Set the timer to 88 seconds

How to use the online timer

As you set off between Gatwick’s terminals, an eighty-eight-second countdown can mark one small stage of the change while you concentrate on moving. It is enough for gathering your coat and cabin bag, checking that everyone is with you, or walking towards the terminal shuttle signs without repeatedly looking at your phone. The countdown continues while your hands and attention are occupied.

For a terminal change, the displayed duration can be adjusted directly on the page before you leave the waiting area. A little more time may suit a group managing several bags, while a little less may fit a solo traveller who is already near the route. Changing it to match that immediate task makes the finish meaningful, rather than treating it as the time required for the whole journey between terminals.

Gatwick can be noisy around shuttle platforms, busy corridors and public announcements, so the finishing sound may blend into the background. Keeping the phone in an accessible pocket, rather than buried in luggage, makes it easier to hear or feel the end while moving. If headphones are in use, the phone’s current audio and vibration settings will affect whether the signal gets noticed.