I am pulling my hair out looking for a simple answer from an authorized source!
My wife and I are heading to Alsace later this month from the States. We have each had both of the Pfizer-BioNtech vaccines back in April and posses the cards we received at the time with the date of the shots, which vaccine and the lot number of the vaccine. Is that sufficient to enter France with our passport? I have looked EVERYWHERE (including the American Airlines website, the French embassy website and the Consul-General in NYC's site as well as France.fr) for up-to-date evidence of what is actually required. I specifically would like something that literally says THIS IS WHAT IS REQUIRED AS PROOF OF VACCINATION. I've found lots of references to an app you can download but our vaccination card has no QR scan bar or anything like that to upload the information and is pretty much useless if you didn't get your shot in France.
Anecdotal information is fine but I really would prefer a link to an official link that could be pulled up when we check in. In January, the AA counter agent almost refused my daughter check-in for her flight to college in Canada because SHE was convinced my daughter wouldn't be allowed in, despite having her passport, student visa, and approved quarantine plan (for the record, she spent all of five minutes in line at Emigration in Toronto). Later in January, AA gate agents at PHL were giving out incorrect information to passengers going to Mexico. And then in March, when boarding a flight to Costa Rica, a passenger at the next desk was being told he didn't have the correct information to fly to Belize when, in fact, he DID have it (even according to the AA website!). I don't want to get to the airport to check in and find that I don't have what is legitimately needed to board my flight and get to France. And if the AA agent is equally ill-informed, I would like to be able to call a supervisor and then show them an official link as to what is required.
Many thanks! We are so DESPERATELY looking forward to a week in Alsace!
Jonathan
ADDENDUM - Hell has frozen over! I received a response from the French Consulate in New York City that actually was fairly straightforward to my question about what is needed to enter France! "Travellers fully vaccinated dont need to take a pcr or antigen prior the departure, keep your vaccination card from the cdc handy." Thanks for everyone's input.