It has been a week since Brexit is in place and UK residents of Spain trying to fly in Spain but British Airways wrongly denied them boarding.
The reason was that the check in agents has been told wrongly that only Spain residents are allowed to travel to Spain as Independent reporting.
Spain has issued and has put in place new travel restrictions and as a result no British passport holder are allowed to board on flights until 19 January in an effort to minimise the spread of the virus.
Brexit on the other hand has its role to play and so non EU countries are imposed to new travel restrictions.
British people who live in Spain need to carry one of two documents showing their right to fly: either a green EU residence certificate or a "tarjeta de identical de extranjero(TIE)" a new biometric residency card specifically for Spain.
On the top of that they must also have a PCR test for coronavirus within 72 hours of arrival in Spain.
Only Spanish nationals and legal residents of Spain are allowed to travel from the UK
However Sir James Elliot says in a tweet: I was booked on BA482 flying to Barcelona, Spain today. I had all the correct documentation including UK passport, green resident's card, negative Covid test and was turned away by the check-in manager. Tried explaining that the green card meant I'm a resident of Spain but was told by two BA staff that it wasn't".
Stephen Meldrum told Independent: " They told me the booking had been cancelled as a no-show and the could not book me onto a new flight."
BA has agreed that had denied boarding wrongly and acted incorrectly, Mr Meldrum told Independent that the airline has apologised and reassured him that a new booking free of charge would be make on behalf him to travel tomorrow but Mr Meldrum said Independent: I cannot travel tomorrow as my PCR test would be out of date. The earlier I can get a PCR test result is Monday evening, so I am opting for Tuesday's flights
It has been reported that further nine passengers haven't been able to board on BA482 as check in agents have misunderstood Spain's travel advice.
The British embassy has been aware of those incidents and in statement on Facebook said "that this should be happening".
The Spanish government have today reconfirmed that the green residency document will be accepted for travel to return to Spain, as stated in their travel advice.
Sources: www.independent.co.uk
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