Tobias-UK

That would be great save for the fact the current advice if for essential travel only, and there are very few places available that I would want to spend 2 weeks in.

chucko

I don't know what the loads are like, or where the passengers are originating, but BA resumed service 3x weekly (We/Fr/Su) to SEA at the beginning of the month, after a two-month suspension.

tjcxx

These are cargo only flights.

Stripe

A list that was drawn up when Europe was the center of the pandemic. With the exception of adding Brazil, the list hasn't changed and in many respects no longer makes any sense.There are countries that should be on it but aren't and others like Ireland, where COVID spread is now minimal, continue to be restricted.

In any case, as has been said, I'm not sure the US would be at the top of my list to visit if I lived elsewhere and watched the news. Much of the coverage is exaggerated and misleading but not entirely. Very sad to say that.

I'm just hoping the UK and Ireland won't be blocking US citizens come September.

flyingcrazy

You are correct. The current US list is not effective anymore, as most of those European states have lower rates of infection than the US does. I sort of expect any day now for Trump to tweet he is lifting the Europe ban. I am fairly sure Dr Fauci will have no say in the matter.

Now the EU is allowing for non EU travel from July 1st, I would expect the pressure on reciprocal travel arrangements with the US to grow.

Regards the UK/Ireland, I do not think you have anything to worry about in September. Both countries travel restrictions are not going to last long.

karcer

Borders between Canada and US are not closed, you can book flights at any time, just looked at flying YYZ to ORD. June 15, flight leaves at 06:30

Xenor

I think a lot of people who had plans to travel to the US this summer as a tourist will be cancelling/postponing their trips. I'm due to fly BA to LAX in late August and back to the UK on September 20th, for what is supposed to be a big road trip around national parks and to be honest I don't want to go. I've been looking forward to this trip for a year but I feel August will be too soon to be travelling to the US given how bad the pandemic is there, the possibility of having to quarantine on my return as well as the fact some of my plans may be more difficult or not possible due to any Covid-19 restrictions in place at destinations. My current line of thinking is to cancel everything and take the BA voucher and then rebook for around May/June next year. I'll lose about £100 from two domestic flights in the US that will give me a voucher that I'll never use (different itinerary planned for next year). I'll also lose about £80 on a non-refundable hotel booking and about £60 on cancellation fees for everything else. But those losses don't bother me much as I feel I will enjoy the trip more next year.

So for me at least, it doesn't matter whether the US opens up to tourists, it comes down to whether I feel it is safe to go there and whether I will enjoy the trip as much as I would have if Covid-19 weren't around. I can't imagine many people will be looking forward to their summer trips with all the uncertainty around travel and will be wanting to postpone if possible. I've spent every day for the past month browsing this forum to see what BA are doing with July cancellations to try figure out if my August flights might be cancelled and hoping they extend their book with confidence policy to cover August (which they did last week).

Stripe

The land border is closed but you can fly from Canada to the US almost without restriction. Exceptions are those who have been in a restricted country (China, Iran, Schengen, etc) in the last 14 days.

DeanB

My next expected US trip (for a conference, and then hopefully a few days free) is mid-October for SF and nearby Bay Area.

Haven't booked flights yet, but am cautiously optimistic that it might work out OK

lhrsfo

I too am really hoping mid October will work. I have a house and a business there, both of which desperately need attention. But CA looks a bit of a mess currently.

SonTech

Hasn't Florida just ramped up testing by a huge amount recently which would make the infection rate appear to jump but the death rate has not?

Admiral Ackbar

And my point was that as long as this is the case (CANUSA land border closed), no other restrictions will be lifted. Thanks for the clarification (as I said I am having communication issues in this thread).

Gastrocnemius

Daily number of tests in Florida fell in the last period for which there is data:

https://covid19.healthdata.org/unite...merica/florida

Florida's total number of tests per million population is also below the national average

nyjoe4

Unfortunately, hospitalizations are increasing in Florida, indicating that the increase in positive tests are not just a result of more testing.

allset2travel

Since European tourists can't go to US, they can always try China!