 Poster: A snowHead
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Javid has just announced that pre-departure tests will now be required when returning to the UK. FFS!!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Where can these be booked in arc1800?
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And indeed Tignes 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Also why do a two day pcr if we have to take a pre departure, surely one or the other?
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The BBC story says "PCR or lateral flow" acceptable. If this is correct I plan to take a lateral flow test with me to France next week and use the online certification. I appreciate this isn't any help if you are already there.
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Is a PCR needed to get back to UK via Geneva? Or will a LFT suffice for Swiss regs?
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@RobH2017, cheers yep I know it
@fuzzydunlop, how much does this cost, apparently one in Tignes is only €25
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To answer ajc2260626's question: testing is a good thing, you can never have too much of a good thing. Especially if someone else is paying.
And if it discourages people from travelling, so much the better.
As usual the UK Gov't, after a token resistance, has given in to the demands of rival politicians (and others) demanding tighter restrictions.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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| Rookiescot wrote: |
| Is a PCR needed to get back to UK via Geneva? Or will a LFT suffice for Swiss regs? |
My reading of the rules is that anyone departing from the border regions (incl Rhone Alpes) is exempt for any test to enter Switzerland.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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@fuzzydunlop, chuckled when I saw your username.
Microphone suitable for the urban crime environment.
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You know it makes sense.
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@rjj501, It's my street name ...
Last edited by You know it makes sense. on Sat 4-12-21 21:12; edited 1 time in total
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Poster: A snowHead
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TestnGo promised to deliver our tests within 2 working days but took 4!
I'd recommend looking for an alternative provider.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| fuzzydunlop wrote: |
| @rjj501, It's my street name ... |
Imagine living in Fuzzydunlop Street 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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| Bergmeister wrote: |
| fuzzydunlop wrote: |
| @rjj501, It's my street name ... |
Imagine living in Fuzzydunlop Street |
If I were a town planner, I’d be pushing for a Fuzzydunlop Street.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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@Bergmeister, Thanks for the tip. I have backups with another company.
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@fuzzydunlop, do you do them over video link or just take a pic and email it?
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@ajc2260626, 'When performing your test you are required to take a photo of the completed test with your Test Booking Reference next to it (please use our hpto templates to help you with this). You are then required to register the test and upload the photo using our antigen registration form.' But be aware I've not used them yet, so I can't recommend them other than to say they seemed reasonable value on the face of it.
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I think we will just stick with the ones in Tignes 
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| rjj501 wrote: |
| Rookiescot wrote: |
| Is a PCR needed to get back to UK via Geneva? Or will a LFT suffice for Swiss regs? |
My reading of the rules is that anyone departing from the border regions (incl Rhone Alpes) is exempt for any test to enter Switzerland. |
Not departing from border regions but living into border regions....
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Right
I have tried to go through everything in huge detail this morning
Our journey usually UK-France-CH by car.
OUT --- PCR test 72 hours before entering CH - will be fine for F if done 48 before entry - this gets us into F and CH
Then lateral flow test needed in 4-7 day window in CH
Return is more complex
BACK --- PCR test instant result needed (very difficult to find in Alpine CH) 48 hour window from test time - drive through F - enter UK within 48hrs
Then 2 days; quarantine
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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@valais2, I have good news and bad news ...
The return to the UK test requirement is "From 4am, Tuesday 7 December all people aged 12 years and over must take a PCR or LFD COVID-19 test before they travel to England from abroad." (from here https://www.gov.uk/guidance/travel-to-england-from-another-country-during-coronavirus-covid-19).
This means for a one week holiday that an in-resort Swiss pharmacy LFD test on day 6 would give you both Swiss compliance and Fit-to-fly evidence for UK entry. For a longer holiday, you would obviously need a second LFD test in resort to enter the UK.
However, you appear to have missed one last test - the pre-booked Day 0-2 PCR test in the UK required to escape quarantine (details of this are required on your passenger locator form).
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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| valais2 wrote: |
Right
I have tried to go through everything in huge detail this morning
Our journey usually UK-France-CH by car.
OUT --- PCR test 72 hours before entering CH - will be fine for F if done 48 before entry - this gets us into F and CH
Then lateral flow test needed in 4-7 day window in CH
Return is more complex
BACK --- PCR test instant result needed (very difficult to find in Alpine CH) 48 hour window from test time - drive through F - enter UK within 48hrs
Then 2 days; quarantine |
Your pre-return test can be LF. It doesn't have to be PCR.
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You know it makes sense.
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Yes, I believe they are acceptable. The "self-administered" tests are the ones you pick up for free from your local pharmacist. The ones you buy from an approved provider, despite being an identical test, are not classed as self-administered.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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| rob@rar wrote: |
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Yes, I believe they are acceptable. The "self-administered" tests are the ones you pick up for free from your local pharmacist. The ones you buy from an approved provider, despite being an identical test, are not classed as self-administered. |
That's not so bad then - looking at Chronomics that has increased the cost of testing by £10 a head. It has however also increased the risk of quarantine in France, but only slightly because everyone in resort would have been vaccinated and foreigners PCR tested before arrival.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@stodge, as it goes you bring up a good point, that due to the fact that you have to have a pass sanitaire to use any of the facilities, and test to the Nth degree to get on a plane, the chances of picking up the virus in resort is minimal anyway.
more chance on the underground/public transport in the uk!!!
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I think this measure has completely shot to pieces any hope of my own trip in Jan unfortunately. I simply cannot afford to quarantine in France if I were to test positive before the return. I should imagine a lot are in that same position. Hopefully it’s reversed in the next couple of weeks.
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Latest update on French Consulate seems to give better clarity to the pre-departure test requirements:
https://uk.ambafrance.org/COVID-19-rules-for-travel-between-France-and-the-UK-28918#t1-Travelling-from-the-UK-to-France
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From 4 December, fully vaccinated travellers (12 years old or more), and whatever their nationality, have to provide the result of a negative PCR or antigen test (in paper or digital format) carried out less than 48h hours prior to departure. Self-administred tests, whose results are not certified by a laboratory (e.g.: tests provided free of charge by the NHS) are not considered valid for travel. |
I think that is pretty clear. Certified by a lab, good to go.
Just hope you don't need an antigen test in resort everyday for your Pass Sanitaire (ie. 12-15 year olds or non double jabbed 16-18 year olds), with news of antigen pricing in VT of EUR 75 per test !
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Sorry didn't see @albob, had already posted same link 
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It’s still a little unclear but I think the general view is that the self-administered rapid antigens are still being accepted, provided that the company provides you with a certificate declaring your result with a QR code. Obviously the free tests from pharmacies or the NHS don’t give you that. At least that was the impression that the rep from C19 Testing gave.
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| PrinceJohn wrote: |
| I think this measure has completely shot to pieces any hope of my own trip in Jan unfortunately. I simply cannot afford to quarantine in France if I were to test positive before the return. I should imagine a lot are in that same position. Hopefully it’s reversed in the next couple of weeks. |
This is not meant as a dig at you but if you were positive and there was no pre flight test would you think it acceptable to get on the flight & quarantine back in the U.K..
Personally I think pre Flight LFT is sufficient for every flight & no other tests required . That basically add £20 per flight & removed the risk of spreading
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| Gazzza wrote: |
Latest update on French Consulate seems to give better clarity to the pre-departure test requirements:
https://uk.ambafrance.org/COVID-19-rules-for-travel-between-France-and-the-UK-28918#t1-Travelling-from-the-UK-to-France
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LAST MINUTE :
From 4 December, fully vaccinated travellers (12 years old or more), and whatever their nationality, have to provide the result of a negative PCR or antigen test (in paper or digital format) carried out less than 48h hours prior to departure. Self-administred tests, whose results are not certified by a laboratory (e.g.: tests provided free of charge by the NHS) are not considered valid for travel. |
I think that is pretty clear. Certified by a lab, good to go.
Just hope you don't need an antigen test in resort everyday for your Pass Sanitaire (ie. 12-15 year olds or non double jabbed 16-18 year olds), with news of antigen pricing in VT of EUR 75 per test ! |
Do you think there would be a way to pre buy in the UK some 'Lab certified self rapid test' - usually about £20 each - take them over to France with you and get your 12-15 year old to do one every day to get the Pass Sanitaire for the lifts ? Not sure if or how this would work as i guessing you need a QR code of some sort to scan. Maybe pre buying them from a French company (ones the French would need to use to before they travelled to the uk) instead as they maybe able to generate the correct code?
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Playing devils advocate, you don't take a pre travel test to board a packed train or bus, or bar in central London, why should you have to on a flight ?
Especially if flying back from a destination that has a lower rate of infection than the UK (which is high), you are less likely to catch and spread than those going about their business in the UK.
Of course, variants obviously only get in with travel, so we take the pain for travelling, but really for travel from destinations with lower rates of infection, there is a certain illogicalness to testing everyone vis a vis not testing the hoardes packed into bars or on trains in UK cities.
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| Jonny996 wrote: |
| PrinceJohn wrote: |
| I think this measure has completely shot to pieces any hope of my own trip in Jan unfortunately. I simply cannot afford to quarantine in France if I were to test positive before the return. I should imagine a lot are in that same position. Hopefully it’s reversed in the next couple of weeks. |
This is not meant as a dig at you but if you were positive and there was no pre flight test would you think it acceptable to get on the flight & quarantine back in the U.K..
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I don't think PJ is suggesting that at all. He is saying that he
"cannot afford to quarantine in France if (he) were to test positive before the return."
However, in the absence of a compulsory test he couldn't possibly test positive before his return, so would do what everyone else has been doing to date and simply travel to the UK untested.
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