Too many pre Flight warnings?

[Flashback]

I know there's a cautious approach that can be taken..... but Air France has taken it a bit too far I think!

I've already dismissed one of the notices, but thought it might be good for a laugh to show just how many different things they're warning you about, without actually tailoring it to the booking/passenger. Some of them are factually incorrect too, like the first one.

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[Berlin]

Not that different to the dozens of times you hear not to travel if you have Covid symptoms when daring to ride the bubble between NZ and AU.

What I always find funny- you can bet that the type of people who’d really ignore all safety rules, are the ones who won’t listen even the dozenth time, no matter what.

While rest of us has to listen again and again and again…

 

[oz_mark]

Funny thing is, people will still complain about something not being brought to their attention.

 

[henrus]

I'd say Qantas is the same, manage my booking shows so many unnecessary messages:

 

[Flashback]

Which reminds me.... I need to start filling in the various paperwork for each country I'll be passing through. So time consuming! Worth it to escape these shores though

 

[Flashback]

Which reminds me.... I need to start filling in the various paperwork for each country I'll be passing through. So time consuming! Worth it to escape these shores though

Unsurprisingly it's becoming a bit of a palaver. I've already had to change my pre-departure PCR test due to a lack of clarity around '3 days' vs '72 hours', but France now appears to (as of today) have changed the requirements for travellers originating in the UK and it's been shortened to 48 hours. Fortunately ExpressTest have been really good and even with an e-mail to them on the weekend I had a new appointment slot booked in within 15 minutes of requesting it.

France's official website has reference to 48 hours, only 72 hours and the site that Air France directs you to also still refers to 72 hours. So, of course you err on the side of caution and go for 48. However, it has no reference to transit pax (which is what I will be) and whether the same requirements even apply.

It justifies why from a personal perspective, I've not booked any trips for this year because it's just too hard and constantly evolving. Keeping in mind, that's coming from someone who is pretty well on top of these kind of things..... you can see why other people are trying and failing so often, such as the recent case of people who tried to fly FR to DUB and misunderstood the rules.

Passengers refused boarding amid testing confusion

Travellers with Ryanair and EasyJet were told they could not fly because they had taken the wrong PCR test.

www.bbc.co.uk