I'm flying out tomorrow morning at 6.20am from Manchester airport. All those photos of people being stuck in security for 3h and missing their flights is worrying me. Is getting there at 3.30 am early enough? I'm flying to London to get an international connecting flight. Any advice/ suggestions? I'm completely stressed out.
Update: I arrived at 3.45. The queue to check in was insane. And I'm so glad I booked fast track security as the queue was like friday night and since it took 1.30 just to check in.
Thanks for all the advice and happy holiday!
Hey,
Bit of a long shot, but I know over the weekend the airport was really busy, with it being a perfect storm of last weekend before christmas + last day before European restrictions + covid understaffing (+ normal Manchester airport cost cutting).
Is anyone there now? How is it? I am flying to visit family for Christmas (within the UK).
Cheers!
I arrived in Manchester on 21/12 at 16:50, very quickly got through the UK border police (they only checked my passport, no plf, vax card or test, but i flew with Ryanair from Italy and got them checked before boarding the plane so that might be one of the reasons) and got out of the airport. I decided to take my day 2 pcr test straight away with BioGrad Diagnostics. Theyโre located in the Clayton Hotel just outside the airport (I booked a self administered PCR test and you have someone guiding you, only paid ยฃ19.99 and results guaranteed in 24 hours) so got there in 5 minutes and took my test at around 17:30 (my appointment was at around 18, they didnโt really care), and the whole process took me about 10 minutes. I got my results back at 9 am the next morning (22/12), so it was quick and quite cheap, Iโd definitely recommend them.
To go back home on 23/12 I booked an appointment on the 15:45/16:00 time slot for a pre departure antigen test with Collinson (around ยฃ30/35) at the Manchester Airport walk in clinic which is located in the Manchester Airport train station. Got there at around 15:15 and got my test taken at 15:30 (so 15 minutes earlier than my time slot). Iโd recommend to get there at least 15/20 minutes earlier than your appointment as there could be some queuing to do. They guarantee the results back in 45-60 minutes, and i got mine back 30 minutes after my test. So Iโd say a great experience with both companies when using in clinic testing.
I wrote this post to try help people travelling to/from Manchester, since I got really stressed out from trying to understand what to do when planning my short trip. I hope this is useful to you guys. I apologise for any grammar mistakes I made.
Returning from Finland 9th Jan (UK resident) and looking for advice/experience on same day tests.
I'd really like to test at the airport then get result via text/email hours later rather than days. I dont know Manchester at all and have a journey back to home so not roaming about looking for sites.
Anybody help?
Hi,
I am going to the Man City v PSG game on Wednesday 24. Kick off is 8pm, but my flight is scheduled to land in Manchester airport at 6:15pm from the Republic of Ireland (first row on the plane booked).
I have a relative ready to collect us from the airport, how long will it take us to get to the stadium? Will we get there in time?
Google map says 25 minutes standard, but 25-45 during rush hour. Will it be longer on game night?
Thanks
Would anyone like a ticket from Sheffield to Manchester Airport for Christmas Eve, arriving just after 1pm? I had to change my flight and don't need this ticket anymore. May as well pass it on to someone who can use it.
Hi all. I'm taking the train from Scotland to Manchester for a flight to Finland and back over Xmas. I'm looking at day 2 tests and I'm considering the Manchester airport option before I get back on the train to go home. Is the test centre at the airport anywhere close to the train station? I think they're may be 2, Randox and Collinson. Any one recommend one over the other? Thanks for any help.
Hi, I'm picking someone up from Manchester Terminal 2 for the first time and will park and go wait for them at arrivals. In case I'm late, is there a prominent can't-miss shop right outside arrivals that I could ask them to wait at? Thanks.
Okay so a little background on my dilemma, I have a flight to Manchester from Iceland (lands @ 13:25) and then a separate flight from Manchester to Paris. My flight to Paris has just been cancelled and they put me on an earlier flight at 14:25. That would give me exactly an hour to pick up my luggage, recheck it, and then go through security. Does anyone think that is feasible? I say this because I really need to get to Paris that day and there arenโt anymore flights with that same company until the next day. I saw on the Manchester website you can buy a fast track for the security and they say it should take between 3-5 minutes for the whole security process I just donโt know if I can trust that you know? Iโve never been to this airport so Iโm not sure and I thought Iโd ask for any opinions or advice. Thanks in advance!
Hi everyone! I'm an expat living in Brum. Unfortunately, Brum Airport is poorly connected with the city where I lived and my girlfriend currently resides with only two direct flights a week (with very odd timetables too). I was also looking at flights from/to East Midlands and Manchester Airports, but I noticed that the transfer becomes quite messy, longly and costly (if taking the train). The only direct links I was able to find are provided by Megabus. Is it the only way to go from Brum to these Airports, or there are other direct links (like from other private companies) that I'm missing? Thank you very much for the answers!
We landed from crete with 11 mins to get to our train for 11 30pm after a but of a delay , thanks to airport staff being absooluty amazing we managed to make it just in the nic of time! Much love ๐
Alright lads,
Long story short me and 3 friends will need to get from Liverpool airport to Manchester in December. The train isnโt an option as weโll be in a rush to get to a match. Any idea if the taxis outside the airport would do this and if so how much ?
Cheers
