better hit them up with it :) Take lots of jumpers to pad the seats with though - a toddler trying to lie down invariably gets a buckle or something jammed into them otherwise.
Re: Heathrow Pushchair on BA
Kieren Diment writes: A pushchair is handled in essentially the same way as a wheelchair in my experience. You'll probably be able to get it to the aircraft door or steps before stowing it. Thanks, Kieren. Edmund von der Burg writes: Terminal 5 is nice. There is a Wagamamas for child friendly food, and a huge soft play area by Gate 7 (with an baby area). Go really early and get on the plane with a full and tired child. We go three hours before our flight as it is as nice a place to have breakfast or lunch and let the dinks play as anywhere else. Sounds a good suggestion. But supposing we weren't to follow it, how long do you reckon it takes for getting from Tube platform through baggage drop and to security? (Obviously we'll add margins of error as well -- I'm just interested in what the base time is for adding on to.) We aren't great with mornings, our flight is a little earlier than we'd've liked, and we'll have our baby's breakfast on us[*1], so I suspect we won't plan to wake a sleeping baby just to spend longer at an airport terminal, however nice it is. [*1] That statement will probably also be true, with a slightly different meaning, after breakfast time. Security can take longer with a change bag. Avoid taking ready made formula (in bottles or cartons) as you'll need to open and taste some of it. Take powder, getting warm water to make it up later is no problem, even on plane. Useful -- thanks. Also, any idea if fully collapsible means something different from collapsible to BA -- does our buggy have to be particularly small when folded in order to be allowed on at all? Ideally they'd like an umbrella buggy but we've not had problems with our bigger pram. Phew! Ours does collapse, but into a plane rather than a line. buggies are dropped off at gate, and depending on the destination come out with the normal baggage on the conveyors, or are brought to the aircraft door after you've landed. Be sure to ask which, Again, most useful to know. Thank you Smylers
Re: Heathrow Pushchair on BA
Indeed. I've done about 55 flights on Ba this year, including 12 with a baby and pushchair. At check in they'll add a baggage tag to your chair, and you just push it though security. At boarding they call you first and you leave the chair by the plane. At most airports you can have it delivered back to the plane on landing. However with a 12 month old we found it easier to leave the chair at check in and carry the scamp in a sling. For check in, I leave things quite late, but then I fly several times a month ad cant afford to waste the time. Leave a little longer for security - especially if you're taking baby liquids, and unexpected nappy changes. Security at heathrow can be a pain, there's no way to predict it. Even so, 1h30 should be fine. But I'd aim to get to heathrow about 2 hours just to be sure as you don't want to be stressing, you dont know the airport, and the tube can always get held up. I believe there's a kiddie play area in t5, somewhere near gate 7 once you get through. I think you get 1 bag each, up to 23kg, plus 1 bag for the baby, plus a pushchair, plus a car seat, plus 1 piece of had luggage each, plus 1 for the baby, plus 1 personal item (handbag, laptop bag etc) each. I'm not sure how a two-piece travel system works as far as how many bags it takes - as a frequent flyer, 2 parents and baby get more bags than we can fit in the car, they used two tags for our chair/wheels combo. We took both through security. If you're on a long haul flight, it will probably go from B or C gates, which invokes a train ride after security. Certainly keep the pushchair with you in that case. By best Ba flight was exiting the taxi at 0955, and sitting down on the plane at 1002 for a 1005 departure. That was at Manchester, and I was very lucky. On 8 Jul 2013, at 16:41, Kieren Diment dim...@gmail.com wrote: A pushchair is handled in essentially the same way as a wheelchair in my experience. You'll probably be able to get it to the aircraft door or steps before stowing it. On 08/07/2013, at 4:21 PM, Smylers wrote: Hello there. We've just booked a flight and have a couple of questions about it, which I was wondering if anybody who's flown from Heathrow terminal 5 or travelled with a pushchair on BA before will be able to help with. How long do we need to allow for getting through terminal 5? We don't want to set our alarms unnecessarily early and have to fill time at the airport, but obviously we don't want to miss our flight either. The booking information says that we need to drop bags off by 45 minutes before departure and have entered security at least 35 minutes before departure. Any guidance for translating this into 'time by which we need our Tube to have arrived at the platform' gratefully received. We'll have bags to drop off, and ideally will be avoiding stairs and escalators. Our other question is about flying with buggies, especially with BA. The flight information says our baby can take one fully collapsible pushchair (stroller) in addition to his checked luggage allowance. Does this mean the pushchair gets handed in with the checked luggage, and we have to carry him through security and the gate without? Also, any idea if fully collapsible means something different from collapsible to BA -- does our buggy have to be particularly small when folded in order to be allowed on at all? Thanks for any advice. Smylers -- Stop drug companies hiding negative research results. Sign the AllTrials petition to get all clinical research results published. Read more: http://www.alltrials.net/blog/the-alltrials-campaign/
WANTED: Speakers for technical talk 2013-07-25
Hi all, I'm looking for speakers for a technical talk on 2013-07-25 around Liverpool Street. If you're interested in speaking on something vaguely Perl-related for around 20 minutes, for example to practice a YAPC::Europe talk, please email me offlist. More details soon. Thanks, Leon
Re: WANTED: Speakers for technical talk 2013-07-25
Leon, is it a Perl specific event? I'm not in London so wouldn't be able to make it, but am happy to share this wider if it's open to other related tech talks. /joel On 8 July 2013 20:35, Leon Brocard a...@astray.com wrote: Hi all, I'm looking for speakers for a technical talk on 2013-07-25 around Liverpool Street. If you're interested in speaking on something vaguely Perl-related for around 20 minutes, for example to practice a YAPC::Europe talk, please email me offlist. More details soon. Thanks, Leon
Re: WANTED: Speakers for technical talk 2013-07-25
On Mon, 2013-07-08 at 19:35 +0100, Leon Brocard wrote: I'm looking for speakers for a technical talk on 2013-07-25 around Liverpool Street. If you're interested in speaking on something vaguely Perl-related for around 20 minutes, for example to practice a YAPC::Europe talk, please email me offlist. What is the event? I may be free and I'd be willing to talk.
Re: WANTED: Speakers for technical talk 2013-07-25
On Mon, Jul 08, 2013 at 08:12:06PM +0100, Jason Clifford wrote: On Mon, 2013-07-08 at 19:35 +0100, Leon Brocard wrote: I'm looking for speakers for a technical talk on 2013-07-25 around Liverpool Street. If you're interested in speaking on something vaguely Perl-related for around 20 minutes, for example to practice a YAPC::Europe talk, please email me offlist. What is the event? I may be free and I'd be willing to talk. It's the the next London.pm technical meeting. Tom
