Flying with chicken pox

[lucycinco]

My friends dd has just started to show signs of chicken pox and she is supposed to be flying to canada next thursday with BA. Will they let her fly? What should she do? Any links with info would be much appreciated.

[lucycinco]

Also would she lose her ticket, if she had to postpone her trip?

[BudaBabe]

I wouldn't imagine she would be allowed to fly if still obviously has spots. Spots have to be dry before they are not contagious. It's possible that they would be by thne I suppose - depends on how bad a case the DD gets - some are very mild.

[BudaBabe]

Depends on her travel insurance!

[DoesntChristmasDragOn]

She won't be able to fly if contagious. And given how easy it is to pick up things on planes, it wouldn't be fair to inflict it on other passengers.

I would imagine the airline might insist on a doctor's certificate saying that she's fit to fly.

FWIW, DSs were both non-contagious within a week of first spots when they had it and both had it more than mildly.

[donnie]

she will not be allowed to fly as far as I know. friends of ours went to America with BA and one of their dds gor chicken pox over there and they were not allowed to fly home until she was certified as non contagious by a US doctor.As for losing the tocket/penalties. as budababe says she would need to check the insurance ( lets hope they took out insurance!)

[edam]

Chickenpox can be very serious if transmitted to a pregnant woman. She really mustn't fly.

(Can't imagine a long flight would be much fun for chickenpoxed child or mother, either).

[LIZS]

Depends on how well she recovers by then and the airline. In some countries they say minimum 5 days from the appearance of the last spot in others once the last spot has scabbed over. ds flew a week after his spots came out, with gp approval, but some dr's would think he was still contagious at that point. Some airlines may need a dr's certificate declaring her fit to fly.

If she has insurance she may be able to claim if they refuse her or dr says she can't but if she has a restricted ticket and decides herself not to it may not be covered or possible to alter it.

[lucycinco]

Thanks all, shes off to the doctors tommorrow. I'll ask about her insurance, I hope shes got some. This is her first trip home in 2 years, so lets hope, her dd has a mild case and she has taken out insurance.