jphripjah

I can’t say I know what “verifly” is but I have from time to time seen directives to add name, address, passport number etc to booking to bookings to the USA 72 hours before the flight and I’ve never heard of it being strictly required or anyone being denied boarding for not doing this.

poisson

Verifly is the app that American Airlines uses to check flight requirements. You upload your test results and vaccination information into the app, the company checks it over, and it generates a QR code that you can show to the counter when checking in or it should let you check in online.

gnomey

Lol I think people are so used to thinking singularly these days (everything must be done online) that they forget that there are still a lot of people out there that are either technologically-challenged or never check in online for various reasons (no internet connection prior, no smart phone, dont want to or dont care to or forget, etc)

gnomey

yes I am aware of the bolded and also aware how things may go wrong with some agents.

btw you dont really need binax test for your first two legs if germany doesnt require it and if you tell the agent you will take the test while in germany. you are unlikely to receive the boarding pass to atl at your first airport because the flight is still too far out .

Davvidd

I am planning to fly to NRT via ORD. Flying from YYZ to ORD or New York to NRT and then to BKK. I am fully vaccinated and would need a PCR to fly to BKK. Do I also need the antigen test to fly via USA to NRT and then to BKK?

RetiredATLATC

I thought as much, and we both got the CovPass when we were in Berlin in September and October, but as our itinerary is to the US won't they ask for the covid test at initial check-in?

Will telling the agent I'll test in MUC/FRA raise eyebrows?

If not, that just makes it easier the next morning. Was concerned they'd want to see the test for US entry.

Thanks for the insight.

gnomey

personally, I have never need to do something like that but I dont see why it is a problem. if you dont show covid test proof, the agent at the first airport will just not issue you the fra-atl boarding pass (and you wont get the BP until you show proof). you are overnighting in germany afterall. just use the one day requirement excuse and explain to them that you wont be able to fulfill it if test too early.

this also means your bags cant be tagged to final destination.

there are people flying in single itinerary with final destination to US, but have multiple layovers / stopovers. for example, those on RTW tickets. yours is a layover but a very long one.

SamirD

If your test results report show you have tested more than one day before, even uploading it Monday won't help. And it's probably why they haven't updated the app because everyone should be uploading 1 day before even if uploading earlier is possible.

SamirD

YYZ has it possible here as I asked my sister-in-law who lives there about it recently: https://covidtraveltestgta.ca/

Geordie405

So I appreciate that this is probably too late for your specific case SEAFlyer23 but you don't have to use VeriFLY - it's not mandatory. There'd be nothing to stop you checking in at a check-in desk at the airport. You could simply show the AA agent your negative test results. VeriFLY is essentially a way of outsourcing the review of the testing and attestation requirements. I have found that even when I have uploaded the requisite documents to VeriFLY that I still need to check in at the airport, mainly due to mixed carrier flights and / or passport checks. Agents like VeriFLY because it allows them to see at a glance that people are cleared to fly from a COVID testing perspective. It saves considerable time in terms of reviewing paperwork, ensuring that what's presented is in fact valid for the eventual destination and any transit stops en route. That said, it's not mandatory. While waiting at the gate at LAX for a flight to LHR back in August there were literally dozens of people with either digital or paper copies of the relevant paperwork being scrutinised by the gate agents. None of these passengers used VeriFLY but had all checked in and were at the gate.

Please, for the benefit of others, can you report back here on how your experience was? It would be a useful reference point for anyone else with the same query.

Davvidd

I guess the confusion and all this uncertainty is making me think even if I have to pay an extra 1K it may be better to avoid the US and fly from Canada to BKK via SEL.

friedablass

Yes of course I understood that and was waiting to take the test within 1 day, not just to do the upload. They actually sent an SMS late Saturday night with the new updated rules. I didn't check the app to see if it was updated there as well to block the upload prior to 1 day but I'm assuming they did.

I did the emed test and it was an easy painless process.

Moflav

Traveling from MLE to JFK with the following itinerary on Emirates

MLE to CMB 16:20-18:20 Dec 20 Layover 8 hrs 35 mins
CMB to DXB 2:55- 5:55 Dec 21 Layover 3 hrs 10 mins
DXB to JFK 9:05-19:00 Dec 21 with a stop in MXP

Would the Binax test on Dec 19 at the resort work to travel all the way to JFK or do we need to re-test along the way?

Davvidd

Why don't you speak with EK in MLE and get a direct flight to DXB? That would negate going via CMB. They can do that if they have seats. have done so in the past.

Moflav

That would be awesome but since the flights are award tickets using AS points, I doubt that would happen