BA & Dubai
Feb 19, 2021, 2:48 am
#901
Join Date: Oct 2017
Posts: 86
Time to leave the UAE....
I received my PCR test certificate this morning (from RAK hospital). Whilst it has my name and age on it, it doesn't have my passport number. Anyone had any issues at immigration (anywhere) with a PCR certificate that doesn't have a passport number ?
BTW, for those interesed - In Ras Al Khaimah they are still doing the free PCR test if you have stayed in a RAK hotel for at least 2 days (need a certificate from the hotel - offer now ends 31st March). If not then the test costs 150 AED (Ł30 GBP). I got tested yesterday at 11am and my test result/certificate arrived today at 10am. The queue at 10am in the Al Hamra Mall was large (maybe 40 people) - loads of Russians and no social distancing by many (it was like a queue for a coffee with everyone chatting etc). If anyone in the queue was positive then I am sure they'd have passed it on - not great!!
I received my PCR test certificate this morning (from RAK hospital). Whilst it has my name and age on it, it doesn't have my passport number. Anyone had any issues at immigration (anywhere) with a PCR certificate that doesn't have a passport number ?
BTW, for those interesed - In Ras Al Khaimah they are still doing the free PCR test if you have stayed in a RAK hotel for at least 2 days (need a certificate from the hotel - offer now ends 31st March). If not then the test costs 150 AED (Ł30 GBP). I got tested yesterday at 11am and my test result/certificate arrived today at 10am. The queue at 10am in the Al Hamra Mall was large (maybe 40 people) - loads of Russians and no social distancing by many (it was like a queue for a coffee with everyone chatting etc). If anyone in the queue was positive then I am sure they'd have passed it on - not great!!
Feb 19, 2021, 3:09 am
#902
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: ±38,000 feet
Programs: LH HON, BA GGL, AF Plat, EK Plat
Posts: 6,428
I thought they might start to do that.
Of course the PCR test will tell them which country you had it done in, and therefore where you had been the previous 72 hours.
However you don't need either a PLR or PCR if you flying in only from Ireland (CTA) without having originated elsewhere, so there will still be challenges for Border Force as some travellers will quite rightly be able to state that they don't need either.
Of course the PCR test will tell them which country you had it done in, and therefore where you had been the previous 72 hours.
However you don't need either a PLR or PCR if you flying in only from Ireland (CTA) without having originated elsewhere, so there will still be challenges for Border Force as some travellers will quite rightly be able to state that they don't need either.
Feb 19, 2021, 3:39 am
#903
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: KSA
Programs: BA LTG, UA Gold, EK Silver, Hilton LT Diamond, Marriott LT Titanium, IHG Plat
Posts: 1,242
Yay, glad to be leaving the UAE and on my way to Malta (via Istanbul).
Was a bit suprised to see a BA plane landing as we were departing (on TK) although it was doing it's best to hide amongst the EK aircraft.
Was a bit suprised to see a BA plane landing as we were departing (on TK) although it was doing it's best to hide amongst the EK aircraft.
Mar 1, 2021, 3:16 am
#905
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: London
Programs: Sir Ratechaser Seigneur de la Patience d'un Saint (Mucci), BA Silver, Starbucks Gold
Posts: 2,566
If you really wanted to be sneaky (and I'm of course not advocating this), couldn't you just get in a taxi from DUB to BHD and then get a domestic flight back home...?
Mar 1, 2021, 3:31 am
#906
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: London, UK
Programs: BA Exec Club, SIA KrisFlyer, Qantas FF, Emirates Skywards
Posts: 1,850
I have heard from two people working at LHR that BA is planning to return some A380s to service at the end of May. So I would say that there is a remote possibility - but nothing more.
Mar 1, 2021, 3:50 am
#907
Join Date: Feb 2021
Programs: BA Exec Club
Posts: 76
The Immigration Officer then enters details of your onward flight into his computer. I have no idea if that info is then passed to UK Border Control, but it might be.
You do not of course have to complete a UK PLF flying out from Belfast to the UK, but you would definitely be met off the plane in the UK by Border Control if Ireland has forwarded your Belfast-UK flight details to them along with the country you originated from.
Mar 1, 2021, 3:50 am
#908
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: DUB / DXB
Programs: EK Gold, BA Gold
Posts: 2,471
Yes, and this has been a big headache for both irish and uk governments. They specifically addressed it in recent irish Taoiseach press conference. Ireland will have mandatory hotel quarantine starting within a few weeks, so that will put an end to this loophole as quarantine will be enforced at the first point of entry
Mar 1, 2021, 4:02 am
#909
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 3,839
In theory yes. However you would need to go through immigration at Dublin with a completed Ireland Passenger Locator Form, your PCR test, and copies of your train ticket and onward flight from Belfast as proof that you will be in Ireland for less than 24 hours.
The Immigration Officer then enters details of your onward flight into his computer. I have no idea if that info is then passed to UK Border Control, but it might be.
You do not of course have to complete a UK PLF flying out from Belfast to the UK, but you would definitely be met off the plane in the UK by Border Control if Ireland has forwarded your Belfast-UK flight details to them along with the country you originated from.
The Immigration Officer then enters details of your onward flight into his computer. I have no idea if that info is then passed to UK Border Control, but it might be.
You do not of course have to complete a UK PLF flying out from Belfast to the UK, but you would definitely be met off the plane in the UK by Border Control if Ireland has forwarded your Belfast-UK flight details to them along with the country you originated from.
Mar 10, 2021, 1:51 am
#911
Join Date: May 2014
Posts: 7,237
If needs must, I'd buy a ticket with whichever airline that is serving Dubai today; or maybe a passage through Bahrain.
Mar 10, 2021, 2:08 am
#912
Join Date: Sep 2012
Posts: 2,575
Emirates are operating direct outbound flights so if I had to go for work I'd book one of those (as late as possible!)
Getting back currently you need to take an indirect option so I'd book one of those nearer the time to avoid changing schedules/policies
Getting back currently you need to take an indirect option so I'd book one of those nearer the time to avoid changing schedules/policies
May 21, 2021, 8:06 pm
#913
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Aberdeen
Programs: BA Gold, IHG Diamond Ambassador
Posts: 650
Seems Simon Calder doesn’t expect the UAE to make Amber this year even though most people are vaccinated and cases quite low.
https://apple.news/A96mF8M0MTiu25nN5vsS7gg
https://apple.news/A96mF8M0MTiu25nN5vsS7gg
May 22, 2021, 12:35 am
#914
Join Date: Jun 2020
Posts: 125
Seems Simon Calder doesn’t expect the UAE to make Amber this year even though most people are vaccinated and cases quite low.
https://apple.news/A96mF8M0MTiu25nN5vsS7gg
https://apple.news/A96mF8M0MTiu25nN5vsS7gg
"Q: We are currently booked to travel to Dubai at the end of June, however we note that the UAE has so far remained on the red list due to being a travel hub. Is it likely that the UAE will become green before the end of June?
If this is unlikely then we are looking to change our booking to go to Malta instead on the same dates. This is currently amber however I have seen many are expecting it to go “green” soon. Is it likely that Malta will be added to the green list before the end of June?
A: I think the chances of the UAE switching from red list to green within the next 40 days look remote indeed. Although we haven’t seen any “live action” on the red, amber and green lists, I imagine that a country on the red list would only move to the amber list in a single bound – followed by a few weeks’ wait, minimum, before continuing to green.
Malta’s numbers suggest it should have been on the green list from day one, and I imagine it will be one of the first to be added at the review early next month"
https://www.independent.co.uk/travel...-b1851742.html