What if 72hr PCR Expires B4 Landing in Thailand?

[dougtr]

Maybe this has been answered before but I haven't found it anywhere.

 

I live in the US and in Ohio which means I need two flights to get out of the US.   If I take a pcr test there are varying times to get results of 24-48 hrs for results.  With travel time being around 28-32 hours + early arrival at airport my pcr results would probably not be within 72 hour landing in Thailand.  Has anyone found the answer to this question?   Maybe I am mistaken and it has to be valid 72 hour prior to departing flight to Thailand.

 

Thank you

[soi3eddie]

Covid negative PCR test certainly has to be done within 72 hours of boarding flight to Thailand or the airline will not let you board. I do direct non-stop so am unable to confirm procedures for those needing stopvers, transits or connections. Have you asked the airline/s? Maybe someone with experience of connections can answer more accurately.

[aussiexpat]

The rules are very clear, it's within 72 hours of your departure flight out of a country you've spent at least 21 days in.

 

Note: Singapore Airlines have their own rule which is within 48 hours instead of 72

 

From the Thai Pass:

[mtls2005]

It's tied to DEPARTURE time, not ARRIVAL time, so resist the urge to pop the emergency exit slide upon landing at Suvarnabhumi.

 

 

[donx]

23 hours ago, dougtr said:

 

I live in the US and in Ohio which means I need two flights to get out of the US.

My understanding is that the 72 hours applies to your departure from the US. Which airport are you departing from the US? My family departed from Washington Dulles on a flight to Tokyo. For them their departure date and time from Washington was the end of the 72 hour pre-departure PCR test window.

[sirineou]

Also google the airport you are flying from or any near by international airports, there are many companies set up at airports that provide RT PCR tests for international travelers and have results in less than 24 hours,

 I had mine. done near Orlando FL ,and got the results in 4 hrs

https://www.passporthealthusa.com/locations/oh/?utm_source=internal&utm_medium=internal&utm_campaign=fit-to-fly&utm_term=location-link

[Skeptic7]

When I entered last February on COE the rules specifically stated in case of multiple flight segments...72 hours prior to the first flight. Don't know if that has changed by now or not. 

[Ganoga]

The 72 hours is before your departure flught. I FLFlew from SD to BKK and my  first flight was canceled after boarding, and rescheduled for the next day. So my arrival in BKK was about 90 hours after  my test was performed.   No questions asked in BKK, but Japan airlines needed to see the policy from Thailand.  It was printed right on the bottom front of my COE.

[khunjeff]

3 hours ago, Skeptic7 said:

When I entered last February on COE the rules specifically stated in case of multiple flight segments...72 hours prior to the first flight. Don't know if that has changed by now or not. 

It's still the same - 72 hours before the scheduled departure time of the first flight on your itinerary, even if that's a short hop domestic flight.

[Troonew]

3 hours ago, khunjeff said:

It's still the same - 72 hours before the scheduled departure time of the first flight on your itinerary, even if that's a short hop domestic flight.

 

[Troonew]

I was told it was 72 hours before LEAVING your respective national air space. So, in the US, for example, it takes longer to leave US air space from Chicago, both EB and WB, than it would from NYC or BOS from the East or SF or SEA from the West.

[geisha]

Ive never seen national air space mentioned in any language.

[donx]

So the question is, if you fly from say Ohio to Los Angeles and then from LA to Tokyo and then onto Bangkok, is the 72 hours before departure based upon the departure from Ohio or the departure from LA? I am under the impression that it is based upon the departure from LA, but I honestly don’t know. I’m 90% sure it isn’t based upon the departure from Tokyo.

[ubonjoe]

5 hours ago, donx said:

I am under the impression that it is based upon the departure from LA, but I honestly don’t know. I’m 90% sure it isn’t based upon the departure from Tokyo.

As far as I know that is correct. It certainly would not be Tokyo.

[Captain Monday]

16 hours ago, Troonew said:

I was told it was 72 hours before LEAVING your respective national air space. So, in the US, for example, it takes longer to leave US air space from Chicago, both EB and WB, than it would from NYC or BOS from the East or SF or SEA from the West.

That was told to you by someone with a great imagination. O'hare is closer to Canada than SFO is on some routings, and if there were passenger flights from Alaska to Asia you will usually be in US airspace for 1000 miles, past the most western Aleutian islands. Cargo flights do it all the time.

 

The requirement of Thailand is for the test results to be issued 72 hours before your international flight departure time.

 

But use caution, Hong Kong as an example requires 48 no longer 72 hours from sample time to time of transit in HKG and Singapore has a 48 hour rule. Contact your airline for details