Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread

[ExGingi]

Photoshop labs have been busy throughout the pandemic   

Indeed. But now there's increased demand.

[PlatinumGuy]

How in the world are people supposed to fly under the exceptions in #3 private jets only?

Yes, although maybe UA will be allowed to carry exempt pax on their 'cargo' flights, which would render the whole ban fake news as traveling to alternate permanent residence is considered an essential need.

If they would be a little open minded and use some brains, they would do what Australia has been doing

Australia has a backlog of hundreds of thousands of citizens waiting to fly home due to capacity constraints at the hotel.

[tavster]

If they would be a little open minded and use some brains, they would do what Australia has been doing (I'm not saying that's what they should be doing, but it's a better alternative than what they are suggesting). Everything is done in a reactive mode without a proper thought process.

There was no thoughts put into this.
Covid cases are high despite the 'seger' and despite the high vaccination rate.
So blaming foreign travel can buy Bibi another week or 2, and hopefully by then numbers will go down and Bibi can claim he had a genius idea.
IMHO

[th0306]

I see United still has flights open for this week.

How would they compensate if I purchase a ticket and then they will obviously cancel the flight?

Would I be able to use it for future travel on any flight? or just the dollar amount?

[PlatinumGuy]

I see United still has flights open for this week.

How would they compensate if I purchase a ticket and then they will obviously cancel the flight?

Would I be able to use it for future travel on any flight? or just the dollar amount?

You have 24h free cancellation regardless
 

There was no thoughts put into this.
Covid cases are high despite the 'seger' and despite the high vaccination rate.
So blaming foreign travel can buy Bibi another week or 2, and hopefully by then numbers will go down and Bibi can claim he had a genius idea.
IMHO

While I generally support Bibbi as far better than any of the alternatives, it is pretty funny that they're shutting down the airport when his main opponent Yair Lapid is on a much publicized trip to NYC.

[tavster]

Yair Lapid is on a much publicized trip to NYC.

He can stay in NYC forever AFAIK

[PlatinumGuy]

He can stay in NYC forever AFAIK

You and Bibbi both

[AsherO]

What are the ground entry rules? Is flying to AMM and entering Israel by car going to be a viable workaround for anyone?

[m65]

What are the ground entry rules? Is flying to AMM and entering Israel by car going to be a viable workaround for anyone?

are the land crossings open?

[AsherO]

are the land crossings open?

That's kinda what I'm asking. I would think they're open in some capacity, for "essential" travel.

[PlatinumGuy]

are the land crossings open?

They've been closed since March

That's kinda what I'm asking. I would think they're open in some capacity, for "essential" travel.

Boat terminals are

[ExGingi]

There was no thoughts put into this.
Covid cases are high despite the 'seger' and despite the high vaccination rate.
So blaming foreign travel can buy Bibi another week or 2, and hopefully by then numbers will go down and Bibi can claim he had a genius idea.
IMHO

Excatly. Just like to solution to $100/bbl oil prices was $100/bbl oil, which brought more production online, and the "solution" for too low oil prices are low oil prices, which put weak players out of business, thereby reducing supply, in a similar fashion the solution to high infection rate is exactly that - high infection rate (as we have evidenced in Crown Heights, Williamsburg, KJ and Boro Park), and the inverse is, unfortunately, true - low infection rates will result in infection rates rising (barring real draconian moves as taken mostly by totalitarian regimes, but also some other places).

[Mikes@Micro]

What are the ground entry rules? Is flying to AMM and entering Israel by car going to be a viable workaround for anyone?

Good luck getting your Teffilin in with you...

[ExGingi]

Indeed. But now there's increased demand.

The new business opportunities created by COVID-19 (and power hungry politicians)


https://www.kan.org.il/Item/?itemId=98919

[Dan]

Yes, although maybe UA will be allowed to carry exempt pax on their 'cargo' flights, which would render the whole ban fake news as traveling to alternate permanent residence is considered an essential need.

They would need to fully staff the flights. No way it would be worthwhile.

[PlatinumGuy]

They would need to fully staff the flights. No way it would be worthwhile.

A big percentage of anybody who is traveling now is traveling to an (alternate) permanent residence or other essential need, but I do agree it appears the governments intent is to shut off travel entirely, and you make a very good point about UA not carrying a small amount of paying pax.

AC has many flights in the schedule where they are only selling seats on the outbound YYZ-TLV for this reason (I guess it's worth crew one way but not the extra cost of a crew for  the return).

[tavster]

https://news.walla.co.il/item/3413734

Already floating the idea that the airport needs to be closed for longer

[points 99]

I see United still has flights open for this week.

How would they compensate if I purchase a ticket and then they will obviously cancel the flight?

Would I be able to use it for future travel on any flight? or just the dollar amount?

I know someone who booked a business saver award ticket yesterday to fly this week, before United canceled the flights. After they canceled, they allowed him to change the flight to a date which did not have saver space avail

[nafnaf12]

I know someone who booked a business saver award ticket yesterday to fly this week, before United canceled the flights. After they canceled, they allowed him to change the flight to a date which did not have saver space avail

curious, was ticket booked with UA miles or other airline?

And is new ticket Revenue or they opened saver?

[points 99]

curious, was ticket booked with UA miles or other airline?

And is new ticket Revenue or they opened saver?

Booked with UA miles (for this reason. I doubt UA would be helpful in changing a flight booked with TA)
New ticket is saver, same 75k
helpful to book with an account that has UA status. Their premiere desk agents are very helpful