Originally Posted by
DaveReidUK
If the ESTA was updated in May, when was it originally issued ?
AFAIK, ESTAs are valid for two years, and there is no renewal procedure - when it expires, you start from scratch again.
My apologies and thanks Dave Reid - whom I had hoped might feel able to join the fray! That was poor phraseology on my part - their previous ESTAs expired last year, and the two ESTAs now concerned were completely newly issued in May. Interestingly, BA, who have been very helpful through the Global Engagement team during quite a protracted process of changing flight dates and eventually substituting indirect routing to Atlanta via Chicago O'Hare, with a very tight transit time from Terminal 5 to Terminal 3, have apparently been unable to shed any light.
Jack