Masks will no longer be enforced on USA flights
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[Travel] Holiday plans this summer?
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Is that for all airlines? I saw the US extended the mask rules + testing until early May, but did see about a court case in Florida - so is that nationwide? I'm travelling with BA next week
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We changed our flights to Saturday just gone, rather optimistically!!
Still testing positive (yesterday worst day so far) so we are now fighting the insurance companies.
Deep joy, I doubt we will get the flights back as we changed them knowing I had covid for 7 days later, I think we are about 1.6k in the hole now. Two bloody weeks wasted off on holiday, could be worse I guess, but seriously can anyone book a holiday with any real confidence anymore.
Damn. Really sorry to hear this, both feeling unwell and losing so much money. I hope you have some luck with the insurers...you deserve to.
Is this domestically and with flights to countries where masking is not mandatory e.g. the UK?
Nationwide, domestic and international.
Yes and no. I believe if the country of arrival has the rule in place you do.
We had to wear them all flight when travelling to USA
Marty___Mcfly
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Portugal has now changed its post-Brexit protocols, and is now allowing UK citizens through the EU arrivals queues, E-passport gates etc to speed up arrivals into the country. Apparently other countries may follow suit.
Sounds like good news.
Sounds like good news.
Was at Gatwick yesterday morning sorting out an earlier flight home and came across three lads who had got landside and forgotten to collect their hold luggage. It's fair to say they werent the sharpest tools in the box; they said they followed the exit signs and ended up landside. Quite how they managed to miss the numerous and huge carousels on the way out is anyone's guess. Quite how they managed to get abroad in the first place is also questionable.
Intersting. Where did you see this? Curious how it works with getting the stamp when you enter and leave the Schengen.
Marty___Mcfly
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Was widely reported last week eg Telegraph.
https://www.euronews.com/travel/amp...y-to-ignore-brexit-and-fast-track-uk-tourists
Tom Hark Preston Park
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- Jul 6, 2003
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I had the same in Rome recently. You use the e-gates and then beyond that is an official that stamps your passport
How did you become aware of this? I know in Germany there is the Registered Traveller Program for frequent flyers but this is only for US, Hong Kong and South Korea citizens which is the same i.e. use the e-gates then get a stamp. Someone recently advised me to use the (always empty) manual EU passport queue; whilst my passport is UK the authorities will most likely view me as an 'educated and sensible UK citizen' (his words, not mine) when they see my visa and let me bypass the long queues.
Thanks. If they can also move the new Berlin airport back to Tegel then my football trips will be a lot easier.
Tom Hark Preston Park
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The officials seemed to be aware there was a UK flight just arrived and were specifically directing us to the e-gates. Come to think of it now, FCO is a huge airport but when we disembarked there were very few people around, and there was zero queueing whatsoever at the e-gates, they seemed to be completely deserted. And this was at 5pm on a weekday. Can only think that our flight was directed to a special part of the airport for non-standard processing. Whatever it was, it was pretty seamless
Marty___Mcfly
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https://apply.joinsherpa.com/map?affiliateId=sherpa&language=en-US
Useful map of countries and their covid entry requirements, and you can select whether you are jabbed or unjabbed.
Useful map of countries and their covid entry requirements, and you can select whether you are jabbed or unjabbed.
Marty___Mcfly
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Sounds great! I would love to do that drive around northern scotland- and is a very tempting option to avoid all airport / covid hassles.