Hi Julia,
I'm on the Parks, Canyons LBH etc tour on 9 Sept and I got my ESTA sorted this morning. As we're flying with BA all the way, I presume there will be no problem with checking in my luggage all the way and I won't have to check in with BA at all at Heathrow? I'm just asking as I had two problems when I did the Golden West tour two years ago (at Belfast my booking ref wasn't valid for the Belfast-Heathrow leg of the journey, so I had all sorts of problems there and I had to check in again at Heathrow; when I went to the US airline desk there they told me my ESTA wasn't valid - I had to frantically get a new one with the time ticking towards my flight departing!). The memory of that still haunts me and I'm just checking that this time I can treat the whole journey like I would to any other destination? In other words, do I need to get my passport checked at Heathrow at a BA desk or elsewhere to see that the ESTA etc is in order? I got confirmation when I got it this morning, so I'm just double checking to see if there is anything else I need or should do? Sorry if this sounds unnecessary but it's only my second time going to the States on a tour and I want to avoid any stress at the airport, if possible!
All the best,
Bob