Emirates COVID test and other questions
Dec 13, 2020, 4:13 pm
#482
Join Date: Aug 2017
Posts: 844
The Emirates website says that travellers from Germany do not require a covid test in advance of travel. However, if I am planning to travel MIA-FRA-DXB -- would that transit through Germany exempt me from the need for a Covid test 96 hours before? I suspect not but the way it's phrased on the Emirates site makes it sound like simply having flown in from Germany is enough to exempt you.
Dec 14, 2020, 8:42 am
#484
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: YYZ
Programs: AC 50K, Bonvoy PE; Hilton Diamond
Posts: 425
Dec 14, 2020, 9:11 am
#485
Join Date: Aug 2017
Posts: 844
Some at EK check in were showing test certificates as had onward connections from DXB.
I was only flying FRA/DXB and no questions at check in. On arrival at DXB was free test.
Dec 21, 2020, 8:57 am
#486
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: New York
Programs: EK Platinum, AA EXP, Marriott Platinum, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 1,148
Any idea why the website isn't letting me book travel from India to the US? Anyone know if there's any restrictions in place and EK isn't transporting pax between India and the US? Going to contact EK to ask anyway, just thought I'd check here first.
Dec 21, 2020, 9:19 pm
#487
Suspended
Join Date: Dec 2019
Location: EK1 ML5A ;-)
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Posts: 699
yes, you have the Indian government to thank for that. Only alternative is to nest 2 returns
Dec 25, 2020, 11:23 pm
#488
Join Date: Sep 2002
Programs: Marriott Ambassador elite & lifetime Titanium, Hyatt Globalist, Emirates Plat, Flying Blue Plat
Posts: 236
Any recent experiences with the PCR test on arrival at the airport, in particular, how long does it take to receive the result?
I understand from the Emirates Covid-19 website that it is compulsory to quarantine in hotel/home until receiving the results.
I understand from the Emirates Covid-19 website that it is compulsory to quarantine in hotel/home until receiving the results.
Dec 25, 2020, 11:34 pm
#489
Join Date: May 2020
Location: DXB and JNB
Programs: EK Plat; QR Gold
Posts: 507
Is this a Christmas party game where we guess which airport lol
Dec 26, 2020, 1:53 am
#490
Ambassador: Emirates Airlines
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Manchester, UK
Posts: 18,619
You need to stay in your hotel until you get the results.
Dec 26, 2020, 2:34 am
#492
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: KSA
Programs: BA LTG, UA Gold, EK Silver, Hilton LT Diamond, Marriott LT Titanium, IHG Plat
Posts: 1,242
Assuming you are talking about DXB. I arrived into T3 on Dec 20th at 10pm. They did the test and the result was sent via SMS to my phone around 2pm the next day. As per EK website, you need to quarantine until you get the result. In case the SMS doesn;t work, the result also showed up in the Health Card inside the Dubai Covid App
Dec 26, 2020, 2:41 am
#493
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Location: Manchester, UK
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Dec 26, 2020, 4:21 am
#494
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: LGW / AMS / CPT
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Yes, I am sure they batch a number of samples up before taking them to the lab for testing.
Certainly worked like that when I did my fit-to-fly test in the UK in November. All tests for the day were collected from the test centre at 18:00 to be taken to the lab. Had my result at 8am the next morning (having been 'swabbed' at 10am). There was an option to have the sample collected at the test centre and taken to the lab by courier for immediate testing (at considerable additional cost of course).
Certainly worked like that when I did my fit-to-fly test in the UK in November. All tests for the day were collected from the test centre at 18:00 to be taken to the lab. Had my result at 8am the next morning (having been 'swabbed' at 10am). There was an option to have the sample collected at the test centre and taken to the lab by courier for immediate testing (at considerable additional cost of course).
Dec 26, 2020, 4:32 am
#495
Join Date: May 2020
Location: DXB and JNB
Programs: EK Plat; QR Gold
Posts: 507
I get SMS and app notifications. They also claim to be able to send email, but never received one. Longest I’ve had to wait for results is seven hours. More recently, it’s been three to five hours. Once when I was in the car on the way home I got the notifications, so maybe 45mins after taking the test.