I don't blame the gate agent at all. The airlines are supposed to double-check people's paperwork, I guess.
Carol......I respectfully disagree. St. Maarten should be the interpreter of their regulations....not some gate agent. If I show up with a pre-approval form from St. Maarten, it is obvious that I have submitted a covid test that is acceptable and approved by St. Maarten. The gate agent should check to make sure I have my test report as that is required, but they should not be trying to determine if it is an acceptable test (St. Maarten has already ruled on that). I DO agree that St. Maarten could eliminate this possibility by clarifying in their written regulations that an IDNOW test is an acceptable 72 hour test.
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