URGENT - advise needed!

[krishere1982]

Hi,

I was planning to move to Canada from the US and had booked the flights for April 2. With Caronavirus travel restrictions, Canadian officials are suggesting to return to Canada as soon as possible :
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canadian-travellers-abroad-should-return-home-champagne-says-1.5498252
https://travel.gc.ca/travelling/advisories

They are also working on a list of airports to which international flights would be restricted to.

I am in a dilemma if I should advance my flight to next week tonight OR wait until the list of airports that would accept international flights is released(they don't have a specific date on which that list would be released at this time) and then advance the flight to one of those airports?

Please advise.

Thanks in advance.

 

[scylla]

Hi,

I was planning to move to Canada from the US and had booked the flights for April 2. With Caronavirus travel restrictions, Canadian officials are suggesting to return to Canada as soon as possible :
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canadian-travellers-abroad-should-return-home-champagne-says-1.5498252
https://travel.gc.ca/travelling/advisories

They are also working on a list of airports to which international flights would be restricted to.

I am in a dilemma if I should advance my flight to next week tonight OR wait until the list of airports that would accept international flights is released(they don't have a specific date on which that list would be released at this time) and then advance the flight to one of those airports?

Please advise.

Thanks in advance.

None of us can realistically advise you on this. We have no idea what's going to happen.

 

[krishere1982]

None of us can realistically advise you on this. We have no idea what's going to happen.

Thanks for responding.

It is so hard to make a decision in a crazy situation like this. I think I will wait until tomorrow and see if the list is released by noon. Even if it is not released, I will still advance the flight to next week. I want to try to be safe than sorry later. I think they'll still allow the flight because in the article, it is mentioned :

What does that mean for travellers?
Butcher stressed that Canadians immediately concerned about finding flights home could continue to travel through Canadian airports until a final plan is revealed.

 

[scylla]

Thanks for responding.

It is so hard to make a decision in a crazy situation like this. I think I will wait until tomorrow and see if the list is released by noon. Even if it is not released, I will still advance the flight to next week. I want to try to be safe than sorry later. I think they'll still allow the flight because in the article, it is mentioned :

What does that mean for travellers?
Butcher stressed that Canadians immediately concerned about finding flights home could continue to travel through Canadian airports until a final plan is revealed.

At this point I honestly think it's a personal decision because absolutely no one here can predict where we will be in a few days nevermind a few weeks.

I would personally reschedule travel if possible.