QANTAS drops vaccination requirement from 19 July.

[OATEK]

“From Tuesday 19 July 2022 the Qantas Group will no longer require passengers on international flights operated by the Qantas Group to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19."

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/aviation/qantas-scraps-vaccination-mandate-for-passengers-on-international-flights/news-story/ad3941b69f2d1a097ab1982b8204ef80

 

[AIRwin]

Link to info on the QF website:

https://www.qantas.com/au/en/coronavirus/international-travel.html

 

[Traveller_Dude]

about time !

 

[OATEK]

Link to info on the QF website:

https://www.qantas.com/au/en/coronavirus/international-travel.html

No sense of whether online checkin will return for travel to countries where proof of vaccination is not required.

 

[encryptededdy]

No sense of whether online checkin will return for travel to countries where proof of vaccination is not required.

Online checkin already works, it worked for my trip to NZ (you just upload your proof of vaccination to OLCI).

 

[robinsparkles]

Oh wow, thanks for sharing

 

[Mattg]

As a data point, I flew with Qantas last weekend from LAX-MEL and was not asked for my Covid vaccination certificate at any point of the journey.

 

[Kendall Roy]

Online checkin already works, it worked for my trip to NZ (you just upload your proof of vaccination to OLCI).

How about the return leg to AU?

 

[JohnK]

Dear oh dear. What a shemozzle.

 

[Princess Fiona]

As a data point, I flew with Qantas last weekend from LAX-MEL and was not asked for my Covid vaccination certificate at any point of the journey.

I flew GRB-ORD-DFW-SYD last week and was asked for it everywhere.
The QF Agent in the Flagship lounge in DFW was finally able to issue my BP. She was checking all of the Vaccine certificates for all pax.

 

[encryptededdy]

How about the return leg to AU?

Worked fine too.

 

[SeatBackForward]

I flew GRB-ORD-DFW-SYD last week and was asked for it everywhere.
The QF Agent in the Flagship lounge in DFW was finally able to issue my BP. She was checking all of the Vaccine certificates for all pax.

I'm sure this is noted elsewhere, but hey I'm being lazy! Are the Covid -19 Digital Certificates on our apps (Eg. Service NSW) enough or is something else required to be shown?

 

[AIRwin]

Are the Covid -19 Digital Certificates on our apps (Eg. Service NSW) enough or is something else required to be shown?

Something else:

How do I get an International COVID-19 Vaccination Certificate?

The easiest way to get your international certificate is through your Medicare account in myGov or the Express Plus Medicare mobile app. See the video below for advice on how to get one. Go to Services Australia for further details.

www.passports.gov.au

 

[SeatBackForward]

Something else:

How do I get an International COVID-19 Vaccination Certificate?

The easiest way to get your international certificate is through your Medicare account in myGov or the Express Plus Medicare mobile app. See the video below for advice on how to get one. Go to Services Australia for further details.

www.passports.gov.au

Thank you! Have completed it through the Medicare app now. I assume if/when the 4th Jab is taken it's all automatically updated.

 

[dylarr]

Thank you! Have completed it through the Medicare app now. I assume if/when the 4th Jab is taken it's all automatically updated.

You'll need to request a new certificate after you've had your 4th jab.

 

[Mattg]

I flew GRB-ORD-DFW-SYD last week and was asked for it everywhere.
The QF Agent in the Flagship lounge in DFW was finally able to issue my BP. She was checking all of the Vaccine certificates for all pax.

Weird. My routing was IAD-LAX-MEL-CBR with the first leg on United and the rest on QF. The United rep at IAD did not ask me for any covid-related documentation (I even volunteered my vax certificate, but she said the computer wasn't asking for it) and issued my boarding passes for all flights. I was never asked for my vax certificate at LAX either.

 

[SeatBackForward]

You'll need to request a new certificate after you've had your 4th jab.

Noted thanks. Next trip is not until October so it might all change before then (It's been so long, I'm getting excited already about the trip)

 

[Cheatah]

The science must have changed!

 

[ceetee]

“From Tuesday 19 July 2022 the Qantas Group will no longer require passengers on international flights operated by the Qantas Group to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19."

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/aviation/qantas-scraps-vaccination-mandate-for-passengers-on-international-flights/news-story/ad3941b69f2d1a097ab1982b8204ef80

This is welcome news and a growing trend. Good to see the discrimination of the unvaxd going away.