eMed/Abbot BinaxNOW for US entry
Sep 6, 2021, 2:47 pm
#46
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Sep 6, 2021, 5:39 pm
#47
Join Date: Jul 2004
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QR accepted in Baghdad and Doha.
Sep 7, 2021, 5:09 pm
#50
Join Date: Jul 2013
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i'm taking the Binax kits with me to JNB in a couple of weeks on QR flights. I used them last week flying UA from CDG to ORD and it was easy. No wait time for testing proctor, and results emailed and added to app immediately. Biggest stress is watching to make sure the positive test line doesn't pop up.
Sep 8, 2021, 9:20 pm
#51
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: GRR, USA
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You don't have to waste more money for a PCR test. DOH doesn't have a unique or 'harder' testing requirement. The fine print in the QR website states that DOH honors the requirements of your final destination so you can transit DOH with out any special DOH requirement. I flew JNB-DOH-ORD and had no issues. Once you show the test result in JNB you won't be asked for it again.
Sep 9, 2021, 6:21 pm
#52
Join Date: May 2009
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You don't have to waste more money for a PCR test. DOH doesn't have a unique or 'harder' testing requirement. The fine print in the QR website states that DOH honors the requirements of your final destination so you can transit DOH with out any special DOH requirement. I flew JNB-DOH-ORD and had no issues. Once you show the test result in JNB you won't be asked for it again.
Sep 9, 2021, 7:24 pm
#53
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: GRR, USA
Posts: 3,298
Yep, they’re still using what is now an outdated form. Airlines are not too sharp in keeping the processes and forms up to date.
Keep in mind before the idiotic testing requirement imposed by the USA on her own citizens, that form existed but wasn’t required by Qatar since the USA did not require testing prior to early jan 2021. I fly to Jnb next week and return early October and I plan on using the Abbott test
Keep in mind before the idiotic testing requirement imposed by the USA on her own citizens, that form existed but wasn’t required by Qatar since the USA did not require testing prior to early jan 2021. I fly to Jnb next week and return early October and I plan on using the Abbott test
Oct 1, 2021, 3:36 pm
#55
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: GRR, USA
Posts: 3,298
Qatar uses contracted labor at Jnb and not their own employees which probably created this experience. In ord on the outbound flight it was a quick glance at the pcr test, agent took a photo and that was it.
also, mask enforcement in business class is non existent. Most had masks off once seated in q suites and going to the lavs. Even some qr employees dropped the masks when they were congregating in the galleys.
and finally, meal service is back to full normal.
Oct 1, 2021, 4:30 pm
#56
Join Date: Jan 2018
Posts: 40
flew Jnb doh ord starting yesterday. At Jnb the check in agent (believe it or not) simply asked me if I had a COVID test and what day was it taken. Never asked to see a physical copy. Please don’t take this as the new normal. This agent was obviously not following procedure.
Qatar uses contracted labor at Jnb and not their own employees which probably created this experience. In ord on the outbound flight it was a quick glance at the pcr test, agent took a photo and that was it.
also, mask enforcement in business class is non existent. Most had masks off once seated in q suites and going to the lavs. Even some qr employees dropped the masks when they were congregating in the galleys.
and finally, meal service is back to full normal.
Qatar uses contracted labor at Jnb and not their own employees which probably created this experience. In ord on the outbound flight it was a quick glance at the pcr test, agent took a photo and that was it.
also, mask enforcement in business class is non existent. Most had masks off once seated in q suites and going to the lavs. Even some qr employees dropped the masks when they were congregating in the galleys.
and finally, meal service is back to full normal.
Oct 1, 2021, 5:28 pm
#57
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: GRR, USA
Posts: 3,298
on the outbound to Jnb only Qatar checked the COVID test in ord. Nothing in Doha. And in JNB they only wanted the South African entry form (contact tracing type info). On the return Qatar made announcement that COVID tests could be randomly checked upon landing in ord but that wasn’t the case today nor has it been the case in the last month or 2 when I had other intl travel involving ord.
Oct 1, 2021, 6:38 pm
#58
Join Date: Jan 2018
Posts: 40
on the outbound to Jnb only Qatar checked the COVID test in ord. Nothing in Doha. And in JNB they only wanted the South African entry form (contact tracing type info). On the return Qatar made announcement that COVID tests could be randomly checked upon landing in ord but that wasn’t the case today nor has it been the case in the last month or 2 when I had other intl travel involving ord.
Oct 5, 2021, 8:58 pm
#60
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I have used BinaxNow on Oct. 5 flying QR ZNZ-DOH-MIA. Park Hyatt printed two copies for me: they did a great job by printing those in color and packing those into an envelope. The agent from J check in desk simply asked whether he can keep a copy of the printout for QR. I said yes. "Hakuna matata" and I was given the boarding pass and a lounge invitation. I was not asked to fill any other health forms or go to a desk to verify the test with official seal(s) even though I saw such a desk nearby.
By the way, flying from MIA to DOH the supervisor of the check in operation in MIA told me that the Walgreens Rapid NAAT test is not acceptable because it has "rapid" printed there. Fortunately, I also had another PCR test from CVS taken a day earlier and that accepted. Note that Tanzania changed the rules for the tests to 96 hrs so testing at CVS and waiting even for 2 days would be OK.
By the way, flying from MIA to DOH the supervisor of the check in operation in MIA told me that the Walgreens Rapid NAAT test is not acceptable because it has "rapid" printed there. Fortunately, I also had another PCR test from CVS taken a day earlier and that accepted. Note that Tanzania changed the rules for the tests to 96 hrs so testing at CVS and waiting even for 2 days would be OK.