COVID-19 - show negative PCR test results at boarding at layover or at check-in in starting airport?
I travel from Belgium to Canada. There is a layover in Amsterdam.
I will take a PCR test before boarding the plane in Belgium. Some hours later, I will get the results before I board the plane to Canada.
I am fully vaccinated and can travel from Belgium to the Netherlands. I need the PCR test to enter Canada.
Is this possible, or do I need to have the negative PCR test at check-in of the starting airport already?
Of course, the best is to take a PCR test in advance. But, I didn't...
edit: The timings were all calculated, I was going to be able to return to Belgian from Amsterdam IF I were positive. But, no way it would have worked. As said in the solutions, at check-in all documents needed to be provided. I ended up delaying my flight for two days and take a PCR test like everybody.
Best Answer
Your credentials for entering the destination country will be verified when you are checking in and not when you board the plane. If you don't have all the paperwork ready when you start the trip in Belgium, you must really expect that the airline will not let you fly.
It is of course in possible that you can explain the situation and ask them for an exception, but at least I would not at all rely on the airline to do so.
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