having been flying weekly again since mid-sept, i have made peace with UK test requirements including the more positive changes. but i need to go home to london for three days this weekend and of course bought the day 2 antigen test, fine. but what i do not understand now is it seems even if you depart less than 48hrs you need to buy/pay for the day 2 test which the only logic i can see is to dissuade those who may lie about not needing the day 2 test, but how many lie under threat of penalty?

seems another pocket lining exercise....but equally annoying is i have now been NHS "pinged" for every single flight i have taken this month via LHR. ignoring that i am abroad and the NHS has no jurisdiction over me, they are annoyingly persistent until i fill in the questionnaire to make them go away which of course is irrelevant given i am fully vax'd--but it is curious that each week in october i am being pinged as a result of a BA flight transiting LHR.