Emirates COVID test and other questions
Nov 3, 2021, 7:36 am
#813
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: MAN DXB ✈️
Programs: Skywards Gold
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Nov 3, 2021, 8:15 am
#814
Join Date: Jan 2019
Programs: Skywards Gold
Posts: 237
All passengers travelling to Dubai from France, Germany, Spain, or Switzerland between 31 October 2021 and 21 November 2021 will be accepted for travel if they meet the following conditions:
- Present a negative COVID‑19 RT‑PCR test certificate for a test taken no more than 72 hours before departure
- Present a vaccination certificate for vaccination administered in France, Germany, Spain, Switzerland or the United Arab Emirates
Nov 3, 2021, 8:30 am
#816
Ambassador, Emirates
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: LGW / AMS / CPT
Programs: SA KL BA EK
Posts: 4,273
Nobody is supposed to understand any Covid regulations imposed by whatever authority anywhere. That would be way to difficult.
For me personally, some make sense but many more do not. But trying to understand (or even worse) fight them, is futile. Just do as you are told. Better for your emotional state...
Nov 3, 2021, 3:13 pm
#820
Join Date: Sep 2020
Location: MA
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Nov 4, 2021, 4:57 am
#821
Suspended
Join Date: Jan 2014
Posts: 2,685
Sorry, in case this has not been asked: How fast can I expect results from the PCR on arrival? Is using the test for a (non-EK) departure 15 hours after arrival risky? My existing PCR that I will use to enter DXB should also still have validity..
Nov 4, 2021, 12:36 pm
#822
Join Date: Mar 2011
Posts: 723
My educated guess would be that this might be a trial run, with later expansion to further low-risk destinations over the holiday season. There have been rumours floating around Dubai lately saying that pre-departure PCR tests might be eliminated for travel to Dubai.
Nov 4, 2021, 2:51 pm
#823
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: DUB / DXB
Programs: EK Gold, BA Gold
Posts: 2,471
Results are really fast usually 6-8 hours for the PCR on arrival at DXB airport. My fastest was 2.5 hours but that was at a very quiet time of day
Nov 18, 2021, 5:45 am
#824
Join Date: Aug 2010
Posts: 541
Can anyone confirm that children under 12 do not need a PCR test to enter Dubai? I'm traveling from MLE and considering switching my flight from Etihad to Emirates just for better flight times, but want to make sure I'm doing this properly. Just super paranoid I'm misreading these things these days. Thanks.
Nov 20, 2021, 5:32 am
#825
Ambassador: Emirates Airlines
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Manchester, UK
Posts: 18,618
I don't think it's been mentioned on here, but the free Covid-19 travel insurance ends for tickets purchased after 1st December 2021.
https://www.emirates.com/english/bef...vel-insurance/
https://www.emirates.com/english/bef...vel-insurance/