Los Angeles - to Heathrow - to Glasgow? Need to check in with immigrations?
If one is traveling from LAX (Los Angeles) The flight then connects at LHR (London Heathrow) to connect to its final destination of Glasgow. Do you check in with immigrations at Heathrow or Glasgow? Also if thats the case checking in at heathrow, and we got one of those package deals and the time between connecting flights is about 1 hr 30 minutes, is that going to give enough time so we dont miss our flight?
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You always go through customs at your first point of entry, so in this case London. They are pretty organzied there though, you should have no problems! I don't know if LHR to Glasgow is considered foreign or domestic, but you will definitely show your passport at LHR.
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Glasgow..especially if you are only on layover at Heathrow.
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You will go through customs and immigration at Heathrow - your first port of entry. This is always the same when I used to travel from Manchester (MAN) to Chicago O'Hare (ORD) and then to Denver (DIA). I always went through Customs and immigration at O'Hare and never at Denver - it is always done at your first port of entry into a country. London Heathrow and Glasgow are part of the United Kingdom - the same country. This is because when you catch your connecting flight (LHR to Glasgow) - it is a domestic flight and so you will not fly into the international terminal at Glasgow - so you will not go through any security when you land.
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Make sure your bags are through checked straight to Glasgow from LAX as if you have to pick them up in LHR and recheck in you will be in real difficulties making your onward connex.Then assuming this is the case........when you arrive in Heathrow you just have to go straight to the Flight Connections Centre. In all probability you will be arriving to terminal 3 (unless British Airways which is terminal4) and you will nedd to go to Terminal 1 DOMESTIC departures . The F.C.C .is well signposted and incorporates a customs facility(make sure you have paperwork/landing cards filled in beforehand). Heathrow can be very busy and because they are doing so much refurbishment transfer times can be slow so keep a sense of urgency though you should be fine with a 90 min xfer. In Glasgow you will arrive in domestic arrivals and there will be normal security but no customs checks........do be aware however as your bags have interlined from an international destination they can appear on a different belt from the domestic bags. ( check with a customer services rep at Glasgow
