kilo

Actually it was whether RM can carry them but the extra bit of info re: combining packages is also helpful. Thank you.

I have seen an old c-w-s post that suggests posting with Royal Mail, but I also saw a recent FB post from a Randox rep suggesting that RM will not handle their packages!

volar

The current version of the Randox instruction leaflet says “we do not recommend using Royal Mail” However I personally have sent a couple back by Royal Mail with no problems, and I’ve just put another one into the postbox tonight.

Tobias-UK

If I had to choose whose opinion to rely upon between corporate-wage-slave and anyone else, I know who I’d instinctively trust 👍🏻

cauchy

Yes, but not via Special Delivery, it's banned for that service.

Tracked24 is fine (but you can't drop Tracked24 at a post office, must go into the post box, probably immediately outside the office!).

Frequentflyer99

Are T&T still calling fully vaccinated people to check whether they have bothered to take their day 2 tests?

layz

Nothing for me. They probably do call some, but more likely to concentrate on those who also have to quarantine

adrianlondon

I don't think so, or maybe just a very select few. I've not been called, and (for what it's worth) friends of friends have said they weren't called.

Frequentflyer99

Has anyone managed to cancel a Randox Day 2 order before despatch or return an unopened kit ? I appreciate that the T&C say this is not possible, but perhaps they dont strictly enforce them ??

corporate-wage-slave

This is perhaps the post that you are referring to, and there are a number of other examples in that thread and this one giving examples of using Royal Mail.

https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/brit...l#post33454530

The best thing is to use Tracked24 without signature option, Small Parcels, £5.46 and post in a Priority Postbox. The reason being this is a postage option that you buy online, and so the whole process is detached from meeting post office staff. There are restrictions on how and where to post samples, but special handling are in place for Priority Postboxes and they are then the first to get sorted at mail centres. I've seen elsewhere that some people find this all terribly confusing and start mixing up aspects of this (e.g. registered post, trying to buy stamps, going into post offices). Unsurprisingly Randox tries to keep it nice and simple and therefore urges use of their network of drop boxes

louie-m

There's a bit more about priority postboxes and Covid tests here - https://www.royalmail.com/priority-postboxes.

LimitingFactor

Most recent posts seem to be about the return tests. Are Randox working well for the outbound fit-to-fly tests? I need to sort these for October half-term and many of the provides seem to say things like 'results in 24-48 hours from receipt in our lab', whereas Randox seems to suggest that process the same day as receipt, which is better, but all this talk of overflowing drop boxes is a bit scary!

ermis177

I have used them more than 10 times since July. Not an issue at all and always get the result within 24 hours.

Gagravarr

If it is in a dropbox (and actually in!) before the cut-off, then our results have always been by mid afternoon the day after dropping. The times we've posted with Royal Mail (no dropboxes near us) have been much slower for both arrival to Randox (mirroring their warnings) and processing (they seem to be sticking to "dropbox first then everything else")

I think there's a handful of very popular dropboxes in London, but most are fine

marble35

As a test, I used a Randox reference code that I hadn't previously used on a PLF but had actually used and sent the test into Randox. Worked fine (at least, the feds haven't turned up on my doorstep yet).

bhbloke

I have been using ExpressTest in T5, BA give you a discount code to save a few quid but the Emirates code is a slightly better discount.

You need a booking, but they don't panic if you're early/late for your booked timeslot. By the time I leave the airport my trip testing is complete and results have always arrived next day before 10pm as promised.