Hi all!
Has anyone filled out the passenger locator form required to enter Portugal, that must be filled out within 4 days of entering Portugal? I'm flying from the US to Lisbon (not direct) with a stop in Frankfurt, where I change planes to Lufthansa airline to fly in to Lisbon. The locator form wants the seat assignment from the flight listed, but the seat assignment is not made until check in, according to the website. It then will give me a notification that I need to keep with me throughout my trip. It seems that the earliest I can fill this out will be 24 hours before I leave (since that is when we are allowed to check in). Am I reading this correctly? Is this other's experience?
Posted by
Cascais, Portugal
1805 posts
I’ve done several since summer. Retuning from the states and within Europe. I always waited until I had my seat assignment. However, all flights have offered paper copies for those passengers who didn’t do them online. I’ve also had friends who said they just made up a seat assignment - which would make me anxious. But, bottom line, no worries. The websites make it sound worse than it is. Do it 24 hours ahead and there won’t be a problem.
Posted by
Northamptonshire, England
33818 posts
the seat assignment question is for contact tracing. I'd be especially careful to get that right - both to protect others but also selfishly to protect me... I can't see how making one up helps anybody.
Posted by
Centennial, CO, USA
1895 posts
I'd suggest you call Lufthansa with your confirmation number and get a seat assignment. Chances are you already have a seat, but on line you don't see it. Also, 24 hours ahead of time is plenty of time to get this done, it's just a last minute paperwork you'll have to fill out.
We had a similar issue flying into Spain using their health app. and luckily, I printed out our QR code as when we got to the stand to have our app QR screen shown, I couldn't get the QR code to show up... but i had the printed paper in hand.
Posted by
Martinez, CA, USA
1547 posts
We had seat numbers when we filled out our forms. I printed them for good measure. During checkin and possibly boarding (can't remember though it was just 3 weeks ago), we were asked to fill out the forms. We said we had filled them online and they didn't ask for proof.