New quarantine rules

[carlmm]

The new covid rules require a test and a quarantine for everybody entering England as I understand, but there are exceptions for transit.

 

Would one be able to fly to Heathrow and travel directly to Southampton to board a Queen there without this additional test and quarantine?

 And the same on return from the cruise directly to LHR and fly back home?

[Host Hattie]

Current guidance is -

 

Landside transit

Landside transit is when you pass through UK border control on arrival, but you leave the UK shortly after (usually within 24 hours). You may leave from the same airport, railway station or port where you arrived, or from a different one, so long as you travel directly to that port of departure.

 

You need to take a COVID-19 test before you travel to England.

 

You must complete a passenger locator form before you travel to England.

 

You need to do the following when you complete your passenger locator form.

 

select ‘Stay in the UK’ under the Your travel plans section

reply ‘I will be travelling for an exempt reason’ to the question about whether you are required to self-isolate on arrival

select the Exemption options, and then select ‘Transit Exemption’

This includes if you are transiting onto the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man. You may need to show evidence of onward travel and where you will be staying at the border.

 

When you are in England you do not need to quarantine or take any COVID-19 travel tests.

 

You must either:

 

remain within your port of entry until your departure from England

travel directly from your port of entry to another port of departure in England.

 

From

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-safer-air-travel-guidance-for-passengers#transiting-through-england

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[gumshoe958]

Per the rules posted above, as a transit passenger you are exempt from taking a ‘Day 2’ PCR test after you arrive in England, but you’re not exempt from taking a test up to two days before your flight to the UK. You should be asked to show proof of a negative test result in order to board the flight.

[carlmm]

Thank you very much! @kohl1957 @Host Hattie @gumshoe958

 

That is encouraging.

[Tplusthree]

20 hours ago, Host Hattie said:

Current guidance is -

 

Landside transit

Landside transit is when you pass through UK border control on arrival, but you leave the UK shortly after (usually within 24 hours). You may leave from the same airport, railway station or port where you arrived, or from a different one, so long as you travel directly to that port of departure.

 

You need to take a COVID-19 test before you travel to England.

 

You must complete a passenger locator form before you travel to England.

 

You need to do the following when you complete your passenger locator form.

 

select ‘Stay in the UK’ under the Your travel plans section

reply ‘I will be travelling for an exempt reason’ to the question about whether you are required to self-isolate on arrival

select the Exemption options, and then select ‘Transit Exemption’

This includes if you are transiting onto the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man. You may need to show evidence of onward travel and where you will be staying at the border.

 

When you are in England you do not need to quarantine or take any COVID-19 travel tests.

 

You must either:

 

remain within your port of entry until your departure from England

travel directly from your port of entry to another port of departure in England.

 

From

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-safer-air-travel-guidance-for-passengers#transiting-through-england

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

we are in an odd situation in that we are arriving sunday morning to heathrow, taking a car directly to southampton hotel, then to the terminal monday morning. it's technically a bit more than 24 hours. hoping we will be ok.