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aj411 Jul 17, 2022 7:20 am


Originally Posted by analogueman (Post 34432857)
Question: what happens if you don’t travel with a device that can access emails and you get selected?

Same. I'm making a quick trip (in Thursday out Saturday), will not have a car or a cell without wifi.
Even if I can get a test, I would never get resutls back before I leave to come home.

Anyone been through Winnipeg?

LETTERBOY Jul 17, 2022 10:55 am


Originally Posted by TheCanuckian (Post 34431797)
It seems like the government has managed to find a way to make a bad thing even worse.

Making bad things worse is one of the few things governments are good at. :D

FlyerGoldII Jul 17, 2022 4:20 pm

I am going to ORD via YYZ from YOW on Wed, coming back on Saturday.

Does the government still exempt people who had recent covid from being selection for this later version of random airport off-site covid testing?
I had a covid infection less than 3 months ago.

What is the maximal time interval from the date of the covid infection that one is exempt from covid testing?
6 months?

Do I upload the proof of the covid infection to the Arrive Can app?
My proof is a positive pcr test from ON Dept of Health.

TheCanuckian Jul 17, 2022 4:45 pm


Originally Posted by FlyerGoldII (Post 34434521)
I am going to ORD via YYZ from YOW on Wed, coming back on Saturday.

Does the government still exempt people who had recent covid from being selection for this later version of random airport off-site covid testing?
I had a covid infection less than 3 months ago.

What is the maximal time interval from the date of the covid infection that one is exempt from covid testing?
6 months?

“Travellers who can show a positive molecular test that was taken between 10 and 180 days before their arrival can be exempt from random testing, but the government won't accept a rapid test result as proof of infection.”

TheCanuckian Jul 17, 2022 4:51 pm


Originally Posted by aj411 (Post 34433307)
Same. I'm making a quick trip (in Thursday out Saturday), will not have a car or a cell without wifi.
Even if I can get a test, I would never get resutls back before I leave to come home.

Anyone been through Winnipeg?

If you are flying direct to Winnipeg you’ll be fine. The program isn’t in place there. If you are connecting through another airport you may get selected.

travelinterpreters Jul 17, 2022 5:23 pm

This week I'm flying US-YYC-FCO. This won't apply to me since I'm not entering Canada, correct?

Also, what is the mask policy like now onboard and in the airports? A few weeks back I flew CLT-YUL on AA and none of the FAs had on masks, but told us we needed to wear them in the airport. After we landed we saw many other FAs without masks and they told us that the mandate had been dropped. We went through passport control without masks and nobody said a word to us. Is this still the case?
Thanks for the help!

FlyerGoldII Jul 17, 2022 7:00 pm


Originally Posted by TheCanuckian (Post 34434561)
“Travellers who can show a positive molecular test that was taken between 10 and 180 days before their arrival can be exempt from random testing, but the government won't accept a rapid test result as proof of infection.”


Is the proof of infection uploaded onto the Arrive Can app?

Pickles Jul 18, 2022 4:00 am

I flew into YYZ, got a green sticker, and then went on my merry way. Three days later I get an SMS that I had been selected for "random" testing. By then I was already back in the US. I replied with that info, and that was the end of the matter (I hope). It's rather ferkakte. If I was selected for testing, why didn't I get a pink sticker? The previous time, my wife was selected, given a pink sticker, and did her test right at arrivals in YTZ.

Dan1113 Jul 18, 2022 8:03 am

Sounds like the percentage who are selected is quite high then? ​​​​

analogueman Jul 18, 2022 9:59 am

5% I believe.

SF1K Jul 18, 2022 12:35 pm

Our trip is not until December - so I know a lot can change but just checking we are flying LAS-YUL (2 days)-VIE. If we get randomly picked and then test positive I realize we'll have to isolate for 48 hours, but will they let us leave?

It does have this on the current website, but not sure if that is still applicable under the current random test thing. I actually wish we had done a Molecular test because both of us just tested positive but now my husband is already testing negative so assuming that is too late as then we would have fallen under the 180-day recovery exception to random testing.

TheCanuckian Jul 18, 2022 1:58 pm


Originally Posted by SF1K (Post 34436784)
Our trip is not until December - so I know a lot can change but just checking we are flying LAS-YUL (2 days)-VIE. If we get randomly picked and then test positive I realize we'll have to isolate for 48 hours, but will they let us leave?

It does have this on the current website, but not sure if that is still applicable under the current random test thing. I actually wish we had done a Molecular test because both of us just tested positive but now my husband is already testing negative so assuming that is too late as then we would have fallen under the 180-day recovery exception to random testing.

At this point it’s probably 50/50 whether you’d have your results within 2 days. But in theory you would not be allowed to leave because you’d be told to go to isolation for 10 days (not 48 hours). That said, no one at the airport would know you had tested positive as that’s not information shared with the airline or US customs.

sydneyracquelle Jul 18, 2022 2:26 pm


Originally Posted by SF1K (Post 34436784)
Our trip is not until December - so I know a lot can change but just checking we are flying LAS-YUL (2 days)-VIE. If we get randomly picked and then test positive I realize we'll have to isolate for 48 hours, but will they let us leave?

It does have this on the current website, but not sure if that is still applicable under the current random test thing. I actually wish we had done a Molecular test because both of us just tested positive but now my husband is already testing negative so assuming that is too late as then we would have fallen under the 180-day recovery exception to random testing.

You may always exit Canada. They are trying to protect any virus from spreading within Canada. They don’t care if you exit Canada.

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analogueman Jul 18, 2022 3:18 pm

Hang on, I thought there was a 10 day quarantine if you tested positive? But if you were already due to leave the country before the ten days, you can?

So if I’m only due to stay for five days before flying back to the UK, but I test positive, I can still leave on the fifth day?

sydneyracquelle Jul 18, 2022 4:50 pm


Originally Posted by analogueman (Post 34437255)
Hang on, I thought there was a 10 day quarantine if you tested positive? But if you were already due to leave the country before the ten days, you can?

So if I’m only due to stay for five days before flying back to the UK, but I test positive, I can still leave on the fifth day?

Why would Canada force someone to stay in Canada against their will? The objective is to prevent disease from entering and spreading within Canada. These rules are primarily geared to Cdn. residents. Not visitors.


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