Why I Hate the Heathrow Airport

By Selena Reno

I have never had so many problems going to an airport before. When we first arrived in London we made three loops in the air. After being on the plane for eight hours all I wanted to do was get off, but we were still making loops in the air. Then finally we hit the ground. The plane hitting the pavement was the sweetest sound because it meant we had finally landed in London and I was so excited to leave the plane. However, this did not happen right away, because we had to wait another thirty-ish or more minutes waiting for the lane for our plane to become clear. The lane became clear so all was well or so I thought. This is when tragedy struck. There was an issue with the checked luggage from our connecting flight and so because of this, we waited hours just to see if our luggage would come or not. This ended up being a total of six hours in the airport, which is mainly because they put our luggage on the wrong baggage claim. In the end, we all got our bags except for Mauricio, which was sad, but what was even worse was the departure from the British Airport. The departure for me was terrible. I forgot to pack migraine medication for the last two days of the trip so I ended up with a migraine while trying to go through security and baggage checks. Everything was going smoothly until we got to security. I had too much liquid which resulted in my having to throw away bathroom products which wasn’t a big deal to me, but the jams that we got from the hotel were a big deal and I ended up having to throw them away too. The only upside was that the workers at the British airports were nice and; accommodating I just wish I would’ve known about the liquid rule when packing earlier. So the moral of the story is to make sure that you don’t have too many liquids or just check them in your other bag, because if you don’t and exceed the limit, (which is just putting them in this tiny plastic bag) then you’ll have to throw a lot of products and other liquids away.