yankee99 Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 (edited) Has anyone used a rapid antigen test as opposed to pcr for international flights out of thailand? Seems the RA is all that's required going to the usa but im just worried the airline staff might not know Edited October 2, 2021 by yankee99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
internationalism Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 each airline has it's own policies. As I know all international airlines from thailand do require pcr test Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scorecard Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 (edited) A twist; people departing Sydney (Australia) by air can get a guaranteed one hour PCR test result at a laboratory set up inside Sydney international airport on the departure level within 3 or 4 minutes walk to the check-in rows. Lab (a branch of a well known very credible pathology business) opens at 6.00 am. Walk-in, swab takes 1 minute, result within an hour by SMS/e.mail (to whoever the customer has nominated)/printed report. Lab calls the customer to check they have received the report. AUD150-. Well know contributors to this site have mentioned this arrangement is popping up across many countries. ___________________________________________ Seems to me that negative report before boarding the aircraft will be with us, internationally for many years. I wonder if we might see, as a standard process, passenger pays for PCR test (as in above comment), and automatically goes to the lab first (with labs in situ at convenient locations) at many/most inter. airports? Or as rapid tests become more accurate/more reliable the passenger pays for rapid test in ticket cost, reports for check-in and first step is rapid test at check-in. Or perhaps: - Airports set up a/several rapid test stations in the departure area for all international flyers using well accepted rapid tests, - Passenger reports to one of these stations, - Station scans passenger e.ticket/itinerary to get correct full name and e.mail details for passenger, airline, flight number, etc., - Result automatically feeds result into and sends an SMS/e.mail to both passenger and their airline. Edited October 4, 2021 by scorecard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seacaptain Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 On 20th Sept. I flew HKT - DOH - LHR with ฿450 RA test only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac Mickmanus Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 2 minutes ago, seacaptain said: On 20th Sept. I flew HKT - DOH - LHR with ฿450 RA test only. Had you been fully vaccinated with an acceptable vaccine ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seacaptain Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 On 20th Sept. I flew HKT - DOH - LHR with ฿450 RA test only. One shot AZ rec’d in Bangkok 29th July Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yankee99 Posted October 4, 2021 Author Share Posted October 4, 2021 15 minutes ago, seacaptain said: On 20th Sept. I flew HKT - DOH - LHR with ฿450 RA test only. qatar airlines? ill fly emirates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arithai12 Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 57 minutes ago, yankee99 said: qatar airlines? ill fly emirates Same with Emirates. For check-in Thailand and transit-only in Dubai, they don't require RT-PCR (as per their website). What matters is the rules of your final destination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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