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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]But won’t you need to clear customs? And isn’t that where the new doc comes into play?[/quote]

No- you don't enter the UK. Your bags are checked through. It's in the link above.

"When you do not need an ETA
You do not need an ETA to travel to the UK if:
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you’re transiting through a UK airport and you will not pass through border control "[/quote]

Ok I guess.

But when I’ve flown from the US to Canada or Portugal (as examples: to Toronto then onto Vancouver, and to Lisbon then onto Porto), I had to grab my luggage and clear customs.

I would worry about some new deviation in their process impacting my trip. [/quote]

That is because you are moving from an international flight to a domestic flight so they get you when you enter the country. There isn't passport control for flights from Toronto to Vancouver, or Lisbon to Porto. Heathrow has a separate process for arrivals vs connecting flights.

The only risk for OP is that there is a flight issue and she has to change airports. I did that last year - I had to go from Heathrow to Gatwick. So you would need an ETA to do that. But that's only happened to me once in many years of travel so is an unlikley scanerio. [/quote]

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