Champions League Final | Travel Requirements + COVID Tests

[M18CTID]

I had to show the locator at Mcr Airport on the way out. When I offered to show it when we returned, the woman checking passports said its OK, I can see on the screen that you have done one.

Ok, that will explain it then. Still struggling to fathom why I wasn’t asked for my negative test result that I took on Friday at Porto airport to enable me to get in the ground and on the flight home.

 

[BringBackSwales]

Same at Manchester last night. I had to do an antigen test over there on Friday as my negative PCR from last Wednesday wasn’t valid for the flight home. Nobody asked to see evidence of a negative test when I got to passport control. There were loads of signs about passenger locator forms and I was in the process of accessing it on my phone when showing my passport but never got asked for it in the end.
For all the things we were asked to do, half of it was never asked for and it makes you wonder about the whole point of it all if they’re not going to ask to see some of it.
This day 2 test malarkey seems like a load of bollocks as well. I’m not sure we even have to go ahead and do it.

Just check first mate, I thought the day 2 was mandatory and there was a fine to not do it, but maybe that’s just the locator form?

 

[M18CTID]

Meant to say that my mate’s 18 yo grandson who arrived there Weds or Thurs took another test on Saturday. It was inconclusive so they tested the sample again and it came back positive. He was understandably gutted and had to then try and offload a ticket that cost him over £500 which he managed to do. I’ve not heard anything since but would he need to quarantine in Portugal for the next 10 days or do they just get you out of the country?

 

[M18CTID]

Just check first mate, I thought the day 2 was mandatory and there was a fine to not do it, but maybe that’s just the locator form?

Cheers mate. Will do. I think there is definitely a fine of £500 of you enter the UK without a negative test, but not sure of the requirements for actually taking the day 2 test.

 

[Impeccable One]

Cheers mate. Will do. I think there is definitely a fine of £500 of you enter the UK without a negative test, but not sure of the requirements for actually taking the day 2 test.

Day 2 test is mandatory, unless you’re “in transit”, like me :), heading home to the USA.

Check in at Lisbon tried to tell me I had to have a day 2 booked, until I pointed them to gov.uk and they then checked via phone with the UK, who confirmed I was correct.

Heads Up ! Don’t presume they will not check. I got a knock on the door from Track & Trace when doing my 10 days isolation in UK !

 

[robsta]

Just check first mate, I thought the day 2 was mandatory and there was a fine to not do it, but maybe that’s just the locator form?

I wasn't sure on this either but as we had to register the test and put the code on the locator form I am not risking not doing it. Don't know if they will check, maybe random checks don't know, but for the sake of doing just one more test I'd rather do it and not risk a fine. But our are at home and post back ones so could always get lost in the post I suppose.

 

[BringBackSwales]

Day 2 test is mandatory, unless you’re “in transit”, like me :), heading home to the USA.

Check in at Lisbon tried to tell me I had to have a day 2 booked, until I pointed them to gov.uk and they then checked via phone with the UK, who confirmed I was correct.

Heads Up ! Don’t presume they will not check. I got a knock on the door from Track & Trace when doing my 10 days isolation in UK !

Got mine in the post, doing it tonight snd hoping it’s nostril or mouth, it’s not going g up my arse!

 

[BringBackSwales]

I wasn't sure on this either but as we had to register the test and put the code on the locator form I am not risking not doing it. Don't know if they will check, maybe random checks don't know, but for the sake of doing just one more test I'd rather do it and not risk a fine. But our are at home and post back ones so could always get lost in the post I suppose.

Same as mine

 

[cptaidan88]

Meant to say that my mate’s 18 yo grandson who arrived there Weds or Thurs took another test on Saturday. It was inconclusive so they tested the sample again and it came back positive. He was understandably gutted and had to then try and offload a ticket that cost him over £500 which he managed to do. I’ve not heard anything since but would he need to quarantine in Portugal for the next 10 days or do they just get you out of the country?

Would imagine he's supposed to stay in quarantine there - otherwise he'll likely infect every one else on the plane home. The airline are supposed to check he's negative before allowing him on board.

 

[BTH]

The queues at Porto Airport getting through were awful. All the City planes seemed to land around the same time, and then not helped by a few hundred Chelsea fans arriving on a delayed flight. Could have been disastrous but luckily everyone was sensible despite the 1hr+ wait.

What annoys me is all the form filling, tests etc and how they don't seem to be linked up to a central system via your passport no. You have to include you passport no on the tests, locator forms etc. Is it beyond the wit of the IT experts throughout Europe to link all these up so that everything is stored against your passport, so it should be just a quick scan as usual?

Instead you have everyone scrambling around showing their mobile or printed versions which are checked by a human and just making things far longer than needed.

I'm sure some people are making an absolute fortune out of this farce.

I did my locator online at https://www.gov.uk/provide-journey-contact-details-before-travel-uk and when I arrived back at Ringway it was indeed linked to my passport.
Possibly THE only Corona-related Tory government initiative that has worked!