So how do we get a test?

[KUEFC]

Hope people are right and it is before

[mostlybobbins]

Originally Posted by lfc_sarah

I have read/heard it as 3 days before you travel into the US.

I'm not sure why 3 days though 🤔

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That's the way I read it too. You have your test, it's negative, on the plane we go! Doesn't make any sense for it to be when you're there.

[Bestbubba]

We are in the USA now, travelled via Barbados. We had to have our test within 3 days of arrival in the US. You can't board a USA bound plane without proof of a negative test. It is 100% BEFORE you fly.

[Whitequeen]

Sorry if this has already been posted. If you go to the British Airways website they have a list of lower price tests you can do from home and get back asap. It's on Travel help I think.

[LuvFlorida6056]

No, I think its test and trace that applies in the US, you have to take a test after three days but what happens if you test positive I hate to think.

[aprilshack]

Originally Posted by LuvFlorida6056

No, I think its test and trace that applies in the US, you have to take a test after three days but what happens if you test positive I hate to think.

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You don't take a test in the usa. It's within 3 days of your departure to the usa. They want to make sure negative tested people get on the plane, not someone who tests positive 3 days into the holiday because they got on the plane with it.

[KUEFC]

Do we think the US will allow antigen testing or will they want the more expensive PCR?

[Megsey]

Just done a very quick google search as this has captured my interest. Current USA restrictions say you need to do a test no sooner than 3 days before your departure time and they allow antigen tests. I haven't seen anything about a test 3 days after arrival, does anyone know where this was mentioned?

My recent holiday was the same. You could take any approved test as long as it was within three days of departure and gave you a fit to fly certificate. I completed mine at home the night before as I was packing, no video call necessary. I just had to register the test along with my details!

Getting the right travel information is daunting but at least we're finally allowed to go direct again!

[signtalker]

Originally Posted by Megsey

Just done a very quick google search as this has captured my interest. Current USA restrictions say you need to do a test no sooner than 3 days before your departure time and they allow antigen tests. I haven't seen anything about a test 3 days after arrival, does anyone know where this was mentioned?

My recent holiday was the same. You could take any approved test as long as it was within three days of departure and gave you a fit to fly certificate. I completed mine at home the night before as I was packing, no video call necessary. I just had to register the test along with my details!

Getting the right travel information is daunting but at least we're finally allowed to go direct again!

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Which test did you use please ?

Jules

[tspill]

I believe that the test will be requited within the 72 hour period before your flight to the USA's scheduled departure date and time.