How do BA check papers for covid? Is Verifly necessary to have on my trip?
Jul 25, 22, 12:22 pm
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How do BA check papers for covid? Is Verifly necessary to have on my trip?
In 2 days flying to Montreal from Oslo via Heathrow. I just got email from BA about Varifly. I was wondering do I really have to use it. The app is bugging a lot. When i was flying to Canada via Amsterdam. KLM checked my papers in Norway and then again in Amsterdam. The gate number they wrote publicly at Schiphol was just covid paper check and once they checked the papers they gave us stickers and wrote actual gates on our tickets. How does covid paper check goes with BA? Is it really important to have this app and does it actually saves time like it says in the email i got?
Jul 25, 22, 2:53 pm
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No, VeriFLY isn't essential and you can present your paperwork at check-in instead - this would probably be OSL, but could be LHR as well. VeriFLY has its uses, particularly if you are unfamiliar with all of Canada's requirements (which changed a few days ago incidentally) and it may save time at check-in. More information in the main VeriFLY thread, and then there is this thread which is nearly identical to your position.
BA email stating I need "VeriFly" for my LHR-YYZ flight on Monday
BA email stating I need "VeriFly" for my LHR-YYZ flight on Monday
Jul 25, 22, 4:50 pm
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OSL weren't in the least bit interested in Verifly when I was there.
OSL check in were insistent for quite a while that I didn't have an ETA, so have a paper copy of the acceptance email to hand along with the various ref numbers. It was only when I did a live lookup on the Canadian government website that they agreed to look further rather than send me away.
I hope it was a one off, but had I not (politely) stood my ground I wonder if I would have been denied boarding.
OSL check in were insistent for quite a while that I didn't have an ETA, so have a paper copy of the acceptance email to hand along with the various ref numbers. It was only when I did a live lookup on the Canadian government website that they agreed to look further rather than send me away.
I hope it was a one off, but had I not (politely) stood my ground I wonder if I would have been denied boarding.
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Jul 26, 22, 1:16 am
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Originally Posted by corporate-wage-slave
No, VeriFLY isn't essential and you can present your paperwork at check-in instead - this would probably be OSL, but could be LHR as well. VeriFLY has its uses, particularly if you are unfamiliar with all of Canada's requirements (which changed a few days ago incidentally) and it may save time at check-in. More information in the main VeriFLY thread, and then there is this thread which is nearly identical to your position.
BA email stating I need "VeriFly" for my LHR-YYZ flight on Monday
BA email stating I need "VeriFly" for my LHR-YYZ flight on Monday
Jul 26, 22, 3:24 am
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Originally Posted by HSR1234
We fly to Canada in a few weeks. In what way did the requirements change recently? I am aware that they have reintroduced random testing on arrival, but is there anything else I should be aware of?
