BillyBleach

FYI

This was not a timing issue. The error message remained all through to yesterday. Upon which I contacted VeriFLY who advised to delete the app, reinstall and recover your account, and start again.

it works fine now

casey89

My itinerary is PRG - LHR - MIA on February 18th and when i was flying to LAX in December the order of steps in checklist for the US trip was way different (vaccine passport, test, attestation) now it is attestation first and vaccine second. But that is not a problem. When I want to add the PRG - LHR leg the last date is 31st January and no more. I know about the restriction lifting in UK so it basically means that the verifly will no longer be needed for trips to the UK right? Or does the UK PLF for transit still needs to be filled?

corporate-wage-slave

PLF's will be required for those entering the UK, but aren't needed for airside transit. You could decide to do it anyway, see post 1058 above. The 31 January date is just the last set of flights BA have loaded, normally they would add more dates by now, but it may be something they are leaving to the last moment.

LSSI92

A have a few questions. I have a booking next month which is MAN-LHR > LHR-JFK.

1. Should I get the Verifly app now or are you prompted to do this when you try to check-in online?

2. If Verifly fails to work, do you envison check-in at MAN T1 to be busy at around 4am on a Friday?

3. Which documents do Verifly require to check-in successfully?

Thank you

corporate-wage-slave

You need a Lateral Flow or PCR the day before travel, so there is virtually nothing you can usefully do until say 5 days to departure. There may be changes to the requirements by then anyway. At that point upload your vaccine certificate, then do the online attestation, and finally upload the test result as soon as you have it. So if you were vaccinated by NHS England the only thing that typically is a flap is the test result. Upload for manual check, only some Collinson tests are automated. Try to ensure you have a clear match on paperwork and the ticketed name, OLCI may not work initially but after a few hours it may do so. MAN will be busy at that time, but they will be used to dealing with anyone not able to get VeriFLY working. I'd almost advocate arriving 75 minutes to departure since that at least limits your waiting time, and so long as you are in the queue they won't offload you.

LSSI92

That's great, thank you for the quick response. I appreciate it!

flyingmooser

A quick one with a couple of questions if someone doesn't mind answering.

I'm planning to use Verifly as I don't want to have to check in at the airport as conscious my group could not end up sitting together (seats are far too expensive for my flight)

We are flying at 9.50 so we have booked Rapid Antigen Tests for 8am the day before with results within 15 minutes. This is to enable me to get the verifly process started as quickly as possible before online check in opens.

1. How long does it normally take to verify the test and vaccine documents uploaded ( I have booked with Express Cignpost)
2. I set up a new email to sort everything out for this holiday (my OCD!) everything will have the same email (tests, travel to the airport, estas) apart from my BA login as this is my original personal email I've had for ages and obviously my NHS login for covid passes. Is this likely to cause any issues or is it not worth worrying about. My only thought is that trying to check in online with BA with a verifly account under a different email.


Thanks.

corporate-wage-slave

1. You will need to upload your test certificate for VeriFLY to manually check (the second option on the screen). This can take anywhere from 10 minutes to 4 hours. The latter was on a peak Friday before Christmas. Depending on your destination, the other things required are usually quick, or in the case of NHS QR codes for vaccinations, instant.
2. Not worth worrying about. Not sure I see the benefit in having multiple email addresses, it certainly not something I would do. But for OLCI versus VeriFLY it doesn't matter, it isn't part of the process.

flyingmooser

Thankyou for the quick reply.

I know but as I'm organising and booking everything for a group of people I wanted to have it all in a separate place for easy access especially when we're in the US.

Out of interest how does BA link with your Verifly account? Is it something once you've got the green tick?

corporate-wage-slave

Well it's more that VeriFLY links to your BA booking. It sends over the confirmation by Surname, PNR, flight number, flight date of departure.

RB211

I have a flight back to the UK in the next week... Verifly still wants a test result uploaded 2.5 hours before departure. The requirement for this test was dropped a while ago, wasn't it?

rb211.

flyingmooser

Have you uploaded your vaccine certificate into the checklist? I did this last night to get my return trip ready (not even going for another couple of weeks) and as soon as I uploaded my QR code, the testing part of the app greyed out for the flight back and all I need to do is PLF

RB211

Not yet - Thanks - I will try that!

rb211.

xenole

Just uploaded my vaccination certificate and it ticked the test result and went straight to the PLF. I'll do that later as havent the patience right now.

RB211

It appears to be fixed, at least at the surface!

rb211.