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Pre-Testing Prior to Flying South on United
United Airlines announced it has expanded its customer COVID-19 testing efforts to include flights out of Houston to select destinations in Latin America and the Caribbean.
United passengers departing from George Bush Intercontinental Airport on December 7, 2020, will have the option to take a self-collected, mail-in coronavirus test that meets local entry requirements for certain countries, such as Aruba, Belize, and The Bahamas.
The self-collected, mail-in COVID-19 test costs $119.
Pre-Testing Prior to Flying South
United Airlines announced it had expanded its customer COVID-19 testing efforts to include flights out of Houston to select destinations in Latin America and the Caribbean.
United passengers departing from George Bush Intercontinental Airport on December 7, 2020, will have the option to take a self-collected, mail-in coronavirus test that meets local entry requirements for certain countries Aruba, Belize, and The Bahamas.
The self-collected, mail-in COVID-19 test costs $119.