Originally Posted by
t325
Is it safe to say that countries that really depend on tourism (like Greece. AFAIK they were open weeks before the rest of the EU) will never re-implement restrictions no matter what the EU recommends?
I'm flying to Austria on Friday and I do not want to change my flights across the pond. I got J for an absolute steal and I know I'll never be able to change the dates without paying thousands of dollars extra. If Austria bans Americans, I'll just book VIE-ATH for a few hours after my IAD-VIE flight arrives.
At this stage I wouldn't like to say, and nor would I assume a transit may or may not be possible - particularly on separate tickets, where your first airline will merely see you terminating your outbound trip at VIE, and therefore you'd have to convince them to go against what IATA may be telling them.
As the UK has now left the EU, if you are able to transit then it might be regarded as a safer bet in terms of alternative destination within the region. That's something you could consider later rather than immediately.