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Originally Posted by Tricky
Do a multiflight trip (with an internal flight back in the UK) and check your luggage through to your destination airport - how many times are customs there when an internal flight comes in! (Never in my experience) - Says' "Lets going shopping again!"
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I returned from Miami via Heathrow to Glasgow and when I got there, there was a separate luggage carousel for bags whose journey began outside the EU. It was behind a sliding glass door and I had to show my passport to get into the room. The domestic carousels at Glasgow are completely unseparated from the public areas of the airport.
There was a customs office there, but no-one seemed to be the slightest bit interested in us. There was no red/green channel to walk through. I just got my bag and walked back out of the room.
EDIT: Multiflight trips that don't involve reclaiming your bags and checking them in again are expensive - AFAIK you have to book straight through with the same operator, or one of their sales alliance partners, and you rarely get as good a deal on the domestic leg of your trip as you would by shopping around. You might end up paying more for the flight than you save by attempting to evade customs.