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The present T2 didn't open until June 2014. I have to say that I personally don't remember UA ever being at T4, but that's where Wikipedia says it was immediately before that. I suspect that this is why getaway101 was given that duff information.

The pattern is repeated or similar on a number of other flights. I've looked at the week centred on the OP's travel date, and also the week before that (ie 28 April to 11 May), and you can also see it on DL182 on 28 April, 3 May and 5 May, with a sparser selection on DL230 on 5 May and DL182 on 7 May. You can also see it in the reverse direction: DL231 on 6 May in particular. It's also interesting that where it occurs, the pattern extends into the seat rows that are otherwise marked as blocked on the source that I use.

What's the route of your ticket? IIRC, the travel must touch the US for the US rule to apply. In addition, ISTR that if you book directly, Qantas sells some/all tickets from the country of the origin of travel, so (for example) if it's a domestic or trans-Tasman itinerary beginning in Australia, then you probably bought it in Australia and not in the US. What you post suggests that it was long-haul travel beginning in the US, which would make these caveats inapplicable. But I'm not sure that it's quite as straightforward as "ALL tickets are refundable".

Terminal allocation is by airline. The airport's website is a better place than Google to look for this information.

Thank you! Can I bring my luggage?

Even for an all-Tube route, I would recommend doing this route to Westminster and then changing on to the Jubilee Line there for the one stop to Waterloo - there are plenty of escalators and lifts inside the station. I think this is preferable to trying to change at Green Park, so I always change twice if going from Heathrow in the direction of Cotswold Eagle's flat. At Waterloo, the exit from the Jubilee Line to street level tips you out onto Waterloo Road, hence it's an easy walk south to this particular hotel.

This is not uncommon at many major airports. This is also not uncommon.

No, I mean exit row seats - although bulkhead seats typically have the same thing. Here's an example: I think that this photo probably shows the same location on that aircraft.

Standard economy seats usually have relatively thin flip-up armrests, and the tray table folds down from the seat in front of you. Exit row seats don't have a seat in front of them, so they very often have a solid armrest that goes all the way down to the seat cushion so that the tray table can be stowed inside the armrest. This makes these seats a bit narrower than a typical standard seat. Premium economy seats are usually significantly wider. In absolute measurement, this may be in the order of an inch or so, but that makes a huge amount of difference. But if you are going to pick PE, make sure that you're picking a real PE. Some airlines have an area of extra legroom seats that they confusingly brand with a name that sounds like PE when actually they're only standard economy seats with a bit of extra legroom.

Yes. Touch in on the reader by the driver as you board the bus. You do not need to touch out when you alight at the end of your journey. Once you have touched in on a bus, the fare you've paid covers any subsequent bus trips started within one hour of that first touch-in. You still need to touch in when you board a subsequent bus, but you will be charged a zero fare. There is also a special daily fare cap for bus travel only, which is much lower than the fare cap applicable if you have used some form of rail transport too. ISTR that it's set at three bus trips.

I'm still here to tell the tale. 😉

The longest commercial flights are around 18 hours. And the same economy to business class ratios. And western Europe to Sydney or Auckland is something like 20 to 22 hours, split between two flights.

I've not been to this end of the building myself for a while, but isn't it here at the north-eastern end of the arrivals building? That would involve simply walking straight on after you exit from Customs, and continuing past the car rental desks.

Most people not only fly in economy, but do so without the benefit of an exit row. And you're only flying trans-Atlantic - it's really only a few hours. We all like being more comfortable than that. But if that's what you want, then you'll simply have to pay for it, one way or another.

Are your cards chip enabled? I don't believe there are many main stream Canadian-issued credit cards remaining that do not have a chip in them; I have heard (never seen!) that there are still US cards that don't have chips. Even with my chipped card, I have had some difficulties outside of Canada with readers (not often) ... A chip (which is visible on the front surface of the card) is a different function from contactless (aka NFC). That's why you can have a card that has a chip, but that can't be read by a contactless reader. Before the widespread introduction of contactless payment here, most of us had already long had cards with chips and paid with chip and PIN.

Also try the new route of the 26 between Victoria and St Paul's Cathedral.

That's what I also initially saw from a big online cruise agent's website too, but it looks like there are some cruise lines that do have cruises ex-Newcastle but are not sold by that agent (namely Ambassador and Fred. Olsen). That website also curiously doesn't have an option for cruises starting in Edinburgh even though it does have one for cruises ending there.

Try these links: https://www.cruisetimetables.com/cruises-from-newcastle-england.html https://www.cruisetimetables.com/cruises-from-edinburgh-scotland.html And of course, if there's a cruise starts in a particular port, it's likely that there will be an immediately-preceding cruise that ends there.

Actually, the current Tube map does show Barons Court as an interchange (with the connected circles), although I think that you're right that previous editions haven't always done so. The reason that Barons Court is so good is that the Piccadilly Line and the District Line stop on either side of the same island platform. So you get off the first train, walk about 10 feet across the platform to the other side, and get on the second train there. At the time of day that you're travelling (assuming it's a weekday), I think you may be better off changing one stop earlier, at Hammersmith. The cross-platform walk is the same, except that it's about twice as long. The reason why Hammersmith is better during the morning peak is because more people get off the District Line train at Hammersmith than at Barons Court, so getting on to that train can be easier at Hammersmith (even though a lot of people may then be getting on it with you). The rest of the day, it really doesn't make any difference. Amex contactless is absolutely fine. You will probably want to bear in mind that St James's Park station does not have either escalators or lifts (elevators), so you will have to carry your bags up the stairs - probably about the equivalent of two storeys of a house.

Once we get into this sort of territory, I wonder whether there might just possibly happen to be some flights from Heathrow to Paris as well? 😉 I suspect that there may be one or two other people heading from the ship to Heathrow on disembarkation day, so some sort of transport should be available.

United Airlines operates at T2.

This is what I'd suggest. Even without any train route complications, there's just not enough time to do both in one day. But doing each in a separate day trip would be a reasonable approach. Except those of us who have to travel at times and in circumstances in which an anytime ticket is the only option? 😉 They exist for a reason.

It's because too many people want to "see London" in a day and a half. It can't be done, so they actually see nothing - all that many of them manage to do is to get some poor photos of the outsides of some buildings as they drive by. It's so refreshing to hear from people who are prepared to give proper time to the places that they visit. Unfortunately, I'm all out of ideas for the OP. Somewhere that's near London or Southampton, but isn't London and doesn't need a car, is a pretty restrictive brief.

That exactly mirrors my experience in Southampton.

To give some context to the advice about not doing your trip like this, Southampton is about as far away from London as Philadelphia is from New York City. It wouldn't make much sense to fly to NYC and transfer to a hotel in Philadelphia, only to make a day trip to NYC the next day. And that's before jet lag, which is likely to make it feel really difficult for you to get out of bed the next morning.