The UK introduced exit checks in 8 April 2015. My anecdote is from travel before then, yours after. Discussion-by-anecdote is pointless without dates etc, and

The UK introduced exit checks in 8 April 2015. My anecdote is from travel before then, yours after. Discussion-by-anecdote is pointless without dates etc, and a waste of time when it's easy enough to find the policy: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/exit-checks-on-passengers-leaving-the-uk/exit-checks-fact-sheet https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/exit-checks-on-pa...