London Dude

https://www.reuters.com/business/hea...19-2021-11-30/



https://edition.cnn.com/2021/11/30/p...ion/index.html

golfer20

What good does this do? Now the PCR tests (more reliable) aren't really an option, so people will just use the rapid antigen things.

CKBA

Currently the LFTs are all that are needed for air-entry to the US. The key thing is the timing. 3 days (to me) has always been too long given the potential contacts between testing and flying.

MaxFlyer

The quarantine is the killer as it puts and end to any short weekend or business trips. Plus who is going to want to spend all that money to have to quarantine for that period of time. People just won’t travel to the US.

ezefllying

Based on the Reuters article OP shared, it sounds like the quarantine requirement would remain only for unvaccinated travelers. Others would simply be required to test again:

At the very least, it's not at all clear from the article that a general quarantine would be necessary.

Mid-term (months to 1-2 years from now), I think the best strategy will be for international airports to set up on-site rapid PCR testing centers with internationally agreed-upon standards and regulated prices so that people can test 2-3 hours before departure. Show up, test, bag check, get result, clear security. You might need to scan your test result QR to clear outbound passport control. (You could also test elsewhere within a day of departure.)

IkarosBOS

It would have been the best strategy already for 2 years
if it hasn’t been set up at most airports from the day and age of a 500 dollars 24-hours PCR (near LAX, OCT 2020, shameless) it is because someone is profiting big time from this mess and would not give up that profit so easily

xenole

My issue with testing a short time frame prior to flying is getting to somewhere to test.
I don't live in say London, where I can pop to numerous test centres on the Tube or by car, get a test and go home.
I'm 2hrs away from the nearest places, so a 4hr round-trip. If I'm working all day, I can't get to these places before they shut, and postal tests take too long.

Next week, I'm flying early Friday morning and need a PCR test. Need to take the Thursday off work to get a test done and to get the result back in time. Early flight again 2 days later, so have to take another test after arrival to make sure it comes back in time.

13901

It has to be said that at the moment there is no certain rule, these are all speculative pieces from the press. Surely leaked by the powers that be, but still speculation atm.

But I’m ready to bet they’ll enforce something that will make my forthcoming family visit to the US next to impossible.

srbrenna

So if you have an Avios booking and you are required to do a test within 24 hours and test positive then that will be bad news. Will cash flights be similarly affected?

sunshinebob

You can FTV it of course (currently) but I agree, there will be tears

asovse1

I feel like that since throughout the pandemic, the land border entry rules (w/ Canada) and air border rules were administered differently, if this policy goes ahead we're gonna see some people arrive in Canada and drive across to continue their trip. Gotta do whatever it takes to have that Christmas!

mikeyfly

This is bad news for BAH customers rather than flight only - I have a payment due date of 05/12 for 26/12 holiday.....

rolandrat

Although I have just booked and paid for 4 of us to be tested as we fly to Dublin on Saturday as those rules changed yesterday to come in on Friday only because that is already a paid BAH - im just about ready to throw towel in on my other bookings, im certainly not settling the bill on our £6k trip to Washington in Feb which will be due to be paid early Jan next year unless things settle down, which doesnt look likely.
Feel so sorry for Airline industry, they been well shafted again.

warakorn

The mandatory post-arrival quarantine is just a rumor. Don't panic now!
Other sources are quoting that post-arrival quarantine is just a recommendation.

tai4de2

I have no idea how a post-arrival quarantine would be enforced, from a practical standpoint. Yes there is precedent for enforcement mechanisms — at the state or local level — but it’s always been patchy at best.