Originally Posted by
orbitmic
I'm not entirely sure what is the relevance to the BA forum. This has, strictly speaking, nothing to do with BA and is covered in other (more relevant) sections of FT.
Countries change travel requirements frequently and it is always worth double checking on national travel websites. There have been recent changes to entry conditions to the likes of Brazil, Canada, etc. Unfortunately, national authorities are rarely very good at advertising such changes so keeping an eye is really the only way to avoid bad surprises.
Originally Posted by
AlanA
This has been discussed in many forums, has been in the British newspapers and on certainly BAs web site
It's up to the individual to ensure they meet the requirements, I'm surprised when they applied for their ESTA they didn't notice thus as well!
Without working out the stats, a large minority of BA's long haul flights go to the US, and for years the only thing many UK passport holders have had to worry about was whether their ESTA is in-date. I had found out this information by accident in January, and got my new passport last month in advance of a trip to the US next week, given that I didn't have a biometric passport.
I had
posted it on the BA forum, but it got moved to <<FlyerTalk Forums > Destinations > America - USA > USA>> as everyone who is going to the States is obviously going to look there
