We set our next destination to be Peru but we woke up in the morning not knowing if we will manage to get there.
When we were boarding a plane to Brazil, we got asked to show our return tickets. Since we didn’t have any, we quickly booked a flight to Santiago, Chile which was the cheapest flight from Brazil. After we boarded, we simply requested a ticket refund, which was theoretically available. In a month the refund still wasn’t processed and we found out that for us it’s actually the cheapest option to fly to Peru from Santiago so we canceled the refund.
Next, we tried to understand what entry requirements we need to fulfill, for both Chile and Peru. Chile as it stands has crazy entry requirements, not only need to fill usual forms, make 2 tests both before and after the flights, report your location every day 10 days after arrival but also get your vaccination approved by their government. We quickly understood that it can take a few days for approval to come. We contacted the consulate, airports, airlines but nobody could answer us clearly if we need to fulfill any of these requirements of Chile. Peru seemed much more relaxed and we found out that we may not even need a test although again there was different information around the internet.
As we didn’t get any answers, we decided that the best and cheapest option is for us to do nothing 🤷♀️. We haven’t filled any Chilean forms and didn’t make a Covid test.
We were anxious the whole morning to find out our fate. Luckily, our gamble worked out and we got accepted to the flights 😌. The airline worker admitted himself that they are lost between all the requirements, and they only just found out themselves and were surprised that people don’t need any test for a flight to Peru through Chile.
Still trying to get used to this Covid way of traveling 😅.