Finally flying to USA..but..
Nov 18, 2021, 6:16 am
#61
Join Date: Jul 2020
Posts: 147
Given that there are many reasons for being exempt (including things such as it causing distress) I would suggest paying a small amount to get a letter to that effect from a private GP for your toddler. I won't comment further in case I offend people but it's vital children, especially young children, are able to communicate with their parents.
Nov 18, 2021, 8:23 am
#62
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Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: NYC and London
Programs: BA (LTG, GGL, CCR), LH (*G)
Posts: 334
Having gone back and forth regularly during Covid I can honestly say that flying to the US has been pretty painless, compared to flying to the UK. No stupid locator forms, no stupid day 2/5/8 PCR tests, no stupid quarantine, no stupid calls from NHS track & trace to check up on quarantine.
Nov 18, 2021, 12:12 pm
#63
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Las Vegas
Programs: BA Gold; Hilton Honors Diamond
Posts: 3,228
I'm travelling to the US on December 2nd, but will be beginning my itinerary in Paris (CDG-LHR-HEL-JFK) - It's not going to be an issue having booked the Qured antigen test with the video consult and having done that in London prior to travel is it? My test is booked for November 30th, and all of my flights will take place on the 2nd.
Nov 18, 2021, 12:49 pm
#64
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: London
Programs: BAEC GGL, BA Amex PP
Posts: 1,051
Just some notes on my recent QURED experience (I need negative LFT for entry into IT for an ex-EU to the US - both IT and the US require negative tests)
- you can use the same test result for more than one flight as long as it meets that country’s timing requirements (eg. For Italy it’s 48 hours from arrival into Italy itself, for the US it’s 3 days before your flight to the US departs).
- I mention the above because I asked Qured if each pre-departure test was only applicable for one flight/or only valid for a particular day. Someone really badly informed from QURED support said I needed separate tests for separate flights even if the result would still be valid!!
- So I bought two tests and then found out it does not matter at all as I’ve cleared verification both on BA and Verifly (for my return to U.K. and onwards to JFK) using the same -ve test that I did this morning! (the QURED certificate says nothing about it being valid for a particular flight at all)
- however no big deal and nothing lost - the “surplus” second test I have for tomorrow morning will now be the pre departure test I use to get back into IT at the end of my trip. I changed the supervised video call to some date next week where I can do it in SFO (don’t think it matters where you take it- the supervisor didn’t ask and you can arrange the time and change the time zone, so will be Pacific for me then) and I’ll take the kit with me in my luggage (I took the liquid tube out and put into my liquids bag), the rest of the box is dry and takes up hardly any space.
- Day 2 U.K. Arrival test from QURED is only shipped on arrival - hoping it’s gone through my letterbox and waiting ready for me next weekend.
- you can use the same test result for more than one flight as long as it meets that country’s timing requirements (eg. For Italy it’s 48 hours from arrival into Italy itself, for the US it’s 3 days before your flight to the US departs).
- I mention the above because I asked Qured if each pre-departure test was only applicable for one flight/or only valid for a particular day. Someone really badly informed from QURED support said I needed separate tests for separate flights even if the result would still be valid!!
- So I bought two tests and then found out it does not matter at all as I’ve cleared verification both on BA and Verifly (for my return to U.K. and onwards to JFK) using the same -ve test that I did this morning! (the QURED certificate says nothing about it being valid for a particular flight at all)
- however no big deal and nothing lost - the “surplus” second test I have for tomorrow morning will now be the pre departure test I use to get back into IT at the end of my trip. I changed the supervised video call to some date next week where I can do it in SFO (don’t think it matters where you take it- the supervisor didn’t ask and you can arrange the time and change the time zone, so will be Pacific for me then) and I’ll take the kit with me in my luggage (I took the liquid tube out and put into my liquids bag), the rest of the box is dry and takes up hardly any space.
- Day 2 U.K. Arrival test from QURED is only shipped on arrival - hoping it’s gone through my letterbox and waiting ready for me next weekend.
Nov 18, 2021, 10:51 pm
#65
Join Date: May 2014
Location: BRU
Programs: BA GGL, TK E (*G), ITA exec
Posts: 4,100
I'm travelling to the US on December 2nd, but will be beginning my itinerary in Paris (CDG-LHR-HEL-JFK) - It's not going to be an issue having booked the Qured antigen test with the video consult and having done that in London prior to travel is it? My test is booked for November 30th, and all of my flights will take place on the 2nd.
I'm travelling shortly from CDG, I took my PCR test in Belgium and I've uploaded it on VeriFLY with no issue so far.
Nov 19, 2021, 12:34 am
#66
Join Date: Sep 2007
Programs: AA, BA, Accor, Honors Diamond, IHG Diamond Elite and lots more....
Posts: 2,971
Just some notes on my recent QURED experience (I need negative LFT for entry into IT for an ex-EU to the US - both IT and the US require negative tests)
- you can use the same test result for more than one flight as long as it meets that country’s timing requirements (eg. For Italy it’s 48 hours from arrival into Italy itself, for the US it’s 3 days before your flight to the US departs).
- I mention the above because I asked Qured if each pre-departure test was only applicable for one flight/or only valid for a particular day. Someone really badly informed from QURED support said I needed separate tests for separate flights even if the result would still be valid!!
- So I bought two tests and then found out it does not matter at all as I’ve cleared verification both on BA and Verifly (for my return to U.K. and onwards to JFK) using the same -ve test that I did this morning! (the QURED certificate says nothing about it being valid for a particular flight at all)
- however no big deal and nothing lost - the “surplus” second test I have for tomorrow morning will now be the pre departure test I use to get back into IT at the end of my trip. I changed the supervised video call to some date next week where I can do it in SFO (don’t think it matters where you take it- the supervisor didn’t ask and you can arrange the time and change the time zone, so will be Pacific for me then) and I’ll take the kit with me in my luggage (I took the liquid tube out and put into my liquids bag), the rest of the box is dry and takes up hardly any space.
- Day 2 U.K. Arrival test from QURED is only shipped on arrival - hoping it’s gone through my letterbox and waiting ready for me next weekend.
- you can use the same test result for more than one flight as long as it meets that country’s timing requirements (eg. For Italy it’s 48 hours from arrival into Italy itself, for the US it’s 3 days before your flight to the US departs).
- I mention the above because I asked Qured if each pre-departure test was only applicable for one flight/or only valid for a particular day. Someone really badly informed from QURED support said I needed separate tests for separate flights even if the result would still be valid!!
- So I bought two tests and then found out it does not matter at all as I’ve cleared verification both on BA and Verifly (for my return to U.K. and onwards to JFK) using the same -ve test that I did this morning! (the QURED certificate says nothing about it being valid for a particular flight at all)
- however no big deal and nothing lost - the “surplus” second test I have for tomorrow morning will now be the pre departure test I use to get back into IT at the end of my trip. I changed the supervised video call to some date next week where I can do it in SFO (don’t think it matters where you take it- the supervisor didn’t ask and you can arrange the time and change the time zone, so will be Pacific for me then) and I’ll take the kit with me in my luggage (I took the liquid tube out and put into my liquids bag), the rest of the box is dry and takes up hardly any space.
- Day 2 U.K. Arrival test from QURED is only shipped on arrival - hoping it’s gone through my letterbox and waiting ready for me next weekend.
One to fly to the USA and one the day after arriving to get on a cruise ship 2 days later. The Cruise ship one must be up to 2 days before the sail date and we have three nights before the cruise.
So with the Day 2, we need 6 tests from them.