![]() ![]() And yes, I fully agree, the time it takes to get from the tube station to security is astonishingly short. I have always flown from B gates, both short-haul and long-haul, except on one occasion to Munich. You're lucky with your experiences at T5. My problem is that I need to get to St Pancras via Thameslink first, and for the Sunday morning departure the trains don't run early enough. I am amazed you can make it for the 8:25 flight though. I only have to take it for just over an hour, but it's from St Pancras so I either don't always get on if I have a suitcase, or get on but have to endure a dozen stations of getting on and off as people come in and out the door. I suppose you can get a seat if you get on before it enters Zone 2 from the East. I love the Piccadilly line too! Still, I am amazed you can stomach it all the way from the other end. At T2 it takes longer as there is some walking to be done from the tube and up to security, so T5 is a better deal for me in that respect too, especially when you have the 8:25 plane to catch. I am at the other end of the Piccadilly Line, and I usually take the first Heathrow-bound train, and it takes forever to get to Heathrow, but it's only 3 pounds. My personal record (I always fly with hand-luggage only) is 3 minutes from the train, up with the lift to the gates and then through security :-). I like T2, but T5 is super easy if you take Piccadilly Line. I have never flown OU that much because whenever I would compare prices, BA was always a better deal. In Zagreb they board groups 1, 2 and 3 together, so it's super quick boarding if you are in one of the groups. The bus then took us to the plane parked just off end of the C concourse (I guess in your case too since you mentioned the 6-minute bus ride), so I wondered why we didn't go to C gates with the train, but I guess there were not enough gates. But this week it was the same gate as in your case, B34 and a bus. ![]() During the winter season they often fly from A17 or one of A20 somethings, I remember A1 a couple of times. With T5 at Heathrow it depends if its A, B or C gates, in most cases (I usually fly on weekdays), they fly from A gates, so its convenient. Zagreb is hit and miss efficiency-wise, it seems to depend on how many passengers they are handling, so I hope with more long-haul routes opening, there will be enough people to handle those passengers. ![]()
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