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PCR and Antigen tests Santa pola

Posted: Mon Aug 2, 2021 9:24am
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Kev1959

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Hi i have just gone back to England and like everyone else ive had to have either a PCR test or a Antigen test 72 hours before leaving Spain.

I went to the clinic in Santa Pola just up the road on the right from the castle, i had a PCR test for €79, afterwards i found out the Antigen for €29 is exactly the same.

So don't be like me have the Antigen test 😢

Eurotraveller

Posted: Mon Aug 2, 2021 10:08am

Eurotraveller

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Posted: Mon Aug 2, 2021 10:08am

Hi Kev,

We hopefully will be following your footsteps early September when we return to the UK, assuming we get to Spain 2 weeks from today!

Tell me please, did they check the Antigen cert. at ALC departures and/or back in Blighty?

Thanks

Ray

Kev1959

Posted: Mon Aug 2, 2021 10:21am

Kev1959

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Posted: Mon Aug 2, 2021 10:21am

Yes Ryanair's employees checked my PCR Certificate at Alicante airport, i got them to print me a certificate off at the clinic which was easier 

Eurotraveller

Posted: Mon Aug 2, 2021 12:11pm

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Posted: Mon Aug 2, 2021 12:11pm

Kev1959 wrote on Mon Aug 2, 2021 10:21am:

Yes Ryanair's employees checked my PCR Certificate at Alicante airport, i got them to print me a certificate off at the clinic which was easier 

Ta for that Kev, have a nice holiday.

Ray

Macsmusic1

Posted: Wed Aug 4, 2021 2:30pm

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Posted: Wed Aug 4, 2021 2:30pm

Kev1959 wrote on Mon Aug 2, 2021 10:21am:

Yes Ryanair's employees checked my PCR Certificate at Alicante airport, i got them to print me a certificate off at the clinic which was easier 

Thanks for the info. We just booked our antigen test yesterday at the same place. 

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John1944

Posted: Thu Aug 5, 2021 12:26am

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Posted: Thu Aug 5, 2021 12:26am

Eurotraveller wrote on Mon Aug 2, 2021 10:08am:

Hi Kev,

We hopefully will be following your footsteps early September when we return to the UK, assuming we get to Spain 2 weeks from today!

Tell me please, did they check the Antigen cert. at ALC departures and/or back in Blighty?

Thanks

Ray

We returned to U.K. last week - we had to show our negative antigen test (taken at Salvum clinic in Gran Alacant within 72 hours of our flight and a copy of our U.K. passenger locator form ( which requires evidence of a pre-booked PCR test in U.K. within 2 days of arrival) We flew Vueling and it was not possible to check-in or board the plane without these. They may also ask to see evidence of double vaccination ie NHS Covid Pass (or EU pass if vaccinated in EU).

On arrival at Gatwick there were no checks and we went straight through passport control. It seems UK has delegated responsibility to the carrier to check papers before the flight.

John

Macsmusic1

Posted: Thu Aug 5, 2021 12:53am

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Posted: Thu Aug 5, 2021 12:53am

John1944 wrote on Thu Aug 5, 2021 12:26am:

We returned to U.K. last week - we had to show our negative antigen test (taken at Salvum clinic in Gran Alacant within 72 hours of our flight and a copy of our U.K. passenger locator form ( which requires evidence of a pre-booked PCR test in U.K. within 2 days of arrival) We flew Vueling and it ...

...was not possible to check-in or board the plane without these. They may also ask to see evidence of double vaccination ie NHS Covid Pass (or EU pass if vaccinated in EU).

On arrival at Gatwick there were no checks and we went straight through passport control. It seems UK has delegated responsibility to the carrier to check papers before the flight.

John

Thank you John

Yes, we have booked our antigen tests at the clinic in Santa Pola few days before we fly back. Also ordered our tests for day 2 that arrived before we departed for Spain. Only think left is the passenger locator form and hoping the UK government doesn’t make a U turn on the latest status for Spain. We depart 20th so we have factored in 10 days just in case but definitely not factored in hotel quarantine! Fingers crossed!

Albertross

Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2021 6:01pm

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Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2021 6:01pm

Eurotraveller wrote on Mon Aug 2, 2021 10:08am:

Hi Kev,

We hopefully will be following your footsteps early September when we return to the UK, assuming we get to Spain 2 weeks from today!

Tell me please, did they check the Antigen cert. at ALC departures and/or back in Blighty?

Thanks

Ray

Hi, I returned from Santa Pola yesterday, ALC to Birmingham. As I checked in with Ryanair online, I attached my Antigen test result during the check in process.
Ryanair staff checked I had it (and the UK Gov travel form) in the queue for the departure gate. On arrival at BHX they asked to see the UK Gov form, gave it a cursory glance and waved me through Security. All very easy.

The address of the clinic I had the Antigen test at is attached.

Macsmusic1

Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2021 10:36pm

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Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2021 10:36pm

Albertross wrote on Sun Aug 22, 2021 6:01pm:

Hi, I returned from Santa Pola yesterday, ALC to Birmingham. As I checked in with Ryanair online, I attached my Antigen test result during the check in process.
Ryanair staff checked I had it (and the UK Gov travel form) in the queue for the departure gate. On arrival at BHX they asked to see...

... the UK Gov form, gave it a cursory glance and waved me through Security. All very easy.

The address of the clinic I had the Antigen test at is attached.

We returned on Friday 20th and all very straightforward too. Booked the antigen test, not PCR as only advised in Santa Pola Polyclinica recommended by people on here so thank you. Passenger locator form and test certificate uploaded on Ryanair docs and just took our day 2 test now in the post. Thank you everyone for all your advise. Hoping to return in October! 

Grannyrose

Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2021 10:49am

Grannyrose

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Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2021 10:49am

How much was the antigen test in Santa Pola ?

Where can you get it done for €29?

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