US Pre Travel test requirement ends this weekend
Jun 10, 2022, 9:43 am
#16
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These companies have definitely evolved their business model!
Jun 10, 2022, 9:54 am
#18
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Jun 10, 2022, 11:00 am
#21
Join Date: Dec 2009
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Good, It makes little sense for the USA to have tests for COVID on arrivals when they have COVID circulating freely inside the country (and will have for the foreseeable future). Even if a traveller does arrive with COVID, it's not making anything worse for the country in general.
The chance of actually catching COVID on an aircraft remains very low and was very low even before such testing requirements were in place, so there is no traveller benefit either.
It was low before masks, pre-departure testing, etc (early 2020): https://www.internationalairportrevi...-transmission/
Accumulated evidence also says it remains unlikely: https://www.iata.org/globalassets/ia...idence-doc.pdf
Meanwhile the cost and burden of getting a test is significant, particularly for anyone on a longer or more complex itinerary or from countries where testing is difficult to find or very expensive.
The chance of actually catching COVID on an aircraft remains very low and was very low even before such testing requirements were in place, so there is no traveller benefit either.
It was low before masks, pre-departure testing, etc (early 2020): https://www.internationalairportrevi...-transmission/
Accumulated evidence also says it remains unlikely: https://www.iata.org/globalassets/ia...idence-doc.pdf
Meanwhile the cost and burden of getting a test is significant, particularly for anyone on a longer or more complex itinerary or from countries where testing is difficult to find or very expensive.
Jun 10, 2022, 11:12 am
#22
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This is also being discussed in the coronavirus and travel forum
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/coro...m-12-june.html
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/coro...m-12-june.html
Jun 10, 2022, 12:24 pm
#24
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Fantastic and very, very welcome news. We were on the verge of cancelling our summer holiday to Marco Is. in August as getting our five year old to take any type of COVID test is lately proving impossible. The last thing we needed was for her to refuse a test the day before the flight and then be on the hook for an abandoned trip.
Jun 10, 2022, 12:41 pm
#26
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Dublin, Ireland
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They might keep it though, if it's expediting other things.
Jun 10, 2022, 12:45 pm
#27
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Well, despite BA saying that details MUST be submitted before flying - on MMB/verifly, last week I did neither and no problem. I can therefore only guess that it is redundant, afterall, what is it going to check?
Jun 10, 2022, 1:41 pm
#29
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Jun 10, 2022, 1:45 pm
#30
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