parkender102
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From the BBC Website
Article at https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-65831998
There was me thinking our trip to Canada and Alaska at the end of July was going to be affected by Rail Strikes (it might still) but it's now also affected by a strike at the Airport!
The saving grace for me is I'm travelling with Carry On Baggage only (the wife will have a Checked In Hold Bag) although we will both be affected by the Baggage / Security Checks when we pass through Security. We are also flying out of Terminal 2 which according to the above is not affected but I expect more time through Security. I know when it happened last time there wasn't much affect at all - but this time it's peak season.
Any advice from frequent Heathrow Users?
I actually live near Chester but have a hate of Manchester Airport. My youngest Daughter works on a US based Cruise Ship Line and the last couple of trips from Manchester with a transfer have been a catastrophe with delayed flights and cancelled flights. One journey she ended up taking 36 Hours to get to Mexico and then the next trip they missed the connection at Heathrow and had to be put up in a Heathrow Hotel and flown out to LA the next day. There are no direct flights to Vancouver from Manchester so we decided we'd take the train down to London the day before and meet my eldest daughter in London for a bite to eat, stay over and fly the next day to Vancouver from Heathrow. Just happens our flight 29 July is one of the strike days. It's possible we could rearrange the flight for a bit earlier on one of the non strike days - 25/26/27 are non strike days.
Article at https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-65831998
"Around 2,000 officers who are members of the Unite union will walk out for 31 days between 24 June and 27 August.
The action will affect Terminals 3 and 5 as well as campus security, and could lead to queues at security"
There was me thinking our trip to Canada and Alaska at the end of July was going to be affected by Rail Strikes (it might still) but it's now also affected by a strike at the Airport!
The saving grace for me is I'm travelling with Carry On Baggage only (the wife will have a Checked In Hold Bag) although we will both be affected by the Baggage / Security Checks when we pass through Security. We are also flying out of Terminal 2 which according to the above is not affected but I expect more time through Security. I know when it happened last time there wasn't much affect at all - but this time it's peak season.
Any advice from frequent Heathrow Users?
I actually live near Chester but have a hate of Manchester Airport. My youngest Daughter works on a US based Cruise Ship Line and the last couple of trips from Manchester with a transfer have been a catastrophe with delayed flights and cancelled flights. One journey she ended up taking 36 Hours to get to Mexico and then the next trip they missed the connection at Heathrow and had to be put up in a Heathrow Hotel and flown out to LA the next day. There are no direct flights to Vancouver from Manchester so we decided we'd take the train down to London the day before and meet my eldest daughter in London for a bite to eat, stay over and fly the next day to Vancouver from Heathrow. Just happens our flight 29 July is one of the strike days. It's possible we could rearrange the flight for a bit earlier on one of the non strike days - 25/26/27 are non strike days.
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