American Airlines To Offer At-Home Tests For Fliers

The Verge reports:

American Airlines is about to start offering at-home COVID-19 tests to domestic fliers in order to help them meet various state travel restriction requirements, the company announced Tuesday. The airline is partnering with direct-to-consumer home testing company LetsGetChecked, which will sell the tests for $129 on top of the cost of travel.

The at-home tests help travelers check off one of the most common travel restrictions that states have implemented, which is a negative test result either before departure or upon arrival.

It will also help customers get reliable access to testing, which is still hit-or-miss in many parts of the United States. But there are still holes in the process; it is still possible to get infected on the way to or at the airport, for example.

American Airlines is becoming the first major carrier to sell an at-home COVID-19 test kit that passengers can order and return via UPS before flights to domestic destinations, it said.https://t.co/zfPD8jwuh2

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