Heathrow Terminal 5 First Wing security is now fully open

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• PlaneSpeaking says:

  22 Mar22 March 10:44

  We came through at around 09:30. It was still belts and boots off plus phones in the tray but we were through the scanner very quickly. I keep forgetting its arms down in the new scanners and put them above my head which caused a few giggles! One bag was pulled aside for a quick internal swab test but other than that, it was a very pleasant experience and so much better than the old scanners, particularly in terms of speed which is what really makes the difference with not having to get stuff out of the bags. It’s still not quite as good as T3 but it’s only Day 1 and to be expected. Overall, it’s a massive improvement.

• Mark says:

  22 Mar22 March 12:40

  I’m confused about using the “new” First Wing if you have a guest. The newsletter says “As a reminder, the First Wing security channel has the same access rules as the Galleries First lounge, because it leads you directly into it. This means that you need to be travelling in First Class or have a British Airways Executive Club Gold card or oneworld equivalent. A Gold cardholder is only allowed one guest so a family of four can only go through if both parents are Gold.”

  But the next paragraph, says you can’t use the First Wing check-in desks if you’re a Gold cardholder and you have a guest. Can you only use the First Wing check-in if your guest is a child? I’m confused as the two paragraphs are contradictory — one says you can have guest, the next says you can’t.

  Can anyone clarify?

  • Stu_N says:

    22 Mar22 March 13:02

    I think you’ve misinterpreted Para 2.

    It says you can use First Wing check-in as long as you have at least one GCH on the booking – i.e. everyone on the same booking as the GCH can check in at the First Wing. The GCH plus one guest can then use security/ First lounge.

    I’d imagine a GCH and 1 non-Gold guest would be allowed to check in and pass through First wing security together, even if guest was on separate booking but that’s not written down.

  • riku says:

    22 Mar22 March 13:02

    check in rules and lounge access rules are different.
    check in rule – at least one gold card holder on the booking.
    lounge rule: gold card holder can bring in one guest.
    Six people on a booking with one gold card holder: they can use first check in but only two out of the six can get into the lounge.
    first wing security follows the lounge rules.

• Declan Devine says:

  23 Mar23 March 08:08

  Went through Friday morning and the new security is very impressive, literally took 2 minutes to get into the lounge, new security work’s brilliant, just dump your bags into the crate and away you go,

• RayL says:

  25 Mar25 March 16:14

  No Waitrose offer on my BA Amex Premium Plus card!

  • Rob says:

    25 Mar25 March 16:23

    May have hit the 50k registrations cap.

• Wendi F says:

  31 Mar31 March 15:48

  Fantastic news on the First wing open again – looking forward to using it. Any idea what time of the morning it opens? I have a 6am flight Wednesday so not sure if we can use it.

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