I have a colleague on a delayed flight who looks as if they'll be
landing Heathrow at 10.45pm Sunday night, and probably looking for ways
to get to West London at about midnight.

I think the chances of getting the 11.48pm last HEx are slim to none;
they aren't an EU citizen, will have hold baggage, and it's an A380. The
last tube is at 11.28pm

What does the team think?

(My initial thought is bonding with a few fellow-countryman delayed pax
en-route and sharing a cab for three.)
--
Roland Perry

On 14/06/2014 12:35, Roland Perry wrote:
I have a colleague on a delayed flight who looks as if they'll be
landing Heathrow at 10.45pm Sunday night, and probably looking for ways
to get to West London at about midnight.

I think the chances of getting the 11.48pm last HEx are slim to none;
they aren't an EU citizen, will have hold baggage, and it's an A380. The
last tube is at 11.28pm

What does the team think?

(My initial thought is bonding with a few fellow-countryman delayed pax
en-route and sharing a cab for three.)

N9 bus - timetable:
http://www.londonbusroutes.net/times/N009.htm#Su_T

Minicab sourced from their destination locale.

If they're landing tomorrow (Sun) night, curious how you know the flight
is already delayed? (Outbound flight was late?)

(An aside - the N9 bus could be particularly troublesome for visitors
when buses go cashless next month - the least that's needed is a 24/7
Oyster vending arrangement at Heathrow's T5 and central bus station.)

In message , at 13:06:00 on Sat, 14 Jun
2014, Mizter T remarked:

Minicab sourced from their destination locale.

If they need to do that before they take off it could be a challenge.

If they're landing tomorrow (Sun) night, curious how you know the
flight is already delayed? (Outbound flight was late?)

The plane went tech before it was supposed to take off at 5pm their time
today (Saturday), from Australia. It's already 10pm there now.

Rescheduled for 8am Sunday takeoff (that's 11pm Saturday BST). Yes, it's
a 24hr flight!
--
Roland Perry

In message , at 13:06:00 on Sat, 14 Jun
2014, Mizter T remarked:
N9 bus - timetable:
http://www.londonbusroutes.net/times/N009.htm#Su_T

Every 20min, that's not a bad service. I'll know more when I have the
exact destination required.

(An aside - the N9 bus could be particularly troublesome for visitors
when buses go cashless next month - the least that's needed is a 24/7
Oyster vending arrangement at Heathrow's T5 and central bus station.)

Which they could sort-of do by having at least one of the tube ticket
machines accessible in a foyer of the station 24x7.
--
Roland Perry

"Roland Perry" wrote in message
...
In message , at 13:06:00 on Sat, 14 Jun 2014,
Mizter T remarked:
N9 bus - timetable:
http://www.londonbusroutes.net/times/N009.htm#Su_T

Every 20min, that's not a bad service. I'll know more when I have the
exact destination required.

(An aside - the N9 bus could be particularly troublesome for visitors
when buses go cashless next month - the least that's needed is a 24/7
Oyster vending arrangement at Heathrow's T5 and central bus station.)

Which they could sort-of do by having at least one of the tube ticket
machines accessible in a foyer of the station 24x7.

Is it not already?

I haven't really noticed if there is a gate that could be closed between the
TO and the subway that runs from the terminals to the bus station.

In message , at 15:09:07 on Sat, 14
Jun 2014, tim..... remarked:
(An aside - the N9 bus could be particularly troublesome for visitors
when buses go cashless next month - the least that's needed is a 24/7
Oyster vending arrangement at Heathrow's T5 and central bus station.)

Which they could sort-of do by having at least one of the tube ticket
machines accessible in a foyer of the station 24x7.

Is it not already?

I haven't really noticed if there is a gate that could be closed
between the TO and the subway that runs from the terminals to the bus
station.

Dunno. Does anyone publish maps (like the NRES ones?)
--
Roland Perry

In message , at 13:06:00 on Sat, 14 Jun
2014, Mizter T remarked:

Minicab sourced from their destination locale.

Now booked.
--
Roland Perry

Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 13:06:00 on Sat, 14 Jun
2014, Mizter T remarked:

Minicab sourced from their destination locale.

Now booked.

I did that once at Gatwick, while standing in the passport queue. The trick
is to book from somewhere near but off-airport. In the Gatwick case that's
Horley or Crawley, in the Heathrow case I'd guess Hounslow, Feltham or Slough.
If you reckon it'll take an hour to make it through then that's a good
estimate to tell when you call. At least they're not going to be
hanging around for hours due to headwinds over Afghanistan.

Theo

On Sat, 14 Jun 2014 13:06:00 +0100, Mizter T
wrote:

(An aside - the N9 bus could be particularly troublesome for visitors
when buses go cashless next month - the least that's needed is a 24/7
Oyster vending arrangement at Heathrow's T5 and central bus station.)

I was at Heathrow last week for my usual X26 and it was minor chaos
even *with* tickets sold on the bus... It's Heathrow that needed to
be cashless first, with proper ticket sales at the underground and bus
stations, and usable machines at the bus stops, for the many people
who arrive with no coins. You could make a similar, but less clear
case for some of the London terminals.

While cashless should work everywhere else in London, Heathrow is
going to be interesting (I'll find out two days after introduction)
and it seems to me that areas outside Greater London, far from
Palestra, will have less public troubles.

Meanwhile, I await the better software on the Underground machines,
that can't even provide a Travelcard starting tomorrow, instead
offering me two identical products with different past expiry dates
(irrelevant for a new purchase) because that's what was found on my
Oyster card.

Richard.

On Sat, 14 Jun 2014 12:35:06 +0100, Roland Perry
wrote:

I have a colleague on a delayed flight who looks as if they'll be
landing Heathrow at 10.45pm Sunday night, and probably looking for ways
to get to West London at about midnight.

I think the chances of getting the 11.48pm last HEx are slim to none;
they aren't an EU citizen, will have hold baggage, and it's an A380. The
last tube is at 11.28pm

What does the team think?

(My initial thought is bonding with a few fellow-countryman delayed pax
en-route and sharing a cab for three.)

Yes, that sounds best, unless they feel up to catching a night bus.
However, I do see a last tube departure at 23:55, and Heathrow Connect
at 00:07, and maybe there's a small chance of catching one of those.