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Bet you wish you'd filled yer boots in Duty Free.Originally posted by BoredBloke View PostNope - final flight was internal in the UK. We bypassed border control in T4. Stayed in a hotel for the night, taxi to T5 and a BA flight to Manchester in the morning. Used our passports as photo ID for BA, but never once went through border control
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Is the same question true about my wife?Originally posted by Lance View Postif you love your country why have you chosen to enter her in an unnatural fashion?
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But good luck with anything needing security clearance now that you appear to have decided to stay for an extended break in the middle east.Originally posted by NickFitz View PostSo you can now tell HMRC you've emigrated and avoid paying any UK tax. Result!
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So you can now tell HMRC you've emigrated and avoid paying any UK tax. Result!
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Good thing you're (probably) not a Brit ISIS returning, there are posters here that think you might want to return via a dinghy across the channel instead.Originally posted by BoredBloke View PostNope - final flight was internal in the UK. We bypassed border control in T4. Stayed in a hotel for the night, taxi to T5 and a BA flight to Manchester in the morning. Used our passports as photo ID for BA, but never once went through border control
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Nope - final flight was internal in the UK. We bypassed border control in T4. Stayed in a hotel for the night, taxi to T5 and a BA flight to Manchester in the morning. Used our passports as photo ID for BA, but never once went through border controlOriginally posted by Jog On View PostThe CCTV facial recognition probably told them all they need to know. Did you go through passport control at the final destination?
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The CCTV facial recognition probably told them all they need to know. Did you go through passport control at the final destination?Originally posted by BoredBloke View PostHeathrow Terminal 4 - we went through the baggage scan again but never showed our passports to anybody
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