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mamapatty
  9/19/2020 11:27 EST

Don’t rely on the airline to know what the restrictions are for travel. Find some way to check with the Customs Office if the point of entry for your trip.
I was scheduled to start Italian classes on Monday. Thursday morning I boarded my United Airlines flight with all my documentation.: Passport, school registration, apartment lease, car rental and negative COVID test. I was passed through 3 airport checks and was approaching Zürich customs to get to my flight to Brindisi.
Well, they turned me around and sent me home. Be aware, while Italy might welcome you with all your approved docs, your transfer country might not.
Hopefully the houses I planned to check out for purchase will still be available when I can get there. The school and apartment will hold my deposit for future attendance. Hopefully United will credit me for my ticket for future use.
And this too shall pass....

Stellalebret
  9/19/2020 11:31 EST

omg, this is awful.....!

What a horrible experience. You sound as though you've taken it really well!

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lifelover
  9/19/2020 13:21 EST

Wow! What passport were you traveling on?

italianlaw
  9/19/2020 13:33 EST

Regarding due diligence preparation before buying a house in Italy, one can obtain a title report for each house to discover the name of the present owner and status of the property, i.e. "clouds" on the property, official size of the property, official plot map and location via
www.italianlaw.net

Anthony

mamapatty
  9/19/2020 14:19 EST

US Passport.... probably why I was turned away. The Customs officers were not very chatty... another guy from the same flight got pulled too, although he was going to Rome for work and they were going to route him through LHR. Not sure why that made a difference, but they were not going to discuss it with me!

lifelover
  9/19/2020 14:57 EST

There are no restrictions on Americans entering England and maybe work is an accepted exception. Not sure but if it was London he could quarantine there and fly on. Tough times, I’m sorry.

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