eMed/Abbot BinaxNOW for US entry
Nov 7, 2021, 3:38 pm
#91
Join Date: Aug 2018
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Nov 14, 2021, 2:56 am
#93
Join Date: Jun 2021
Programs: Mileage Plus 1K, AAdvantage Gold, Marriott Bonvoy Platinum
Posts: 298
I have never seen a promo code for eMed. The only way I figured I could get a small discount is by paying with an HSA card, so money spent was pre-tax dollars.
At the moment I would not buy even with a discount, since all the packs in their possession expire by February the latest. Looking forward to reports about fresh inventory.
At the moment I would not buy even with a discount, since all the packs in their possession expire by February the latest. Looking forward to reports about fresh inventory.
Nov 14, 2021, 8:59 am
#94
Join Date: May 2011
Location: BOS
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Posts: 297
For a recent datapoint, I have just been denied check in with a BinaxNow test kit. The reasoning was that I am in Thailand but the lab address on the result form is a US one. (Fortunately there is a testing center at the airport at a reasonable price)
Nov 14, 2021, 9:16 am
#95
Join Date: Nov 2007
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Posts: 4,343
Nov 14, 2021, 9:32 am
#96
Join Date: May 2011
Location: BOS
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Posts: 297
Nov 14, 2021, 9:43 am
#97
Join Date: Nov 2007
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Seems like QR is hit or miss as there are datapoints where they did accept the BinaxNOW tests in other airports (I believe MLE and DOH for sure, can't recall the others).
Nov 20, 2021, 1:27 pm
#99
Join Date: Mar 1999
Location: Alpharetta, GA, USA
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Nov 24, 2021, 3:47 am
#101
Join Date: Sep 2020
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Do you have any details for the testing site you ended up using? I was looking for an airport testing center but can’t find details on the airport websites.
Nov 24, 2021, 10:01 am
#102
Join Date: Feb 2018
Programs: Hyatt Lifetime Globalist
Posts: 644
With that said, wife and I just flew QR out of IST on IST-DOH-SFO. The station employees there seemed to me to be QR, for sure the Station Manager was. As always, we came loaded for bear, with various docs including pre-filled USA attestations, copy of CDC website with "Home Test" section highlighted, and our Abbot BinaxNow results loaded up in the Navica app on our phones. A 30'ish man began to process our docs and started taking pics of our Navica results on our cell phones (which I immediately presented to him unasked along with the attestations and passports). He futzed about, had a side conversation with someone, and all done with no questions asked.
Additional info- I've flown QR 12 times this year and not one time had any real issue with Abbott Binax. Only issue was SAS in CPH.
Also- As soon as I got in the 1-person long QR Business Check-in line at IST I asked the line girl to speak to the station manager, she got her over and I unloaded with gusto about the situation trying to get in the gd IST departure Hall, was blocked and turned multiple times by TK a-holes outside by the parking lanes. It was insane and I was p*ssed the f off and wanted to be sure the QR folks knew how their passengers were being treated.
I go through IST multiple times per year, previously via TK, but now QR because i have come to hate TK (long-haul) so much. IST is a lovely piece of architecture, but the size of the place makes doing anything a PITA. Employees at IST are also more times than not ready to cut you off at the knees for anything remotely out of the ordinary.
Nov 29, 2021, 1:22 pm
#103
Join Date: Jan 2009
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- For the 6-pack I got, I received $38.50 reimbursement from my Blue Cross/Blue Shield insurance (from my employment) with the rest paid from my flexible spending account.
Dec 7, 2021, 6:25 pm
#104
Join Date: Nov 2007
Programs: Marriott Bonvoy Platinum, Hilton Honors Diamond, Delta Gold
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Not only are we past November and the testing is still here, they made it worse by requiring it within 1 day. And I don't see this going away any time soon
. Maybe they'll go back to 3 days but it won't go away completely. Would be thrilled if it does but not banking on it.
Dec 9, 2021, 2:31 pm
#105
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: DFW
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You don’t need to use a phone or the app. You can just use the browser/website if you like. I have used both and prefer the website. But regardless whether you use the app or the website, each person just needs to have a Navica account. Just remember to sign out of each person’s account (either on the app or website) after the first person has completed their test and then have the next person sign into their account before you connect to do the next person’s test.