Which PCR Test Provider

Pixie5740

silvercar said:

Pixie5740 said:

Butts said:

Pixie5740 said:

Butts said:

Pixie5740 said:

Butts said:

Pixie5740 said:

Perhaps after reading the list I should go to one of the clinics in Glasgow rather than do a home test….quicker turnaround. 

I looked at the tests you can have done at Heathrow but I don’t think they’d work for me. I arrive in T3 and then then have to get to T5 for the flight up to Glasgow. The Express Test clinics are at T3 Forecourt, which I’m assuming is land side, and T5 arrivals but I’m not arriving, I’m departing. 

I was at Terminal 3 Yesterday on my way to Albania and saw the Testing facilities which are indeed out on the concourse at the front of the terminal, Had mega queues !! I landed from EDI in T5 and got the tube to T3 for my Tirana Flight.

Regarding T5 it's easy to get from Arrivals to Departures where the testing is. If you are arriving at T3 and transferring to T5 just go out and get the Tube assuming you have enough time, that gives you the choice of T3 or T5.

My test has been delivered by Chronomics today, ready to take when I get back on Monday.

@Butts it's not so much the T3 to T5 I'm worried about, I've gone from one terminal to another in Heathrow before.  It's more that if the testing facility is at T5 arrivals and I'm getting to T5 from T3 staying on airside will I be able access the test facility at T5?  Would I need to go through security again?  Although I'm changing terminal it is the one flight booking with Qantas and BA to get my from Perth to Glasgow via Darwin and London.

Flight is scheduled to arrive at T3 06:20 and the next flight departs T5 at 11:30.  That's just over 5 hours.

I assume your bag will be checked through to Glasgow ?

You don't have to remain Airside and are quite at liberty to leave T3 and take the Heathrow Express / Tube to T5.

Yes you would have to go through Security again but with 5 hours this is more than enough time to take a Test in T3 or T5.

Lot's of smokers like me do a "self transfer" in order to have a puff between flights.

Yes, my bags will be checked through to Glasgow so all I'll have is my hand luggage.  I'm flying business class (I'm not paying) so hopefully that means shorter queues at security.  I hadn't really thought about going airside to landside and back again with connecting flights except for that one jet lagged time at Paris CDG on my way back from Vietnam.

5 hours is plenty of time to go and have some swabs rammed up my nostrils and if nothing else it will keep me awake.  Thanks for your help.

Fastrack Security is currently closed at T5, though strangely it was open in T3.

Queues are not to onerous though !!

The T5 test is out.  I went to book it last night and there is nothing in the morning at all.  Back to the drawing board!

Sofitel hotel at T5 also has fast testing provided by Halo.

I am sending you a big virtual snog @silvercar.  I have just ordered a Halo PCR test to be collected at Sofitel hotel.

Pixie5740

@butt and @techno12 thank you for the home test recommendations.  I'll look into those two providers when I have to fly back to Oz.

Edit to add: 

Actually I won’t get a home test for returning to Australia because Australia don’t accept home tests unless it is supervised by a trained person. 

silvercar

Pixie5740 said:

silvercar said:

Pixie5740 said:

Butts said:

Pixie5740 said:

Butts said:

Pixie5740 said:

Butts said:

Pixie5740 said:

Perhaps after reading the list I should go to one of the clinics in Glasgow rather than do a home test….quicker turnaround. 

I looked at the tests you can have done at Heathrow but I don’t think they’d work for me. I arrive in T3 and then then have to get to T5 for the flight up to Glasgow. The Express Test clinics are at T3 Forecourt, which I’m assuming is land side, and T5 arrivals but I’m not arriving, I’m departing. 

I was at Terminal 3 Yesterday on my way to Albania and saw the Testing facilities which are indeed out on the concourse at the front of the terminal, Had mega queues !! I landed from EDI in T5 and got the tube to T3 for my Tirana Flight.

Regarding T5 it's easy to get from Arrivals to Departures where the testing is. If you are arriving at T3 and transferring to T5 just go out and get the Tube assuming you have enough time, that gives you the choice of T3 or T5.

My test has been delivered by Chronomics today, ready to take when I get back on Monday.

@Butts it's not so much the T3 to T5 I'm worried about, I've gone from one terminal to another in Heathrow before.  It's more that if the testing facility is at T5 arrivals and I'm getting to T5 from T3 staying on airside will I be able access the test facility at T5?  Would I need to go through security again?  Although I'm changing terminal it is the one flight booking with Qantas and BA to get my from Perth to Glasgow via Darwin and London.

Flight is scheduled to arrive at T3 06:20 and the next flight departs T5 at 11:30.  That's just over 5 hours.

I assume your bag will be checked through to Glasgow ?

You don't have to remain Airside and are quite at liberty to leave T3 and take the Heathrow Express / Tube to T5.

Yes you would have to go through Security again but with 5 hours this is more than enough time to take a Test in T3 or T5.

Lot's of smokers like me do a "self transfer" in order to have a puff between flights.

Yes, my bags will be checked through to Glasgow so all I'll have is my hand luggage.  I'm flying business class (I'm not paying) so hopefully that means shorter queues at security.  I hadn't really thought about going airside to landside and back again with connecting flights except for that one jet lagged time at Paris CDG on my way back from Vietnam.

5 hours is plenty of time to go and have some swabs rammed up my nostrils and if nothing else it will keep me awake.  Thanks for your help.

Fastrack Security is currently closed at T5, though strangely it was open in T3.

Queues are not to onerous though !!

The T5 test is out.  I went to book it last night and there is nothing in the morning at all.  Back to the drawing board!

Sofitel hotel at T5 also has fast testing provided by Halo.

I am sending you a big virtual snog @silvercar.  I have just ordered a Halo PCR test to be collected at Sofitel hotel.

Excellent! It’s a spit test rather than swab I believe.

in Return I need a quick arrivals day2 test near St Pancras on a Saturday morning. Can’t find anything on the collinson website

Pixie5740

silvercar said:

Pixie5740 said:

silvercar said:

Pixie5740 said:

Butts said:

Pixie5740 said:

Butts said:

Pixie5740 said:

Butts said:

Pixie5740 said:

Perhaps after reading the list I should go to one of the clinics in Glasgow rather than do a home test….quicker turnaround. 

I looked at the tests you can have done at Heathrow but I don’t think they’d work for me. I arrive in T3 and then then have to get to T5 for the flight up to Glasgow. The Express Test clinics are at T3 Forecourt, which I’m assuming is land side, and T5 arrivals but I’m not arriving, I’m departing. 

I was at Terminal 3 Yesterday on my way to Albania and saw the Testing facilities which are indeed out on the concourse at the front of the terminal, Had mega queues !! I landed from EDI in T5 and got the tube to T3 for my Tirana Flight.

Regarding T5 it's easy to get from Arrivals to Departures where the testing is. If you are arriving at T3 and transferring to T5 just go out and get the Tube assuming you have enough time, that gives you the choice of T3 or T5.

My test has been delivered by Chronomics today, ready to take when I get back on Monday.

@Butts it's not so much the T3 to T5 I'm worried about, I've gone from one terminal to another in Heathrow before.  It's more that if the testing facility is at T5 arrivals and I'm getting to T5 from T3 staying on airside will I be able access the test facility at T5?  Would I need to go through security again?  Although I'm changing terminal it is the one flight booking with Qantas and BA to get my from Perth to Glasgow via Darwin and London.

Flight is scheduled to arrive at T3 06:20 and the next flight departs T5 at 11:30.  That's just over 5 hours.

I assume your bag will be checked through to Glasgow ?

You don't have to remain Airside and are quite at liberty to leave T3 and take the Heathrow Express / Tube to T5.

Yes you would have to go through Security again but with 5 hours this is more than enough time to take a Test in T3 or T5.

Lot's of smokers like me do a "self transfer" in order to have a puff between flights.

Yes, my bags will be checked through to Glasgow so all I'll have is my hand luggage.  I'm flying business class (I'm not paying) so hopefully that means shorter queues at security.  I hadn't really thought about going airside to landside and back again with connecting flights except for that one jet lagged time at Paris CDG on my way back from Vietnam.

5 hours is plenty of time to go and have some swabs rammed up my nostrils and if nothing else it will keep me awake.  Thanks for your help.

Fastrack Security is currently closed at T5, though strangely it was open in T3.

Queues are not to onerous though !!

The T5 test is out.  I went to book it last night and there is nothing in the morning at all.  Back to the drawing board!

Sofitel hotel at T5 also has fast testing provided by Halo.

I am sending you a big virtual snog @silvercar.  I have just ordered a Halo PCR test to be collected at Sofitel hotel.

Excellent! It’s a spit test rather than swab I believe.

in Return I need a quick arrivals day2 test near St Pancras on a Saturday morning. Can’t find anything on the collinson website

There is availability on Saturday 11th December and Saturday 18th December.

https://collinsonselftest.com/products/st-pancras-covid-testing

KP20

For Randox, do you get the code for the Passenger Locator Form as soon as you order, or do you have to actually have the test in your hands? We are too close to travel date to guarantee the test will be here beforehand but it should arrive by the time we are home.

jimi_man

Yes you do, sent by email from Randox.

J_B

KP20 said:

For Randox, do you get the code for the Passenger Locator Form as soon as you order, or do you have to actually have the test in your hands?

Well, as you have to fill in the PLF up to 48 hours *before* you arrive, methinks that your second option would be impossible!

KP20

jimi_man said:

Yes you do, sent by email from Randox.

Thanks for confirming

KP20

J_B said:

KP20 said:

For Randox, do you get the code for the Passenger Locator Form as soon as you order, or do you have to actually have the test in your hands?

Well, as you have to fill in the PLF up to 48 hours *before* you arrive, methinks that your second option would be impossible!

Unless you ordered weeks in advance, I agree!

Pixie5740

@Butts, my flight times have changed so I’ll only have 2 hours and 45 minutes between arriving in T3 and getting to T5. Do you think that’s enough time to nip out to Sofitel if I can get through fast track security at T5?