Hi Becky,
Would like to add my thanks to all the others for your report - the frisking gave me a chuckle, too. I take it Christian doesn't read the forum, if you're still getting away with tucking items into his suitcase? LOL.
We arrived at Gatwick on our return with Easyjet in May at 12.40 am, as well - but Colin pre-booked a night at the Travel Lodge at Gatwick. He did this at the same time as booking the flights, months in advance and the room was so much cheaper being so far in advance as well.
Made it much more civilsed, but then if I remember rightly, you booked it all last minute anyway, which is what we had been planning to do in September, so we can't always get it right, can we?
lynn xx