Decision next week on UK mandatory quarantine, with possible GPS Tag
Arriving in the UK could change significantly next week if government ministers decide to force arrivals in to approved hotels.
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Welcome to the UK. No e-gates and a 90 minute wait at UK Border
Long, non-socially distanced queues have been happening through the change to UK’s arrival requirements from yesterday.
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Welcome to the UK. Here’s your quarantine hotel bill for £1,500
UK arrivals to be detained in designated hotels suggests UK Government Minister
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UK to close all Travel Corridors at 04:00 on 18 Jan – all arrivals require negative COVID tests
UK to require pretty much everyone arriving in to the country to show a negative COVID test before departure. Several months after other countries did this.
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UK blocks travellers from most South American countries from 15 Jan (04:00)
A new list of primarily South American countries has been published. No visitors from them will be allowed after tomorrow morning in to the UK, unless you have a right to be resident here.
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Netherlands to require COVID test for all arrivals and transfers from 00:01 on 29 December
Amsterdam will require COVID tests for passengers and transfers from 29 December
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Iberia refused to let me on the plane
I was refused boarding on a connecting flight as the Spanish boarders appear to have closed to UK passport holders
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So I had a COVID test at Heathrow
Heathrow is now offering a variety of COVID tests at the airport. This was my experience is using the service.
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A limit to AA’s vouchers – you have to use them for a ticket from the same country
American is not quite telling the whole truth when it says you can save a cancelled tickets credit for a future trip.
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Hotels in the UK about to get a fair bit cheaper – until 12 Jan 2021
VAT on accommodation in the UK is cut from 20% to 5% until mid-Jan 2021.
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AA loads schedule changes for August and September overnight – check your bookings!
More AA schedule changes have been loaded over night with lots of changes to my trips for August and September. Check yours!
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Scottish Government rejects UK proposals for travel restart
Politics looms large behind the delay in the approved list of countries. The Scots always enjoy poking the English in the eye.
