Flying from UK to Oz? Bring your own LFT
Jan 4, 2022, 8:34 pm
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Flying from UK to Oz? Bring your own LFT
To anyone this might benefit, here's my experience from Jan 3rd through to today:
LHR: No queue for Premium check in... being a Brit, the agent had to call to confirm my exemption to the travel ban, but that was it, no checks for vaccine, PCR test, decleration or state permit.
MEL: Myself and the odd-other Brit aboard taken aside at immigration to show Vaccination certificate and decleration, and that was that. Still no check for a negative PCR....seems incredible.
Vaccinated travellers only need to quarantine for as long as it takes to get a negative PCR....but because of a backlog, i was told at a testing center today that that could take 5-6 days. What i didn't now until now is that they also accept rapid antigen (RA, aka LFT in the UK), but, of course, they're impossible to find. So....my advice if you're flying to Oz any time in the next week, bring a lateral flow test with you!
Tom
LHR: No queue for Premium check in... being a Brit, the agent had to call to confirm my exemption to the travel ban, but that was it, no checks for vaccine, PCR test, decleration or state permit.
MEL: Myself and the odd-other Brit aboard taken aside at immigration to show Vaccination certificate and decleration, and that was that. Still no check for a negative PCR....seems incredible.
Vaccinated travellers only need to quarantine for as long as it takes to get a negative PCR....but because of a backlog, i was told at a testing center today that that could take 5-6 days. What i didn't now until now is that they also accept rapid antigen (RA, aka LFT in the UK), but, of course, they're impossible to find. So....my advice if you're flying to Oz any time in the next week, bring a lateral flow test with you!
Tom
Jan 5, 2022, 11:39 am
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To anyone this might benefit, here's my experience from Jan 3rd through to today:
LHR: No queue for Premium check in... being a Brit, the agent had to call to confirm my exemption to the travel ban, but that was it, no checks for vaccine, PCR test, decleration or state permit.
MEL: Myself and the odd-other Brit aboard taken aside at immigration to show Vaccination certificate and decleration, and that was that. Still no check for a negative PCR....seems incredible.
Vaccinated travellers only need to quarantine for as long as it takes to get a negative PCR....but because of a backlog, i was told at a testing center today that that could take 5-6 days. What i didn't now until now is that they also accept rapid antigen (RA, aka LFT in the UK), but, of course, they're impossible to find. So....my advice if you're flying to Oz any time in the next week, bring a lateral flow test with you!
Tom
LHR: No queue for Premium check in... being a Brit, the agent had to call to confirm my exemption to the travel ban, but that was it, no checks for vaccine, PCR test, decleration or state permit.
MEL: Myself and the odd-other Brit aboard taken aside at immigration to show Vaccination certificate and decleration, and that was that. Still no check for a negative PCR....seems incredible.
Vaccinated travellers only need to quarantine for as long as it takes to get a negative PCR....but because of a backlog, i was told at a testing center today that that could take 5-6 days. What i didn't now until now is that they also accept rapid antigen (RA, aka LFT in the UK), but, of course, they're impossible to find. So....my advice if you're flying to Oz any time in the next week, bring a lateral flow test with you!
Tom
Jan 6, 2022, 1:51 pm
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To anyone this might benefit, here's my experience from Jan 3rd through to today:
LHR: No queue for Premium check in... being a Brit, the agent had to call to confirm my exemption to the travel ban, but that was it, no checks for vaccine, PCR test, decleration or state permit. ...
LHR: No queue for Premium check in... being a Brit, the agent had to call to confirm my exemption to the travel ban, but that was it, no checks for vaccine, PCR test, decleration or state permit. ...
Jan 6, 2022, 2:02 pm
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Hiya, at the time of booking, the IATA app's lab location function didn't work, so I went for ExpressTest which doesn't link to the app, see the following thread:
Qantas / IATA Travel Pass / ExpressTest
No request for, or any mention of IATA at check in or anywhere else on Jan 3rd.
Tom
Qantas / IATA Travel Pass / ExpressTest
No request for, or any mention of IATA at check in or anywhere else on Jan 3rd.
Tom
Jan 6, 2022, 2:56 pm
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Jan 6, 2022, 6:51 pm
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I have done the same thing! Also made sure that they are on the list of TGA approved tests.
Last edited by juddles; Jan 6, 2022 at 6:52 pm Reason: speeling