pinkcat

I have LHR to PHL booked for 11 Apr,, havent cancelled it yet as I am holding out for a refund, my ESTA expires 19 march and I was going to apply for a new one before travel. My GE status remains at approved and my renewal status is pending (which is situation normal for renewals)

Roryb

I only applied for that 6 months ago Going to be forgetting about getting that through anytime there is a 2 in the year.

Fireflyer05

IMO, since ESTA is neither a visa nor an application for admission itself, but just a travel authorization, the answer would still be "No".

UKtravelbear

Am not sure what to advise really.

I've had a look on the VS, AY and KL boards and there are no simlar posts there. Not on the general USA destination board nor the Trusted Traveller board either.

The DHS / CBP has an Ombudsman to deal with complaints so that might be an avenue but it's not likely to be a quick process.

Confus

There is absolutely no need to panic. As part of the check in process for a flight to the US an airline has to run your details through the DHS ESTA database. That’s why if you have a full visa they need to override it at this point. All this represents is the quickest and easiest way for the DHS to stop people who will be rejected at the border boarding the aircraft in the first place as they won’t be allowed to check in (the advantage of BA sending them APIS in advance). There will be so many people in this situation that when it’s all over they’ll easily allow you to apply for a new ESTA then.

corporate-wage-slave

Yes, it's just the DHS using a hammer to crack a nut. There has just been a huge data scan and crude administrative fiat applied. They will have cancelled ESTAs for people still eligible to fly under some of the more obscure exceptions under the policy. My uninformed guess is that as and when travel becomes viable again, some mechanism will be found to assist the OP, the very worse will be having to apply from fresh again but it's not a black mark in my view.

UKtravelbear

If people want to check their ESTA status this is the link

clink on 'Check ESTA Status' and select from the drop down menu - individual or group as necessary.

You will need your passport

https://esta.cbp.dhs.gov/individualStatusLookup

henry999

Indeed. My neighbour received the same message this morning even though he is married to a US citizen and is therefore exempt from the ban. (Does the ESTA application even take such marital status into account, I wonder?)

elwe

If BA are supplying personal data to the US, when the booking has been cancelled, they have no reason to. There is no excuse of it being necessary for law enforcement etc. Could they be liable for a massive GDPA fine? Not that I think they would get one in the circumstances.

Tobias-UK

Are you referring to this one?: US Ban: BA flight Canx/Rebook Info & Help ONLY *No general discussion/speculation*

If so, no one was suggesting it was fake news, we were trying to clarify what the situation was - that topic was being strictly monitored to ensure there was no speculative posts or posts with information that was not capable of being verified. Given the continuously changing circumstances it is vital we offer reliable and accurate information and that, where possible, we verify the information being posted by linking to official sources of that information. We do not want to provide misleading or speculative information in this fast moving situation.

Brighterside

There are discussions on Florida holiday message boards from people travelling with Virgin that their ESTA's have been cancelled so it isn't just BA.

everGLAdes

Will the ESTA revocation go on my record as a negative mark?

Any traveler with a valid ESTA who attempts to travel the United States in violation of the Proclamations will have their ESTA canceled, not revoked. This cancellation does not preclude a traveler from re-applying for an ESTA.

https://esta.cbp.dhs.gov/faq?focused...0Proclamations

corporate-wage-slave

That's not so obscure, I hadn't thought of that one, and it will affect thousands of people travelling today / tomorrow. Which is good in a way, since US embassies will be getting calls from their own expat citizens wanting to know what to do. Anyone with a cancelled ESTA not travelled best leave this for a few weeks. A few years back the DHS did the same sort of data scan on people they thought did not have chipped passports. The date they used for the UK was a misunderstanding (I think we've been issuing chips for 15 plus years) based on the fact that a tiny number of passports issued in about 2014 didn't have chips, They cancelled the ESTAs of people with older passports even though 99.99% of those passports had a chip. A few days later they reversed the cancellations, didn't send emails out, it was just the ESTA checker that showed everything was OK. Now I don't think this case is going to quite as straightforward, but if you are not travelling to the USA for a month or so I wouldn't worry about it for a week or two.

alex67500

Silly question maybe, but can you remove your information from API in that case? That'll invalidate your booking if BA don't cancel it on time...

OddJobMan

I've just done that to my booking next month, not sure if I should put it back or not.