Separate tickets: check the actual route
On separate tickets, confirm baggage arrangements and UK entry requirements. Collect bags if not checked through, change terminals if needed, check in again and clear security. Use your airline’s deadlines; a connection is not guaranteed.
Confirm bags and boarding passes
Ask each airline whether bags are checked through and where the next boarding pass is issued. Have the bag-drop, check-in and boarding deadlines for your onward flight.
Allow for the full route
Include arrival delays, border control, baggage reclaim, terminal travel, bag drop and security. This guide does not calculate a safe connection time or promise missed-flight protection; check your booking terms.
Visa & entry
International-to-international connections at Gatwick pass UK border control. Confirm your permission to enter or transit before flying; public-area hotels and terminal transfers require landside access.
Check entry and transitOfficial sources & review
Requirements may change; confirm your travel-date rules with the authority.
- Gatwick official guidance Official · external ↗ · 2026-10-21