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09-12-06 18:03 #546
Posts: 1233Originally Posted by AddictedToWomen
LB
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09-12-06 17:20 #545
Posts: 1437Really High Prices to COLOMBIA
Hey just felt like venting, $910 r/t MIA to MDE/CLO/CTG or BQA on AA? AVIANCA was MORE!!! Like $950? Dec 23-Jan4. I mean WTF? What really bugs me is that my friends from NY ALWAYS seem to pay less than me and this time is no DIFFERENT, LOL I know its a peak holliday season, but it almost feels like price gouging and they do it just because they can. B.S! ahh the price I/We gotta pay to see our ladies. Whether it be Novia or P4P.. Peace "Chino"
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09-12-06 16:43 #544
Posts: 716Originally Posted by Lima Busy
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09-12-06 09:10 #543
Posts: 163Thanks but my situation is different.
Originally Posted by Lima Busy
Thanks for the help though!
CT
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09-12-06 06:27 #542
Posts: 353Originally Posted by Bango Cheito
Missed a connecting flight to BAQ last year trying that. Flight was late in arriving. LOL!!!
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09-12-06 05:28 #541
Posts: 1281At El Dorado they have a separate line for people making connections within Colombia, so they can make their connecting flights on time. You make a right turn right before getting to the regular immigration line.
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09-12-06 03:00 #540
Posts: 353Originally Posted by FI4451
No, you do not walk your bags through customs. After collecting your bags, as you hand in your customs declaration form, you may be subject to a random search by the military police who secure the airport. Depends on whether you're unlucky enough to get the red light when you push the button.
1 hour and 20 minutes should be plenty of time to make the connection, IF your flight leaves Atlanta and arrives on time. Figure about 30 mins in customs, if you haul ass once the plane doors open. That line in Bogota for customs gets longggg, esp. when 2-3 planes often land at the same time. Also, figure 20 mins in baggage claim, even after the customs wait. Then there's the bus shuttle to the other airport (Puente Aereo) where your flight to CTG departs, figure another 10 mins for that.
My advice, do as I do and only use carry-on luggage. You'll make your flight, if you land on time. The baggage claim in Bogota, after customs, is a zoo. Just buy your toiletries (liquids) in CTG, and pack light clothes. You can have your laundry done, and folded, in Laguito for about $3-5/full load. Take them in the morning and get them back that night.
Hope that helps.
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09-11-06 19:42 #539
Posts: 5Customs question-
Thanks for the help with my question. I am curious, is 1 hour and 20 minutes enough time to go through BOG customs and make the connecting flight to CTG? I've heard BOG isn't the greatest airport to make connections. Also, Hoof, I don't have to walk my bag through customs?
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09-11-06 19:23 #538
Posts: 1233Others are correct
Originally Posted by Clemson Tigers
Unless you are a permanent resident you can not bring in a desktop. I assume you will be in Colombia on a tourist visa. Go to the Colombia govt. website to see other restrictions on tourist or business visa's.
Scooby posted a web address for another website, that I think has a forum that covers this.
Desktops, like a Dell are just assembled parts with a logo stamped on. Once in Colombia find a person who can build one to your specs. I have also known guys who brought all the internals in there luggage and just bought the case,power supply and monitor once they arrived.
LB
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09-11-06 05:11 #537
Posts: 36Bogota, to Cartagena
Originally Posted by FI4451
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09-11-06 05:04 #536
Posts: 353Originally Posted by FI4451
When you return to the USA, you deal with them in Atlanta (entry in the country). You don't deal with customs/immigration leaving the country, as US airlines are supposed to perform security checks on their passengers.
Hope that helps.
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09-11-06 04:43 #535
Posts: 5Customs Question-
Flying into Colombia from the USA. I fly from Atlanta, to Bogota, to Cartagena- do I clear customs at Bogota or Cartagena or both. Any help would be appreciated. (Destination is Cartagena).
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09-11-06 01:26 #534
Posts: 349Originally Posted by Clemson Tigers
I have heard a few sad stories of things getting held up in customs for many months, or not coming back at all.
An alternative is just to ship the hard drives down via Servientrega or something similar. You would then buy a new computer in Colombia and copy the data across. Even easier, set your computer up back in the US so that you can connect to it via internet, then download off it or use remote desktop to operate it.
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09-10-06 21:02 #533
Posts: 445Originally Posted by Clemson Tigers
Too bad you guys cannot make extra points, even though that was the best game on the TV yesterday. The Ohio State game was a yawner, except for Matthew Mc Coughnagy making a fool out of himself....
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09-10-06 20:59 #532
Posts: 11Pay a little more and bring it with you on a flight from the USA, or ship with Servientrega. http://www.servientregaww.com.