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Little-known UK airport pass that will completely change your arrival

20 June 2024 , 11:32
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Some cost as little as £5pp
Some cost as little as £5pp

THERE is nothing worse than landing after a long flight and seeing huge queues at arrival.

But there is a little known pass that could let you skip this entirely - and make it home much faster.

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Brits may not be aware of a little-known pass that makes a huge difference at the airportCredit: Alamy

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While fast passes are commonly used when arriving for a flight, which can speed up getting through departures, some airports also have arrival passes.

This means you can skip the long queues at passport control.

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Just six airports in the UK offer the service, and each vary in price.

One of the cheapest airport's to have the arrival passes is East Midlands Airport.

Starting from £5, the Passport Control FastTrack also includes a faster, dedicated passport lane.

There are some restrictions however, as it can only be used between 12pm and 4pm and 9pm and 1am.

Both London Stansted and Manchester Airport's Passport Control FastTrack starts from £15 per person.

London Stansted's can be used between 6am and 1am and Manchester Airport's can be used between 7am and 4:30am

Birmingham Airport's Premium Arrivals Fast Track service also has a faster separate lane at passports.

However, this service is about to leap in price.

Previously costing £7, from July 1 this is to cost a whopping £20 per person.

Birmingham Airport confirmed they were made aware of the change in price back in March, but that the prices were dictated by Border Force.

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London Gatwick's Fast Track Passport Control, which is limited to just 50 passengers per hour, starts from £9 although is free for anyone under the age of 2.

And Edinburgh Airport's starts from £7 per person.

Of course passengers who have checked in any luggage are unlikely to benefit from the passes, as they will still have to wait at baggage collection.

Desperate Brits have also been attempting to buy fast passes for departures at a number of airports, following huge queues stretching outside the terminal.

Holidaymakers at Birmingham Airport have been arriving at 4am in an attempt to avoid the hour-long queues.

Many of the queues, however, are following the confusion over the new 100ml rules.

Here's everything you need to know about the liquid rules.

Some of the tickets start from £5 per person
Some of the tickets start from £5 per personCredit: Alamy

Kara Godfrey

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