FastTrack at LHR for PE?

Hi, can someone please help confirm, if I'm flying Premium Economy and arriving at LHR, am I eligible to get a Fasttrack pass for UK Border?

Is this something we explicitly have to ask for, or is showing our boarding pass sufficient at the Fasttack check point?

Thanks!

[Neil]

Hi - there are no fasttracks for any arriving PE pax.

Hi - there are no fasttracks for any arriving PE pax.

Are there any for UC pax arriving into LHR from SFO?

Are there any for UC pax arriving into LHR from SFO?

I believe so, but only for the "passengers from outside the EU lanes".

Are there any for UC pax arriving into LHR from SFO?

I believe so, but only for the "passengers from outside the EU lanes".

Oh not much use then. Thanks.

[Neil]

Are there any for UC pax arriving into LHR from SFO?

I believe so, but only for the "passengers from outside the EU lanes".

Oh not much use then. Thanks.

That is correct, if you are a UK citizen then there is no fast track when arriving back in to the UK.

That is correct, if you are a UK citizen then there is no fast track when arriving back in to the UK.

We were given a Fast Track voucher when returning UC from NYC at the tail end of last year. As it turned out, it would have been far quicker to have used the standard lanes.

That is correct, if you are a UK citizen then there is no fast track when arriving back in to the UK.

We were given a Fast Track voucher when returning UC from NYC at the tail end of last year. As it turned out, it would have been far quicker to have used the standard lanes.

It's very interesting that you say that because I was just clearing out my "travel essentials" drawer and stumbled on 5 unused fast track vouchers which I remember not using because the regular line was shorter. Astonishing that the fast track isn't always fast and is in fact often slow.

That is correct, if you are a UK citizen then there is no fast track when arriving back in to the UK.

We were given a Fast Track voucher when returning UC from NYC at the tail end of last year. As it turned out, it would have been far quicker to have used the standard lanes.

It's very interesting that you say that because I was just clearing out my "travel essentials" drawer and stumbled on 5 unused fast track vouchers which I remember not using because the regular line was shorter. Astonishing that the fast track isn't always fast and is in fact often slow.

:0 this is golden for non-EU/UK passport holders... are these tied to a date/name/flight? can they be passed on? *hint hint*??

Fast Track is restricted to non EU passport holders flying in UC on VS and Business/First on other airlines who PAY to access the service.

On a DL flight back to LHR I was on they only gave the pink voucher if you needed a landing card i.e. not on an EU passport.

I have seen the fast track guardian checking passports before allowing passengers through and she was quite adamant that the man with an EU passport was not eligible even though he did have the pink slip.

Fast Track is nothing special. The UKBA desks are the same, the staff are the same and the process is the same. For an EU passport holder it will be slower because the queue is made up of passengers getting the full immegration checks (though of course as there are less people in the fast track queue than in the main one it is quicker in terms of queueing times) rather than the quick scan if you have an EU passport in the normal lanes.

Fast Track is restricted to non EU passport holders flying in UC on VS and Business/First on other airlines who PAY to access the service.

On a DL flight back to LHR I was on they only gave the pink voucher if you needed a landing card i.e. not on an EU passport.

I have seen the fast track guardian checking passports before allowing passengers through and she was quite adamant that the man with an EU passport was not eligible even though he did have the pink slip.

Fast Track is nothing special. The UKBA desks are the same, the staff are the same and the process is the same. For an EU passport holder it will be slower because the queue is made up of passengers getting the full immegration checks (though of course as there are less people in the fast track queue than in the main one it is quicker in terms of queueing times) rather than the quick scan if you have an EU passport in the normal lanes.

You're commenting from a EU/UK passport holder's point of view. As a US citizen, I've stood in 2hr queues at LHR, both at T3 and T5.

My question came up because 6 months ago, I flew PE back to LHR, got in the end of what looked like a 3hr non-EU passport queue. Some other PE passengers somehow got the fasttrack attendant's agreement that it's fine for us to use fasttrack and that our boarding passes were enough to go through. Obviously none of us had pink passes or paid anything, and we were of course all non EU passengers.

Fasttrack does make a world of difference when non-EU passport queues can run up to 2-4hrs.

Just because it happened once dosent mean it will happen again though.

But I note that there is no equivalent of Fast Track in the USA where non US passengers have very, very long waits. There was TR recently were pax on a VS plane ar MCO were held on the plane for an hour before being let off to then have to wait a couple of hours in the still crowded immegration hall.

So look upon the wait at LHR as getting a taste of how the US treats non US passport holders !

Just because it happened once dosent mean it will happen again though.

But I note that there is no equivalent of Fast Track in the USA where non US passengers have very, very long waits. There was TR recently were pax on a VS plane ar MCO were held on the plane for an hour before being let off to then have to wait a couple of hours in the still crowded immegration hall.

So look upon the wait at LHR as getting a taste of how the US treats non US passport holders !

... always such a sense of negativity in all your replies. just sayin.

... always such a sense of negativity in all your replies. just sayin.

Hey no need for that !

Was not being negative but FACTUAL

Just because it happened once dosent mean it will happen again though.

But I note that there is no equivalent of Fast Track in the USA where non US passengers have very, very long waits. There was TR recently were pax on a VS plane ar MCO were held on the plane for an hour before being let off to then have to wait a couple of hours in the still crowded immegration hall.

So look upon the wait at LHR as getting a taste of how the US treats non US passport holders !

... always such a sense of negativity in all your replies. just sayin.

Tonty's got a good point, in fact most on here would say, a really bad day at LHR would equate to a oft seen if not routine scenario for those with EU visiting Stateside.
PE benefits don't include fast track as rightly advised, if an official decides on the day through managing the queues they utilise that line, lucky for them.

:0 this is golden for non-EU/UK passport holders... are these tied to a date/name/flight? can they be passed on? *hint hint*??

Like some have said, it's just a pink voucher. And yes they can be passed on if someone wants a couple. Hint taken

:0 this is golden for non-EU/UK passport holders... are these tied to a date/name/flight? can they be passed on? *hint hint*??

Like some have said, it's just a pink voucher. And yes they can be passed on if someone wants a couple. Hint taken

Abusing the system is the quickest way of getting the whole system stopped though. Given the complaints about the length of the queues as passport control I can see the UKBA saying 'lets close fast track and allocate the staff to the normal queue'

Oh and does anyone know if Steve Ridgeway and Willy Walsh have written to the US authorities complaining about their border queues or are they just bothered about their pax arriving into the UK?

Oh and does anyone know if Steve Ridgeway and Willy Walsh have written to the USauthorities complaining about their border queues or are they just bothered about their pax arriving into the UK?

But tonty, that wouldn't get any column inches...

Oh and does anyone know if Steve Ridgeway and Willy Walsh have written to the USauthorities complaining about their border queues or are they just bothered about their pax arriving into the UK?

But tonty, that wouldn't get any column inches...

well no but it would show they care about all their passengers having long waits no matter what their destination or are some arriving passengers more special than others?