45 minutes of free Wi-Fi Available at London Heathrow from 1st June

Heathrow Airport announce that free wi-fi will be available from the 1st June 2013 – although my guess is that technical delays could push this date back slightly. I imagine that you would search for the wi-fi signal and then a login screen will ask you to agree and maybe also collect your email address. After that you should get 45 minutes of wi-fi for free.

If 45 minutes isn’t enough for you, then you can double this amount by applying for a free ‘Heathrow rewards’ card http://www.heathrow.com/rewards. This is the new name for the current ‘Worldpoints card’. The card also allows you to collect points on Heathrow airport purchases and parking. Points can be converted into vouchers, BA Avios and Virgin miles. So I ‘m guessing the free wi-fi login screen will have a field for you Rewards card number (16 digits!) or the email associated with your Rewards account (better).

Please comment on your experience with this free wi-fi service and note the terminal, connection speed and ease of login. I also added this post to my travel blog http://www.bugadvisor.com so you can also leave comments there. If you have any screenshots of the new login screen then you can email them to <a href="mailto:[email protected]“>[email protected]

I’m guessing they want to restrict th enumber of people connected and maintain the connection speed (contention ratio). In Prague airport it is 15 minutes – after that you can pay. It may be that the wi-fi provider puts in free wi-fi for 45 minutes and makes money from those who extend the time.

I think Heathrow should charge for wifi and make the charge very high – let the visitors pay……. for a change…

Impressive command of English from the Heathrow rewards website!!

“Your details has been successfully updated”

I think this is to be welcomed, and makes life easier for those flying in from abroad.

I’ve never paid for wifi at an airport overseas, but am always grateful when it is provided (and works properly!) as it’s often a timely opportunity to radio home and confirm all is well.

Trident3 – I have never paid for wifi at airports for a long time trident3. Its just that we Brits suffer high airport charges in the UK and the airports continually moan about lack of revenue.

Create revenue streams where the Brits wont suffer, as people say, most of us will benefit from our mobile phone tariffs. Those that don’t have mobile phone tariffs, let them pay…. otherwise, how else will the costs be covered.