Travelling to Spain with a child that has just had COVID

CashStrappedTeen89

I’m hopeful someone here has been through this before me as it’s a god damn nightmare.

In short we fly to Benidorm on the 11th in the AM with Jet2. My oldest child (12) tested positive for COVID last Wednesday, so literally JUST before we fly on Monday 11th she comes out of isolation.

I’ve contacted Jet2 which was a terrible experience (3 hour phone call) and they basically said regardless of the guidance from the NHS about not being retested for 90 days she STILL has to do a PCR which we’ve booked a same day test for on the Saturday (at a cost of £175). Have I just thrown that money down the drain? I’m convinced from what I’ve read so far she’ll test positive again and have to isolate for another 10 days.

Were currently doing LFD’s everyday including my youngest (8) which are all negative so far, our house is like a quarantined building at the moment though with constant cleaning.

Can anyone who knows better or gone through this just advise if there is anything further I can do or are we likely to have to start the process of an insurance claim come the weekend?

ic

The entry requirements for Spain are listed here: 

https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/spain/entry-requirements#vaccination

Your 12 year old needs to show negative to get in.  The rule applies to everybody aged 12 or over who hasn't been double vaccinated twice at least two weeks before the holiday.

onashoestring

I do hope your daughter will recover quickly and that the rest of the family stay well.

If you follow the information in the link @ic has given you to foreign travel advice on uk gov website , you will see all passengers have to complete a Spanish Health form prior to travel - this form states 

“YOU SHOULD NOT TRAVEL …. if diagnosed with COVID-19 in the past 14 days or if you have had close contact with a confirmed case of COVID-19 in the last two weeks.

From the dates you have given in your post it doesn’t look as if your family will meet the requirements for entry to Spain .

It’s good that you are prepared and have travel insurance in place to cover this scenario.