ajdj

The EU have been trying to achieve a standardised approach to Rapid Antigen testing for months. There are various public documents available on this. It seems trying to reach an agreement between the member states isn’t working and with each country having sovereignty over their own entry requirements it might be difficult to achieve.

lcylocal

Yes this does sound like the best option currently. And certainly the route I would be happy to head down for future travel if things improve and open up. But still quite an expensive option for a family wanting to head south in the summer so not mass market yet.

We will need them for vaccine passports anyway so might as well try and get on with it.

Yes and I believe you don’t need social security for the free test on departure at CDG. But this is why I think £50 is an achievable and affordable goal.

Aviation, travel and tourism support so many jobs in the UK, I just hope the government begin to recognise that they need to be a bit more hands on to get some kind of recovery once the current wave subsides.

Before this becomes too Omni I note that WizzAir and EasyJet are offering cheaper tests through Confirm at £85/75 respectively. I wonder if BA will follow suit.

binman

Not sure why anyone is surprised by Rip Off Britain anymore

From Jan 1st will get worse. German airports were providing state funded testing to all EU citizens including transitioning citizens

ayearinmx

something a bit more official regarding Cyprus on the Gov website (https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/cyprus):

corporate-wage-slave

I don't want to encourage anyone to push the boundaries here, it's important to get infections under control or vaccination will take twice as long for us to get past the worst of it. And that needs everyone to play their part, in the battle against people being selfish, the virus has a massive and now increasing genomic advantage. But I think the restrictions going to fragment fairly quickly. Schengen being what it is, someone can fly now to CDG on fairly low spec tests, transit there to a flight to Germany and probably not see anyone other than airline staff in the process. And at least one Schengen country appears not to be asking for tests at all. EU governments will be aware of this, so further adaptations will come along in one direction or the other.

flyingcrazy

Which schengen country does not require tests?

EDDLEGLL

A word of caution - most requirements and restrictions throughout EU countries are and have been based on where you were in the last 10-15 days prior to arrival. Entering Schengen somewhere and then thinking you’re free to go wherever as long as you meet the requirements of your point of entry is therefore incorrect.

Please do your research to not break the laws of your final destination (and unnecessarily endanger others!)

Confus

Very short term - for this exact reason.

The additional flexibility is for severe disruption events only, and is designed to allow customers to move themselves around without BA being accused of ‘profiteering’ through what is effectively standard (and largely automated) revenue management - it’s basically a temporary override switch. It will be turned off as soon as the situation is considered to be under control (or immediately if there’s evidence of significant abuse).

81romeo

Typing from the CCT right now.

T5 very empty. No questions or checks whatsoever about where and why I was travelling.

HB7

Where are you flying to if you don't mind me asking?

bluemoon68

To be clear, we had a test at a private clinic locally. no need to travel to the airport twice. We thought it risky to attempt to start our holiday with what we knew wasn't the right sort of PCR test. Just reporting what I have heard from others. Without the check list the check in staff have, they are busy checking the time of tests against their country list and I doubt have time to delve into the particular PCR requirements of each country.

81romeo

Final destination is IST but today I'm diverting to CAI.

HB7

Hi All,

I have checked in for my flight to CDG tomorrow and I will travel to the airport early, however, if I'm not allowed on the plane - what will happen to my flight? Do I lose it completely?

I'm worried that I will end up losing the flight and money I paid for it.

Krisz

I’m not sure what is your citizenship however it is your responsibility that you meet with all the required criteria to able to fly to CDG. If you don’t have the PCR test, etc then BA can take your money and you can loose your flight. However you can apply for the FTV if BA is not cancelled your flight.

corporate-wage-slave

Formally and usually it's down to the passenger to get their paperwork in order to ensure they are allowed to fly, it's not the airline's job. However there are several dispensations going around at the moment. Firstly FTVs are available up to the closure of the flight, usually an hour or so before departure, CDG would usually be nearer 35 minutes. Obviously you don't want to be on the wrong side of that, but if you have a good reason to think that you will be denied travel hen you better get their sooner than normal. Secondly LHR appears to have an airport policy at the moment which I would deem to be aimed at trying to avoid hard discussions. So if you were denied but asked for a week to resolve the issue, I suspect it will be done in a few clicks.