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Post by sedelen on Dec 29, 2018 11:55:54 GMT -5
6 blank pages, that's what I heard from a friend of mine, and try as I might, I can't find any reference to that. Next time I talk with him I will inquire about this. I did find this which I thought was interesting. This is dated after the new changes went into effect, so it should be current. What I continue to find interesting is anything concerning the requirement for a round trip ticket. I recently had a friend or mine return to Colombia from the States. He had a one way ticket to Colombia flying out of Atlanta. His problem started when he was trying to check his bags in, which he eventually did. But when he tried to get his boarding pass he was confronted as to why he didn't have a "round trip" ticket. He produced his residency VISA for Colombia, his Cedula, and explained that he lives here with his Colombian wife, and has been for 8 years, owns property in Colombia, and has made this trip countless times without a "round-trip" ticket. No one at the service desk would make a decision on it, and the manager called for further assistance. As time passed without any response, my friend who needed to be here for his wife's scheduled surgery, decided to go ahead and get a round trip ticket and cancel it later. The line was long for the boarding pass and he ended up still missing his flight. He had to reschedule, but his baggage went on ahead of him. I had to deal with to a lesser extent the same thing, with Jet Blue. I even got an E-mail from them suggesting that I go ahead and buy the round trip ticket and cancel later is not needed, okay sounds good but there are time restrictions and sometimes fees associated with that. eca.edu.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Visa-Information.pdfWhat Airlines was that? They sound like a bunch of idiots. They tried that sirven once I think with Avianca when I had an expired visa. I had a return ticket but it was for many months later. At first they wouldnt acept it.But I convinced them, and they said if migraciones rejected me, I would have to.pay the return flights. Of course migraciones didnt give a crap, especially with the Canadian entrance fer they get. Spirit, I flew Spirit back a little over a month later, but I didn't find out about his problem until after I returned. I originally had a Spirit flight to Orlando and then Medellin, , but they cancelled it without reason and gave me practically the same flight, except to Ft. Lauderdale instead of Orlando. Within several days I decided to look up my flight to see if anything was a miss. I could not find anything about the flight on the Internet, so I'm thinking what's going on? I called them and they said I was booked. I decided to pay for my bag, 41 pounds is considered overweight, with most airlines it's 51 pounds. Anyway, $50 for one 38lb bag. Then they asked me if I wanted to check in on-line and the subject of the "round trip" ticket came up. I told them I had a VISA and would rather deal with them at the airport. Then I asked them what time I needed to be at the airport prior to the flight? They said 3 hours, because I was on the first leg of an overseas flight. I told them the flight leaves at 5:00 am, so they said 2:00am. I was there but they didn't open until 3:00 am. In fact I was the first one in line to process after hanging out for over an hours. The lady processing me was an immigrant from Russia and knew her stuff and told me since I had a VISA I didn't need any round trip ticket. When I got to Lauderdale, the gate handlers were calling a slew of people by name to check their credentials before boarding. Yes, I witnessed some unnerving moments from a few people, concerning issues with passports and the like, but didn't see anyone get turned away. But I listened closely and my name was never called. I felt really fortunate after I had found out about the hassle my friend went through.
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Post by sedelen on Dec 29, 2018 12:06:24 GMT -5
6 blank pages, that's what I heard from a friend of mine, and try as I might, I can't find any reference to that. Next time I talk with him I will inquire about this. I did find this which I thought was interesting. This is dated after the new changes went into effect, so it should be current. What I continue to find interesting is anything concerning the requirement for a round trip ticket. I recently had a friend or mine return to Colombia from the States. He had a one way ticket to Colombia flying out of Atlanta. His problem started when he was trying to check his bags in, which he eventually did. But when he tried to get his boarding pass he was confronted as to why he didn't have a "round trip" ticket. He produced his residency VISA for Colombia, his Cedula, and explained that he lives here with his Colombian wife, and has been for 8 years, owns property in Colombia, and has made this trip countless times without a "round-trip" ticket. No one at the service desk would make a decision on it, and the manager called for further assistance. As time passed without any response, my friend who needed to be here for his wife's scheduled surgery, decided to go ahead and get a round trip ticket and cancel it later. The line was long for the boarding pass and he ended up still missing his flight. He had to reschedule, but his baggage went on ahead of him. I had to deal with to a lesser extent the same thing, with Jet Blue. I even got an E-mail from them suggesting that I go ahead and buy the round trip ticket and cancel later is not needed, okay sounds good but there are time restrictions and sometimes fees associated with that. eca.edu.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Visa-Information.pdfThe baggage going without him is a big no no. Due to terrorism one of the big changes implemented was if the passenger isn't on the plane the baggage doesn't fly. I have flown to Colombia numerous times on one way tickets and never been asked about return ticket. Seems like that was an odd situation with an inexperienced ticket agent. I recently bought a one way ticket to Peru and could have had an issue. But anticipating this could be an issue, I had printed a (fake) return itinerary on another airline, just in case I was asked. There are web sites that you can print a fake flight itinerary of a future flight. You just have to plug in a real flight #, date and time and it will make it look like its an Expedia reservation. They can check to make sure its a real flight but cant see the passenger list of other airlines. (at least for now) Its just airlines screwing with you. You dont need onward reservations to leave the country if you take a bus into a country. This was a 2 month trip in Peru then Ecuador and I hate having to know a return flight date a month or more in advance. BTW.. This was the first road crossing of a border I had ever done other than US/Canada. (Peru to Ecuador) It was an absolute pleasure to do. No ex-rays, pat-downs, luggage inspections. Was in/out and on my way in about 5 minutes. No line...1st window to exit Peru, get a stamp and step over to the adjacent window for an entry stamp to Ecuador. The Ecuador agent told me how many days I had left on my original stamp. Gave me a new stamp and off I went. I tip my hat, that was clever, resourceful. I flew Jet Blue to Medellin once with a very short layover at Ft. Lauderdale, my bags did not make the follow on flight to Medellin. So now when I shop flights, I try to ensure more time during a layover to avoid that in the future. Luckily I got my bags 2 days later. In my research about lost bags I learned that the airlines isn't going to pay you much if they have to reimburse you. So now I try not to pack much of value when I fly.
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Post by sedelen on Dec 29, 2018 12:13:55 GMT -5
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Post by saltador on Dec 29, 2018 13:46:25 GMT -5
What Airlines was that? They sound like a bunch of idiots. They tried that sirven once I think with Avianca when I had an expired visa. I had a return ticket but it was for many months later. At first they wouldnt acept it.But I convinced them, and they said if migraciones rejected me, I would have to.pay the return flights. Of course migraciones didnt give a crap, especially with the Canadian entrance fer they get. Spirit, I flew Spirit back a little over a month later, but I didn't find out about his problem until after I returned. I originally had a Spirit flight to Orlando and then Medellin, , but they cancelled it without reason and gave me practically the same flight, except to Ft. Lauderdale instead of Orlando. Within several days I decided to look up my flight to see if anything was a miss. I could not find anything about the flight on the Internet, so I'm thinking what's going on? I called them and they said I was booked. I decided to pay for my bag, 41 pounds is considered overweight, with most airlines it's 51 pounds. Anyway, $50 for one 38lb bag. Then they asked me if I wanted to check in on-line and the subject of the "round trip" ticket came up. I told them I had a VISA and would rather deal with them at the airport. Then I asked them what time I needed to be at the airport prior to the flight? They said 3 hours, because I was on the first leg of an overseas flight. I told them the flight leaves at 5:00 am, so they said 2:00am. I was there but they didn't open until 3:00 am. In fact I was the first one in line to process after hanging out for over an hours. The lady processing me was an immigrant from Russia and knew her stuff and told me since I had a VISA I didn't need any round trip ticket. When I got to Lauderdale, the gate handlers were calling a slew of people by name to check their credentials before boarding. Yes, I witnessed some unnerving moments from a few people, concerning issues with passports and the like, but didn't see anyone get turned away. But I listened closely and my name was never called. I felt really fortunate after I had found out about the hassle my friend went through. Same thing happened to me on Spirit. I did not have a return flight booked, because a friend of mine is a pilot on Spirit, and he was going to get me on the flight for free as a standby. (Just have to pay taxes.) The ticket agent said they couldn't do it without a return ticket, so he looked months ahead and found me the cheapest ticket they had, and said if I canceled it within 24 hours, they would not even charge my credit card. I went ahead with the idea and it actually worked fine. My flight from Ohare to Cartagena always leaves at 5:15AM, and because it's the first flight of the day, 2 hours ahead of time is plenty. They don't even open the Xray/TSA lines until 4 AM.
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Post by elexpatriado on Dec 29, 2018 15:27:01 GMT -5
The baggage going without him is a big no no. Due to terrorism one of the big changes implemented was if the passenger isn't on the plane the baggage doesn't fly. I have flown to Colombia numerous times on one way tickets and never been asked about return ticket. Seems like that was an odd situation with an inexperienced ticket agent. I recently bought a one way ticket to Peru and could have had an issue. But anticipating this could be an issue, I had printed a (fake) return itinerary on another airline, just in case I was asked. There are web sites that you can print a fake flight itinerary of a future flight. You just have to plug in a real flight #, date and time and it will make it look like its an Expedia reservation. They can check to make sure its a real flight but cant see the passenger list of other airlines. (at least for now) Its just airlines screwing with you. You dont need onward reservations to leave the country if you take a bus into a country. This was a 2 month trip in Peru then Ecuador and I hate having to know a return flight date a month or more in advance. BTW.. This was the first road crossing of a border I had ever done other than US/Canada. (Peru to Ecuador) It was an absolute pleasure to do. No ex-rays, pat-downs, luggage inspections. Was in/out and on my way in about 5 minutes. No line...1st window to exit Peru, get a stamp and step over to the adjacent window for an entry stamp to Ecuador. The Ecuador agent told me how many days I had left on my original stamp. Gave me a new stamp and off I went. I tip my hat, that was clever, resourceful. I flew Jet Blue to Medellin once with a very short layover at Ft. Lauderdale, my bags did not make the follow on flight to Medellin. So now when I shop flights, I try to ensure more time during a layover to avoid that in the future. Luckily I got my bags 2 days later. In my research about lost bags I learned that the airlines isn't going to pay you much if they have to reimburse you. So now I try not to pack much of value when I fly. Thats even more important for flights within Colombia, espescially connecting to international flights during the rainy reason. Allow a full day extra minimum when flying to Bogota (espescially) and onward to international destinations from other location in Colombia..espescially with Avianca and espescially from the eje Cafetero or other "rainy" areas
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