Passport diaries: Entering Brexiting Britain

Friday, October 11, 2019

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LONDON: “Where is your visa Sir?” the Qatar Airways hostess enquired. This was after the Boarding Pass scanning machine beeped and a flashed red light to deny me access to board the plane.

We were still at OR Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg, South Africa from where I was scheduled to board a connecting flight to Doha’s Hamad International Airport before taking another one to London.

The journey started with Air Botswana from Sir Seretse Khama International Airport where I was the last person to board. The beautiful Air Botswana checkpoint woman at the check-in counter told me that I was lucky to be let in because I was very late and gates were supposed to be closed.

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Passport diaries: Entering Brexiting Britain

LONDON: “Where is your visa Sir?” the Qatar Airways hostess enquired. This was after the Boarding Pass scanning machine beeped and a flashed red light to deny me access to board the plane.