I am just back from a holiday abroad and thought it would be worth sharing my experience of a new app called Verifly which Aer Lingis have provided to enable travellers to upload all their Covid related documents and smooth their passage through the airport.
When I got to the airport to fly home there was a separate queue for people who had used this app which moved miles faster than the other queues, so it is well worth using it if you can.
However I found it impossible to use for my party of five (inc three kids) so I have up after two miserable hours of trying. The app requires each passenger to take a selfie (despite the fact there is a picture on your passport) and your headshot must be aligned perfectly for this to work. I could not get my primary school aged child to do this successfully. I don't know how anyone could do this for a toddler. Also the app would not save the PCR tests for my older children because they did not include their date of birth and suggested we amend the test results to include this info which was impossible to do on a mobile phone.
So in summary this app has lots of benefits, if you can get it to work, but it is very, very glitchy.
When I got to the airport to fly home there was a separate queue for people who had used this app which moved miles faster than the other queues, so it is well worth using it if you can.
However I found it impossible to use for my party of five (inc three kids) so I have up after two miserable hours of trying. The app requires each passenger to take a selfie (despite the fact there is a picture on your passport) and your headshot must be aligned perfectly for this to work. I could not get my primary school aged child to do this successfully. I don't know how anyone could do this for a toddler. Also the app would not save the PCR tests for my older children because they did not include their date of birth and suggested we amend the test results to include this info which was impossible to do on a mobile phone.
So in summary this app has lots of benefits, if you can get it to work, but it is very, very glitchy.