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You might make the 12:15, but there are so many factors that might cause you to miss it, I'd just go with the 4 PM flight to be safe.
There is a Yotel outlet at T4 where you could get some sleep and a shower between your flights. I'm not sure what the price would be but you can book them for short term stays (4 hr minimum).
I wouldn't suggest trying to visit London city during that layover, unless you wanted to get into town and have only an hour or so before you had to head back out to the airport.
AirFrance is NOT a interline with Virgin America (Atlantic). So you would need to claim, clear Im/customs, re-check, re-clear security.
I hope you planned four hours or so on your connection.
Also If you bag get delayed into LHR. Don't Expect Virgin to forward it to Paris. It will sit in unclaimed bags in London, then they "might" send it back to the US when you put in a lost bag claim there.
OP, disregard the quoted post. Virgin Atlantic is a separate airline from Virgin America.
Booking separate tickets for connections is a bad idea, generally. If the Virgin Atlantic flight is delayed and you miss the connection, you will need to buy a new ticket. As you've failed to show up for the outbound leg to Paris, the whole round trip itinerary with air france (LHR-CDG-LHR) would be cancelled.
Why didn't you just book a single through-ticket with BA or someone else?
OP, disregard the quoted post. Virgin Atlantic is a separate airline from Virgin America.
Booking separate tickets for connections is a bad idea, generally. If the Virgin Atlantic flight is delayed and you miss the connection, you will need to buy a new ticket. As you've failed to show up for the outbound leg to Paris, the whole round trip itinerary with air france (LHR-CDG-LHR) would be cancelled.
Why didn't you just book a single through-ticket with BA or someone else?
I had credit to use with Virgin but they don't fly to Paris. Also a round trip to London + the flight to Paris and back was the same price a one way back from London to the US. With the one way to Paris and the one way back to the US from London it was more then double the price.
I'll be in London for about a week before I have to head back to the US.
LIOC: How did this turn out? Did you manage to get your bags checked all the way through?
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