Fly me to the Moon - your 3rd travel Megathread - read OP

Hi all, i am looking for a bit of advice. I am traveling from Dublin to Spain on the 19th. I am fully vaccinated but from the UK (live there) so only have the UK NHS vaccine proof (so not the EU travel vaccine). I know that Spain accept this if i am traveling from the UK but i am concerned that the airline wont accept this traveling from Dublin. I cant really get a straight answer off them when i ring so wondering if anyone has any experience of the same,

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Hi all - one of a group travelling to Italy will require an antigen test, would a text message saying it came bag negative suffice for flying purposes?

Been to the UK, Spain and Portugal since travel reopened. Not once did they ask me for vaccine cert or locator form, in or out.

We went through the Balkans (Croatia to Greece, via Serbia and Macedonia, spending multiple nights in both) in both directions over the summer.

Relatively straightforward, PLFs only required going into Greece and only needed PCR tests for Serbia because Ireland doesn't recognise Serbia's vaccinations, so they reciprocate.

Going outside the EU via the UK on the way back was a bigger hassle and expense.

Does Greece not require a PLF ?

We are looking at it at some point once Kids (12+) fully vaccinated.

Agree with travel within EU being ok (anecdotally) and hopefully it will stay that way. Won't be looking at travel outside the EU for the foreseeable.

Flew to Italy two weeks ago,

Dub - Bergamo - Lamezia - no hassle just locator forms completed but never asked for. Proof of vax all good.

Lamezia - Malpensa - Dub - Again all good, no hassles, locator completed to get through Dublin but never asked for.

The UK is still divorcing the EU , so no wonder, there are pointless barriers to travel to and from...it is only gonna get worse

As regards the grade of mask, in one McDonalds we were told we had to wear N95 grade masks even though most of the staff just had surgical masks. The only scenario that actually makes sense for was if the staff were contagious and McD's were trying to protect the customers.

Everyone in the Porsche museum was wearing surgical masks.

Some people in supermarkets had the N95 ones, but not many.

German hotels was all surgical, I don' recall seeing anyone with N95.

I think the German N95 'requirement' is because 3M make a lot of those, whereas the surgical ones are probably mainly China Export.

I am flying home through Amsterdam this week from Vancouver, I have proof of vaccine etc, but not sure if I need a PCR test for going thought Amsterdam.

Can't find a definitive answer online as most of it assumes you are traveling to Amsterdam, but I am only passing through.

Anyone have any help?

I face palmed after that. I will drink a pint in your name.

I was vaccinated in May with AZ in Greystones. Back then the next dose was expected to be in September. So I went to Poland for 3 months. In the meantime I got a message I can be vaccinated earlier in Ireland. But I was not there, so I took a second dose in Poland, which was registered here as a first dose because system didn't allow to do it differently and I wanted to be safe. Polish authorities issued me with 1 dose digital certificate at once. But I have problems with Irish certificate for the first dose. I only have this small card they gave me, when I was vaccinated. I called them plenty of times in vain. They don't deal with such issue.

So my question is: will I be allowed to enter Ireland soon only having this poor Irish proof and Polish 1-dose certificate? I don't want to do Covid test, if I am fully vaccinated.

You are not fully vaccinated until 14 days post 2nd dose so you will need to follow whatever rules Portugal has for unvaccinated travellers.

Probably PCR test taken <72 hours before you fly.

Portugal doesn't seem to have published any further info about the validity of vaccine DCCs, therefore I would expect them to be going by the 'standard' EU DCC rules, which is 14 days after the last dose.

https://ec.europa.eu/info/live-work-travel-eu/coronavirus-response/safe-covid-19-vaccines-europeans/eu-digital-covid-certificate_en

"Fully vaccinated persons with the EU Digital COVID Certificate should be exempted from travel-related testing or quarantine 14 days after having received the last dose of a COVID-19 vaccine approved for the entire EU. The same is true for recovered persons with the certificate."

An antigen test within 48 hours of arrival will be fine for Portugal.