American Airlines to move more flights to Heathrow Terminal 5

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• Nicky says:

  12 Mar12 March 11:40

  Bits: Travelling to USA in May, do they still require negative covid test before you can enter?

  • Harry T says:

    12 Mar12 March 11:49

    Yes, I believe so. Always worth checking the FCDO and CDC website, as requirements can change.

  • s879 says:

    12 Mar12 March 11:50

    Please check the latest info before traveling nearer the time as so much can change in 2 months. I went there last month and it was an observed antigen and not the home ones you can activate. I just went with Express Test at Heathrow. If you opt for home kit make sure you make an appointment for the video call. You can book PCR ofcourse too but it wasn’t a requirement.

  • QwertyKnowsBest says:

    12 Mar12 March 11:52

    Yes

  • Jeff77 says:

    12 Mar12 March 14:18

    The FCO website is a more reliable source than here

  • john says:

    12 Mar12 March 21:01

    Current rules expire 18th March. Watch this space..

• Nick says:

  12 Mar12 March 14:21

  T5C pre-clearance was a non-starter because it needs exclusivity and that’s just not possible with the volume/spread of flights – there would be nowhere for the others to go at the right time. There weren’t enough off-pier stands. If T5D ever gets built, this could be designed for it, so that’s the time it might potentially happen.

  But I think it’s equally likely pre-clearance will never come to heathrow. Its niche has always been smaller airports, either close to the US (Canada, Caribbean) or with few flights all bunched together (Ireland, Abu Dhabi). CBP is much better in most locations now than they used to be, so queues on arrival aren’t the same issue now. And finally the cost is astronomical – the airport has to pay to fly, house, and staff the CBP officers. I don’t expect HAL will consider that an effective use of money for a long time (if ever), given it won’t attract any new pax to their airport. MAN, BRU, ARN are a different story, it’ll bring them business from other airports, so may happen there.

  • Andrew says:

    12 Mar12 March 16:55

    Great insight, thanks.

• Tony Hart says:

  12 Mar12 March 18:51

  We spent our honeymoon I’m at Conrad Rangali and I’ve been working towards a point return for a while. Unsurprisingly a bit gutted that this has happened. It was always on the cards at some point of course.

  I’ve been holding out for one of the 100% point purchase bonuses that allow 160,000 points per person (for a 320k total). Any intel on whether one of these will return? It’s been a while – all the recent ones have been 80/160k.

  • Rob says:

    12 Mar12 March 19:05

    I’m sure they will be back at some point – usually later in the year because people have hit their current limit already and this lets them by more.

• Zee says:

  13 Mar13 March 18:02

  This is so upsetting as I just started to save for Conrad Maldives ;(
  Looks like I will have to wait extra longer now.

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