Jul 4, 2020, 10:22 am
Want to travel but will UA reduce schedule as “Americans” remain barred from EU entry
Jul 2, 2020, 9:24 am
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I am not hopeful we will pass the first reviews
Jul 2, 2020, 9:51 am
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If they're going strictly by which passport you carry, then it's a flawed system. An exception would be that a European returning home should be allowed, but should follow the proper quarantine procedures.
Jul 2, 2020, 10:14 am
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Jul 2, 2020, 10:23 am
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I'm not quite following what you said here, especially as it relates to my point. What I'm trying to say is that if an American, a Swede, and an Australian all live in New York City, they have the same odds of having the virus. All three should not be allowed as a tourist in Europe. Now if they all live in Sydney, again they all have the same odds of having the virus. They should all be allowed as a tourist in Europe. Nationality should have nothing to do with it. What should matter is where you come from.
If they're going strictly by which passport you carry, then it's a flawed system. An exception would be that a European returning home should be allowed, but should follow the proper quarantine procedures.
If they're going strictly by which passport you carry, then it's a flawed system. An exception would be that a European returning home should be allowed, but should follow the proper quarantine procedures.
- When the US closed the border to Europe if you were a European but a permanent resident /green card holder you could still travel here
- On the NY group traveling I think because Sweden is an EU member , as an EU citizen I believe they would be allowed to travel although depending on where they entered they would have to meet local quarantine requirements
- The Sydney group I agree , but if Australia made the hot sheet I think point two would apply
Jul 2, 2020, 10:40 am
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Yes, this is correct. I should have used a non European as an example here. I think pretty much any country allows its own citizens to travel home. I am an American expat living in Ghana, and there have been about 6 repatriation flights from this country alone. AFAIK every one has been packed full. The first repatriation flight was shortly after airlines stopped flying around the end of March, and the last flight was about a week ago.
Jul 2, 2020, 12:02 pm
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We are getting pretty far away from UA related discussions and into a general discussion of the EU requirements. For the latter please use the threads in Coronavirus forum and let's return to UA specific discussions here.
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Jul 2, 2020, 1:39 pm
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I am booked on UA58/59 SFO-FRA outbound on the 19th of August and return on the 26th. It looks like they dropped the second frequency to FRA and moved the departure of UA58 to 3:20PM from 1:55PM. I figure it's a toss of a coin as to whether I can transit Germany or not at that point but both my UA ticket and the onward LH legs are both fully protected so I can wait until at least the 15th of August to evaluate if the travel is possible (i.e. boarder controls) and what the experience will be like (i.e. having a hard time imagining 11 hours with only beer and wine) and make a call. Watching and waiting for now.
Jul 2, 2020, 11:32 pm
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My imagination is it is easy to get very tipsy with lots of wine and little to eat at a high altitude over 11 hours....
Jul 3, 2020, 3:11 pm
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Agreed. I'm not afraid to fly on a plane, it is the fact that neither Europe nor the Middle East nor most of Asia will let Americans come in right now....ugh.
Jul 3, 2020, 6:37 pm
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I am considering flying over to Europe and just quarantining for 14 days, then doing 3+ weeks of business, then flying home again sometime this fall. My fear is if I don't do that, I won't get over there until next year. The downside (from United's perspective) is that means what would have been 3 trips/sets of tickets would be combined into one mega-trip with effectively only 2 flights on United.
Jul 3, 2020, 8:31 pm
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If the EU ban for Americans is still in place in August, are there any UA non-EU destinations on the Continent that would be a viable alternative? I'm trying to research something similar for a colleague and hitting a wall on UA. The exception clearly being Ireland or Britain, but I'm trying to figure out something more centrally located on the Continent.
Jul 3, 2020, 9:03 pm
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I know a few people going from Brazil to Mexico for 14 days this month and then entering the US since they are not permanent residents but need to get back. If EU at least had that system I think many of us could get creative with how to get there.
Jul 3, 2020, 10:14 pm
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I’m hoping a Hawai’i to London trip via Toronto on Air Canada will get me to earned status 1K (vs extended) for 2021. Be kind of nice if the EU would restrict Americans from the contiguous States, and not from a smarter State that’s done much better in containing the problem...
Jul 4, 2020, 6:47 am
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The Northern Mexican state of Sonora — which borders Arizona and a small portion of New Mexico — is toughening border restrictions this weekend as both regions experience a surge in coronavirus cases.
In anticipation of the Fourth of July weekend, the state government announced plans to place filters at Sonora's main border cities to turn back tourists and those traveling for nonessential purposes.
“We are all going to be on alert at this time to prevent them from coming, whether they are Mexicans living in the U.S., Americans or those who want to come to spend the weekend and put a greater burden on us regarding COVID,” Sonora Gov. Claudia Pavlovich said in a statement to the Arizona Daily Star.
In anticipation of the Fourth of July weekend, the state government announced plans to place filters at Sonora's main border cities to turn back tourists and those traveling for nonessential purposes.
“We are all going to be on alert at this time to prevent them from coming, whether they are Mexicans living in the U.S., Americans or those who want to come to spend the weekend and put a greater burden on us regarding COVID,” Sonora Gov. Claudia Pavlovich said in a statement to the Arizona Daily Star.
