No Transit Passengers, No Entry for Non-ARC Foreigners 19 MAY -24 June 2021
Jul 7, 2022, 10:09 pm
#197
Join Date: Sep 2008
Programs: MileagePlus
Posts: 142
Jul 13, 2022, 12:43 pm
#200
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: ORD
Programs: nobody
Posts: 1,837
Just book my mom on a flight from ORD-TPE-HKG end of July. Still need to go through all the covid hassle related to HKG requirement. But at least price for EVA one stop is reasonable compare with other routing.
Jul 13, 2022, 9:23 pm
#201
Join Date: Aug 2021
Posts: 60
Jul 15, 2022, 1:53 am
#202
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Orange County, CA
Programs: United GS, MM, Hyatt Globalist, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 598
Question about transit passengers. We connected through TPE last week to Cebu, and we were corralled into a gate to wait about 1.5 hours before being escorted to our next flight. I assumed since it around 7AM nothing was open so they kept us at a gate.
We are returning next week to the US and have a 6 hour layover in TPE. Does anyone know if we will be stuck at a gate to wait for 6 hours? I was hoping to use one of the lounges with our Amex Platinum card.
We are returning next week to the US and have a 6 hour layover in TPE. Does anyone know if we will be stuck at a gate to wait for 6 hours? I was hoping to use one of the lounges with our Amex Platinum card.
Jul 15, 2022, 2:29 am
#203
Join Date: May 2001
Location: RNO, NV, USA.
Programs: UA 2MM
Posts: 5,062
Question about transit passengers. We connected through TPE last week to Cebu, and we were corralled into a gate to wait about 1.5 hours before being escorted to our next flight. I assumed since it around 7AM nothing was open so they kept us at a gate.
We are returning next week to the US and have a 6 hour layover in TPE. Does anyone know if we will be stuck at a gate to wait for 6 hours? I was hoping to use one of the lounges with our Amex Platinum card.
We are returning next week to the US and have a 6 hour layover in TPE. Does anyone know if we will be stuck at a gate to wait for 6 hours? I was hoping to use one of the lounges with our Amex Platinum card.
Jul 15, 2022, 6:27 am
#204
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Orange County, CA
Programs: United GS, MM, Hyatt Globalist, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 598
I will definitely be asking to use a lounge next week since it’s a 6 hour layover.
Jul 15, 2022, 6:56 am
#205
Join Date: Jul 2022
Posts: 2
Just to be clear, the July 8 Taipei Times article that announced the end of the 48 hr negative PCR test requirement says that for arriving passengers will still have to take the rapid saliva test. Am I correct in assuming this excludes transiting passengers?
I would like to transit through Taoyuan en route to BKK in October but Taiwan still seems quite cautious about covid and I fear that they would be more likely to revert back to some kind of testing protocol or another outright ban of transiting passengers in the event of another wave of infections in the fall.
I would like to transit through Taoyuan en route to BKK in October but Taiwan still seems quite cautious about covid and I fear that they would be more likely to revert back to some kind of testing protocol or another outright ban of transiting passengers in the event of another wave of infections in the fall.
Jul 17, 2022, 12:22 pm
#206
Join Date: Sep 2015
Posts: 576
Just to be clear, the July 8 Taipei Times article that announced the end of the 48 hr negative PCR test requirement says that for arriving passengers will still have to take the rapid saliva test. Am I correct in assuming this excludes transiting passengers?
I would like to transit through Taoyuan en route to BKK in October but Taiwan still seems quite cautious about covid and I fear that they would be more likely to revert back to some kind of testing protocol or another outright ban of transiting passengers in the event of another wave of infections in the fall.
I would like to transit through Taoyuan en route to BKK in October but Taiwan still seems quite cautious about covid and I fear that they would be more likely to revert back to some kind of testing protocol or another outright ban of transiting passengers in the event of another wave of infections in the fall.
It makes absolutely no sense imo when foreigners on vistor visa and business visa still are required. [Moderator edit.]
Last edited by Ocn Vw 1K; Jul 18, 2022 at 6:07 pm Reason: Off-topic discussion edited.
Jul 18, 2022, 5:59 pm
#207
Join Date: Jul 2022
Posts: 2
[Moderator edit.] On another forum I noticed a transit pax complaining that they were being confined to a holding pen at Taoyuan and were not allowed to go to shops or restaurants. This sounds grim if it's true.
Last edited by Ocn Vw 1K; Jul 18, 2022 at 6:08 pm Reason: Political discussion off-topic for airline forums.
Jul 19, 2022, 3:24 am
#209
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Orange County, CA
Programs: United GS, MM, Hyatt Globalist, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 598
I’m here now. 4 of us were allowed to go the star lounge (2 star gold members plus guest) but we have my father in law and I didn’t think they would let him in. So I asked to go to the plaza premium lounge (Amex plat access) and they escorted us there. I did ask about a friend we met on our way out, and we went back to get her. They were at a gate and forced to wait there to wait until their connection. they could order food and drinks that would be brought to them
My escort said he was hoping more people would complain so they would change that policy.
My escort said he was hoping more people would complain so they would change that policy.
Jul 19, 2022, 3:42 am
#210
Join Date: May 2021
Location: East Asia esp. near the Equator
Programs: AY+ (Emerald), OZ (*G), IHG (Diamond)
Posts: 120
I’m here now. 4 of us were allowed to go the star lounge (2 star gold members plus guest) but we have my father in law and I didn’t think they would let him in. So I asked to go to the plaza premium lounge (Amex plat access) and they escorted us there. I did ask about a friend we met on our way out, and we went back to get her. They were at a gate and forced to wait there to wait until their connection. they could order food and drinks that would be brought to them
My escort said he was hoping more people would complain so they would change that policy.
My escort said he was hoping more people would complain so they would change that policy.
Thank you for the update. So just to reconfirm, did you have tell anyone you had *G or did the Gate Agents proactively ask? And did an agent actually follow you around TPE, waiting outside the lounge etc?