T5 trial today

Originally posted by Vegascrazy

Originally posted by eejp1007

One of the other concerns that was brought up is that, though there is Fasttrack security, there is no dedicated route for super VIPs

I've been involved in networking of the Xrays & AMDs at T5 and one of the areas that has been completed is the "VIP channel". It is on the ground floor southern end and, as far as I know is for the exclusive use of VIP's.

Re Mitcha's point about premium check-in, from memory it is over at the far right (southern end) of the check-in floor.

As I'm only involved in IT stuff at T5 I can't put hand on heart and say I'm 100% correct but we networked up the VIP search area at ground level a while back, and I saw what I'm sure is the premium check-in at the proving trial on 23/2.

Cheers
James

That's good to know about the ground floor entrance for VIPs, our guide yesterday didn't know about this or wasn't allowed to tell us. I presume the people who book those kind of people will be told directly.

There is a First Class only check in area on the far right (Southern end). This is basically a few comfy seats and a couple of wooden screens with the same self-check in kiosks and the multi-purpose desks behind them. There are no differing facilities for Business Class and below.
Again we were told that the 10 minutes to get through secutiry thing meant that even First pax would probably just do it on line, drop the bag and head up to the lounge.