Flying Yazata

You already covered the testing requirements for your outbound and inbound travel. As for the rest, your only facemask requirement is while travelling with IB (on the plane) and at MAD. Otherwise normalcy is back.

flyer89

I have traveled this same route, to get in, yes PCR required. To fly back out, CMN-MAD-LHR (overnight) - MIA, CMN and MAD did not ask for that, First Class check in at LHR asked on the flight LHR-MIA. So you can definitely do the antigen/PCR once you get to LHR. Safe travels!

anabolism

Since you only need to test to board your LHR-MIA flight, you can bring a proctored antigen test (e.g., eMed/Binax) with you and take it at your convenience during your overnight. You can order from eMed or several other suppliers. If you order from eMed, it's $150 for six tests and they overnight it to you. Other merchants sell smaller quantities, but at a higher per-test cost. I always bring two, just in case the first test is inconclusive.

sgan317

Yeah, learned that lesson in Dubai, bought a 3 pack and the first failed, scared me incase the second failed.

Culture Guru

Just completed my flights in first. A BIG thanks to the OP for posting it. Had booked tickets for our family of 4 - from CMN to ORD (stopover of 10 days), then ORD to MIA (Stopover of 3 days) and then back. Due to schedule change of the CMN-MAD flight, which made a mis-connect in MAD to catch the LHR flight - we were able to drop the CMN-MAD-LHR leg and begin our trip in LHR. This was a HUGE deal for us and made life easier - as UK is now completely open to travel, comparable to pre-covid time.

We flew in BA F (787) from LHR to ORD. The flight was AA coded, while on the return from MIA to LHR we flew AA F (777). We loved the flagship checkin in Miami, which allowed us to bypass a long queue for security. The checkin agent escorts you via a secret door to the front of the queue.

In all, it was an ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS trip - thanks once again to the OP and Flyertalk for making it possible. An only regret - we just booked one

nawlins

I scheduled a pcr test at Madrid airport. 100 euro for a 35 minutes results. Need to make an appointment otherwise 150 euro. I am in LHR Concord Lounge now on 2nd ticket arriving from MIA a few hours ago. Miami only asked for the Spain qr code (10 minutes to fill out) be shown and vaccination card. AA issued boarding passes all the way to cmn but know I will need to schedule rapid pcr test first thing tomorrow morning in MAD for flight later to CMN.

andigoeskiwi

Thank you very much. So it´s +-24h only if schedule change <1h. Up to seven days for >1h change.

IggySD

For those of you who are doing your antigen test for US entry at LHR, was there any pushback at check-in at CMN? They asked me for my test at check in and since I had done it that morning had the results and we’re able to issue my LHR-MIA boarding pass but just wondering if there have been any issues if you don’t have it.

nawlins

Did not have Antigen test to USA in CMN.and was not asked for it. IB issued boarding passes from CMN to LHR and took the Antigen test the next morning in LHR terminal 5 not far from BA/AA first class check in.

danger

Is that the test offered at the Sofitel?

Rim1

Just did CMN-MAD-LHR-MIA yesterday. PCR (checked at LHR T5, 3 times at Madrid, and in CMN ;0 ) for my positioning from London to CMN via MAD. You need Health Form to get to CMN as well, they collect it on the way to immigration. Plus your vaccine to show.
From CMN - nothing required until you hit LHR, no vaccine, PCR etc. Free to go, only Mask on Iberia until you land at Heathrow. No early boarding pass beyond LHR when travelling from CMN
My LHR- MIA was next day, so did Antigen at LHR T5 Arrivals, was Ł39. Cheaper at Sofitel for HALO, but just they closed for the day earlier - was not suitable for me.
PCR test to CMN can be expensive, so for everyone to decide where you can get one cheap or free Mine was free.
I want to thank EVERYONE here for help, advice and support

Keter

Just some data points:

1) I was not able to add a stopover in MAD without HIP charge after flying everything except MAD-CMN. The add fare was USD 4.2K in both cases (IB and AA marketed flights MAD-CMN). I did not really need it but wanted to check how pricing works after departure with everything else flown.
2) Be sure to track your bags. I was lazy to check with another desk at LHR CCR and got my bags not delivered to MAD in the end. MIA-JFK was delayed due to weather and BA offloaded my bags from JFK-LHR (due to incoming flight delay) and then it is not clear who messed things up but the bags stuck in JFK...

nawlins

The government announced on Tuesday it would no longer require passengers to present PCR tests to access the Moroccan territory.

The Government specified in a statement that it will apply this decision immediately after its publication, following the improvement of the epidemiological situation nationwide.

Perisai

Only on here once in a while, hence the delayed response:

• Contact was via phone; I had previously tried the in-app chat, but they couldn't do anything as they apparently (so they said) be able to collect the charge for taking over a ticket issued by a travel agency (as they can't take any payments in the App - so I was advised)
• No status with AA
• Way to many agents told me that there is no A class available, despite expertflyer clearly showing A class; as I couldn't mention expertflyer, I checked on the AA website and figured within a minute, that searches for oneways never return an A fare but only F, hence I asked an agent on what he is searching and it turned out that he (and others) apparently just put in MIA-CMN (with stops) into their system - which then said there is no A class available
  It went as far as an agent saying "if you see A class, put a booking on hold online so that I can take a look at it" - but when I suggested to so on MIA to LHR and return, the agent said this wouldn't help...
• The specialists from my understanding are some form of Level 2 agents which have less limitations in their system access; I was never connected to any of those but rather was on hold for extended periods of time...

Hope this makes it more clear

IggySD

Great news and appears Timatic has been updated to reflect this.

“Published 18.05.2022
1. Passengers must have:
- a vaccination certificate showing that they were fully vaccinated at least 14 days before arrival. Vaccines accepted are: AstraZeneca (Vaxzevria), Covaxin, Covishield, Janssen, Moderna (Spikevax), Nuvaxovid (Novavax),Pfizer-BioNTech (Comirnaty), Sinopharm, Sinovac and Sputnik V; or
- a negative COVID-19 PCR test taken at most 48 hours before departure from the first embarkation point. The test result must be in Arabic, French or English.
- This does not apply to passengers younger than 6 years.
2. Passengers must complete a "Public Health Passenger Form" before departure at https://www.onda.ma/form.php. The form must be printed and presented upon arrival.
- This does not apply to passengers younger than 6 years.
3. Passengers could be subject to a COVID-19 rapid antigen test upon arrival.
- This does not apply to passengers younger than 6 years.”