Hawaii COVID Testing

[Almondmilktea]

Oh goodness, what a hassle! Sorry you weren't able to avoid quarantine but love the view. We are doing the $120 CityHealth expedited route on Saturday at OAK (Earhart site) for a Monday morning flight (we originally had the free instant tests which are no longer available). What time did your Kaiser results finally show up? How long did it take them to manually approve your GF?

My Kaiser results showed up this morning around 9am... about 94 hours after they were taken. If you take the test from CityHealth, I’m pretty confident that your results will be returned in time for Monday.

My gf was manually approved by the airport employees after we landed at HNL. That was no issue at all, they just had to see the pdf results on the phone.

Also there is a special Ko’Olina line, so be sure to use that one. Never saw anyone actually use it during my 4hrs at the airport, whereas anytime a flight came in, the main line was super long.

 

[DRussell83]

Yes, I did change the car rental reservation to her name the night before (and it also ended up to be $20 cheaper than when I booked it). The rental agency does not allow quarantined individuals onto the reservation nor do they allow them to be additional drivers.

ohhh good to know - thank you!

 

[DRussell83]

My Kaiser results showed up this morning around 9am... about 94 hours after they were taken. If you take the test from CityHealth, I’m pretty confident that your results will be returned in time for Monday.

My gf was manually approved by the airport employees after we landed at HNL. That was no issue at all, they just had to see the pdf results on the phone.

Also there is a special Ko’Olina line, so be sure to use that one. Never saw anyone actually use it during my 4hrs at the airport, whereas anytime a flight came in, the main line was super long.

are you free now!? I hope so!

 

[Almondmilktea]

are you free now!? I hope so!

Nope still in ’prison’ waiting for the website to update my status. It shows ‘Pending Verification’ and apparently requires someone to manually review and update. I’ve been calling the phone number to see if someone can update it, but only getting their voicemail. I’m sure they are being swamped.

Update: With both my gf and I calling the number on our phones, we finally got a live person. They are looking into my account and will check back with me in 30 minutes to an hour. Fingers crossed.

 

[DRussell83]

Nope still in ’prison’ waiting for the website to update my status. It shows ‘Pending Verification’ and apparently requires someone to manually review and update. I’ve been calling the phone number to see if someone can update it, but only getting their voicemail. I’m sure they are being swamped.

Update: With both my gf and I calling the number on our phones, we finally got a live person. They are looking into my account and will check back with me in 30 minutes to an hour. Fingers crossed.

Eeekkkkkkk Fingers Crossed!! I'm very invested now - Thinking good thoughts!

 

[Almondmilktea]

Update: FREEDOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!11!!!!!

 

[DRussell83]

Update: FREEDOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!11!!!!!

Yessssssss! Enjoy Enjoy! T-Minus 7 Days for us!

 

[CaliforniaGirl09]

My Kaiser results showed up this morning around 9am... about 94 hours after they were taken. If you take the test from CityHealth, I’m pretty confident that your results will be returned in time for Monday.

My gf was manually approved by the airport employees after we landed at HNL. That was no issue at all, they just had to see the pdf results on the phone.

Also there is a special Ko’Olina line, so be sure to use that one. Never saw anyone actually use it during my 4hrs at the airport, whereas anytime a flight came in, the main line was super long.

Yikes on the Kaiser results. So almost 4 days--wow. Glad my mom isn't doing that. She's the only Kaiser one and we thought about having her do that instead. Thanks so much for the head's up on the Ko'Olina line. We'll definitely be on the lookout for that one.

Update: FREEDOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!11!!!!!

Whoo hoo! I'm hearing Braveheart Congrats and enjoy your stay. Aloha!

 

[wdp]

I hope I am ok with the tests I have scheduled. Does anyone know if Hawaii is still accepting the rapid (POC) test from Walgreens? Walgreens describes the test as NAAT (ID NOW) and you get your test within 24 hours. Also, on Walgreen's site it says that it is accepted. I'm just nervous because of others saying their rapid testing from other providers is being cancelled. This is all so fluid and I don't want to get caught in limbo. We leave for Hawaii on Sunday.

[Following]

I am relying on the Walgreens website's claim that their NAAT (ID NOW) test is acceptable. I haven't heard anything about this test not being accepted. Have you heard otherwise?

The Hawaii website says it has to be a NAAT test from a trusted partner (which this is).

ETA I think that the Walgreens POC test is the same one that GoHealth is offering Hawaii-bound passengers in the terminal at SFO in conjunction with United. The GoHealth test is $250 for UA passengers and it looks virtually impossible to get an appointment.

 

[wdp]

...there is a special Ko’Olina line, so be sure to use that one. Never saw anyone actually use it during my 4hrs at the airport, whereas anytime a flight came in, the main line was super long.

Is this available to Aulani guests? Where is this special line?

 

[AndrewLake]

I know this testing requirement seems all stressful. After going through with everything, it was really easy. My result came back from CVS in less than 2 days. Everything was properly submitted through the travel portal. I was planning for the worse, but it all worked out. Maybe I was lucky?

 

[Almondmilktea]

Yes there is a large sign that has logos for all the Ko’Olina resorts, including Aulani, near the entrance to the hall where the employees first greet guests and direct them to certain lanes depending on whether guests had their QR code or not. Wish I took a picture of it. They also had employees helping guests with the hawaii travel site.

During my time waiting, I did notice each flight had several people that hadn’t even loaded up the Hawaii site and entered their travel info before the flight. One couple weren’t even aware a COVID test was required. Another couple had negative tests, but one used a non-approved vendor. They ended up deciding to see if a flight was available to fly home the same day and were whisked away.

 

[Almondmilktea]

Yikes on the Kaiser results. So almost 4 days--wow. Glad my mom isn't doing that. She's the only Kaiser one and we thought about having her do that instead. Thanks so much for the head's up on the Ko'Olina line. We'll definitely be on the lookout for that one.

Whoo hoo! I'm hearing Braveheart Congrats and enjoy your stay. Aloha!

Since Kaiser offers a free test for members, if your mom has the time and is willing to get poked in the brain twice, maybe go take it and another paid option just to have another option. Some others here have had their test results returned in 24 hours. My suspicion is since the test was taken on Friday, the lab didn’t get to it until Monday. That’s just a guess on my part without any evidence to back it up.

 

[happymommy]

Yes there is a large sign that has logos for all the Ko’Olina resorts, including Aulani, near the entrance to the hall where the employees first greet guests and direct them to certain lanes depending on whether guests had their QR code or not. Wish I took a picture of it. They also had employees helping guests with the hawaii travel site.

During my time waiting, I did notice each flight had several people that hadn’t even loaded up the Hawaii site and entered their travel info before the flight. One couple weren’t even aware a COVID test was required. Another couple had negative tests, but one used a non-approved vendor. They ended up deciding to see if a flight was available to fly home the same day and were whisked away.

Oh. My. God. How awful to fly there and not know you need a test! And to fly back? Yikes.

 

[neurosx1983]

Oh. My. God. How awful to fly there and not know you need a test! And to fly back? Yikes.

Wonder why HI doesn’t offer testing right at the airport and tell people to quarantine until their result gets back? Seems more reasonable than making people get back on the plane!

 

[montreid]

Wonder why HI doesn’t offer testing right at the airport and tell people to quarantine until their result gets back? Seems more reasonable than making people get back on the plane!

Or some enterprising company offering test and quarantine services.

 

[davidher]

Since Kaiser offers a free test for members, if your mom has the time and is willing to get poked in the brain twice, maybe go take it and another paid option just to have another option. Some others here have had their test results returned in 24 hours. My suspicion is since the test was taken on Friday, the lab didn’t get to it until Monday. That’s just a guess on my part without any evidence to back it up.

So I am scheduled to arrive this Friday but we are staying three nights first in downtown wikiki. I took the Kaiser test and wow you are not kidding they really give it to you. My eight year old daughter took it and did not throw a fuss so I knew I had to put my big boy pants on. We have had other COVID tests before and it was not so up in the head. I am nervous about getting my results back in time. I took the test yesterday and the car line took and hour and a half just to see the nurse to administer the test. I googled search 'How long do COVID test results take to come back from Kaiser' it came back as two to three days.

I wont relax until those docs are uploaded and I out of the airport with no restrictions.

 

[CaliforniaGirl09]

Since Kaiser offers a free test for members, if your mom has the time and is willing to get poked in the brain twice, maybe go take it and another paid option just to have another option. Some others here have had their test results returned in 24 hours. My suspicion is since the test was taken on Friday, the lab didn’t get to it until Monday. That’s just a guess on my part without any evidence to back it up.

I will suggest she does that, thanks! Although looking at timing, if she can't get it done today or tomorrow we'd be in the same Friday boat (we travel on Monday morning).

I'm curious how crowded all the flights for those who've already traveled have been? After a really uncomfortable SWA flight a while back with people too close we decided to pay for First. If there are empty planes I may be bummed

 

[davidher]

So I took my test yesterday at a Kaiser Hospital in my area of Southern California and I had test at 11:03AM and I just received my test results.

 

[Almondmilktea]

So I took my test yesterday at a Kaiser Hospital in my area of Southern California and I had test at 11:03AM and I just received my test results.

Yay! Assuming it is negative Really beginning to believe that Kaiser doesn’t run any tests on weekends. Can get dicey for folks with Monday flights.