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That is interesting Sarah as I've had exactly the opposite experience at Heathrow. I've never waited an unpleasant amount of time there whereas Gatwick has always been hell.
I've got an American passport with a permanent leave to remain in the UK visa (as I'm married to a Brit) and they always make me stand in the other passports line. I've only bunked it once myself - Landed in Gatwick after an 8 hour flight from Orlando to Brussels, a 6 hour layover and then an hour in a tiny Virgin jet back to Gatwick. It seemed we landed at the same time as about 8 other international flights, most of them african and asian and there was at LEAST a 3 hour line at immigration. I had the beginnings of a nasty sinus infection so I thought 'Fuck this' and went through the EU line with my husband. The officer made a fuss that I was in the wrong line so I shouted and cried that there was no fucking way I was waiting for 3 hours with a pounding sinus headache while my husband waited on the other side and so he gave me a nasty look, stamped my passport and off we went. I suppose being an emotional girl does have its advantages sometimes.
Anyway, long story short I suppose it all depends on when you hit the immigration at the various airports.
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