Medellin Reports

[LoveItHere69]

I have booked Spirit for less than $300 are / T with checked in bag. This is might first time to Colombia and first time using Spirit. What are the typical risks and pitfalls of flying Spirit?

The more connections the more chance of problems. Some of their flights have a very fast connection of an hour so customers miss their connection trying to get across the airport to catch their connecting flight.

My Spirit flight landed 10 minutes early but we could not get an empty gate to unload because some other plane had issues. So we ended up waiting 20 minutes so ended up being 10 minutes late. The next gate had been moved (unknown to some of us running across the airport to the wrong gate). Flight missed. 2 hour wait. So choose a 1.5 - 2.0 hour rather than 1 hour plane change.

[PussyRiot]

I have booked Spirit for less than $300 are / T with checked in bag. This is might first time to Colombia and first time using Spirit. What are the typical risks and pitfalls of flying Spirit?

I am not an expert on Spirit but have used them on my recent trip.

First, you need on-line check in 24 hours prior in order to avoid the fees and make sure baggage fee is paid when booking the flight (cost more when paying at the airport).

And, make sure to arrive at the airport three hours before since check-in takes forever, especially in Medellin airport coming back to the states.

Other than that, flight was on-time and nothing to worry about.

[ColombiaLover]

Spirit gets a lot of crap and I am sure some of it is deserved. But I've not had issues with them. They are the only direct flight from MCO to MDE, so fly them for that, if not anything else. Otherwise, I have to drive to FLL. Or take American or Copa from MCO through Miami and Panama City, respectively. I don't like changes of plane for such a relatively short flight.

The Spirit planes I've been on lately have been new. I don't mind paying for a can of Coke. I buy my aisle seat and pay for baggage, but it's usually still cheap. The flights from / to Orlando tend to run on time or even early.

Even during the Sprit meltdown when they were cancelling flights all over, my flights to and from Medellin went without a hitch. And if you have to change your Spirit reservation, they simply take what you paid and apply is to your other flight. No change fees. I really can't complain at all.

I have booked Spirit for less than $300 are / T with checked in bag. This is might first time to Colombia and first time using Spirit. What are the typical risks and pitfalls of flying Spirit?

[Wolf662]

Anyone here risk flying Spirit and live to tell about it?

I have flown from Fla to MED on American once, on Viva (Colombian Airline) once and Spirit twice, I like Spirit just fine for a low cost airline, no issues so far.

[Belisaj]

This was discussed a couple of months ago. They do accept US cards, however when you are registering your card, they send a small fictitious charge to your card account, you have to check that amount on your card website and put that amount into the app before the card is set up to work in the app. I had a minor incident first up before I figured this out, when I ordered food on the app it arrived but defaulted to effectivo (which I did not have). Luckily I was with a SA sweetheart who paid the rest from her purse till we went over to the ATM.

So I was able to verify the small charge on my account and even gave notice to my bank that I would be using these cards in Colombia and still would receive an error message. It also doesn't explain why Rappi would automatically cancel my grocery orders after I had selected that I would pay in cash upon delivery. No notice or message that my order was cancelled or anything. It just goes from "Shopper is selecting your products" or something in that regard to a black hole of nothingness and zero info after 30 minutes.

[Belisaj]

All the more reason to cast your net wide on FB and don't fixate on any one chica. A sample size of 6 is abysmal, and if you get to 60 it won't stop there. I don't mine any more and I am picky in who I add, subjectively for looks I find attractive, and even so I am over 600 friends, far more than my real account, and I don't even have my picture on the page except when I am there in town.

Agree however their punctuality, flakiness and general unreliability is a huge turn off. Certainly better on repeats but bad generally.

Thanks for the tip and agree I should've cast a wider net but how many are you adding and how many have accepted? I think I've added about 200 girls and I'm pretty picky as well and only around 25 have accepted my friend requests over the past month. Seems like a slog and not worth the time and effort when I get more matches and results faster and with less effort through Seeking.

[Kerty9]

One fucked up thing about going through Mexico is when you go from the USA through Mexico, you do not have to have your bag searched. It can be checked right through. When you are flying up from South America to the USA, probably because of concerns with drugs, you do have to recheck your bag.

Personally, I was seeing ridiculously cheap flights (100) from Miami and Fort Lauderdale to Colombia, so for guys in the Central and Eastern part of the USA, that is the way to go. I do not know why but if you fly American Airlines, it is often half price to do two one ways through Miami than book directly to Colombia. I booked DFW to MIA and then MIA to CTG and got a $200 total one way fare instead of $400 with DFW to CTG. I do not know why.

If you live on the West Coast, I think that Tijuana route is great because you have no Covid tests, no baggage layovers, and the Mexican fares are usually cheap.

Wingo Airlines has really cheap fares to and from Mexico and they are a nice airline that does not often show up on searches.

And I just saw some great prices from Volaris to and from Colombia from Mexico as well.

It is nice to see cheap fares again. Things were nuts for a while.

Anyone here risk flying Spirit and live to tell about it?

I have booked Spirit for less than $300 are / T with checked in bag. This is might first time to Colombia and first time using Spirit. What are the typical risks and pitfalls of flying Spirit?

[Kerty9]

If money matters that much, the the expensive clubs will have the best performers on average. I go to both expensive and cheap places and as far as sex is concerned, I don't see that. I have taken girls from the most expensive club in Sao Paulo recently. I am paying like half or a quarter of some other clients are paying based on what she told me after. I simply don't see how she can perform better with more money. I am sure she would choose more money if she is presented with that option. More money probably give you better opportunity.

You nailed it.

More money might mean better opportunity. It opens doors that would not have opened otherwise. But once you are in, what you may find inside would be altogether a different ball game. She may be a better looking provider, or a provider that provides better service or a provider that wants to limit her exposure by using the money scale to filter the herd or she may be a lousy provider who does it because she can.

[DiegoSan4]

What a great post trip report, so much damn detail and thank you for the shout out to the Tall Man (me) who was able to offer some advice that was useful for you when you were in my home city of Medellin.

So as I read about your Cartagena chica, one hour for 350 mil then the 50 mil tip for the finders fee, ouch we all have different size pockets for sure.

Yes our Colombia has much to offer in both chicas and also the touristy things to do.

And the biggest contributing factor for me deciding 5 years ago to make Medellin my home versus Cali or Bogota or Cartagena boils down to the climate, I can wear shorts and a tank top in my apartment day and night and never the need for AC or home heating.

The Tall Man.

I hear you on that Tall Man. If I become fortunate enough to move to Colombia, I might prefer Medellin just for the weather too. The Cartagena chica was the most I paid on this trip. But it reminded me, I was never a bigger bargain to my employer than in the year in which I made about 30% more than normal. There's the price and then there's' what you get for it. That's not to imply that you get more just because you pay more though. For example, the Bar Ejecutiva which you like and I did too is an example of very possibly getting more while paying less.

[FlagRunner77]

All the more reason to cast your net wide on FB and don't fixate on any one chica. A sample size of 6 is abysmal, and if you get to 60 it won't stop there. I don't mine any more and I am picky in who I add, subjectively for looks I find attractive, and even so I am over 600 friends, far more than my real account, and I don't even have my picture on the page except when I am there in town.

Agree however their punctuality, flakiness and general unreliability is a huge turn off. Certainly better on repeats but bad generally.

Probably a stupid question (sorry). Are you keeping a separate FB account for chicas? I tried to open a separate profile and it was blocked within minutes. I don't want my family seeing all the chicas who are suddenly becoming my friends!

[BlackThought]

Personally, I was seeing ridiculously cheap flights (100) from Miami and Fort Lauderdale to Colombia, so for guys in the Central and Eastern part of the USA, that is the way to go. I do not know why but if you fly American Airlines, it is often half price to do two one ways through Miami than book directly to Colombia. I booked DFW to MIA and then MIA to CTG and got a $200 total one way fare instead of $400 with DFW to CTG. I do not know why.

That's how the airline algorithms work. Google "skiplagged", airlines are suing this service.

[BlackThought]

OH and one other fine point. If they know you live here they try harder because they want the regular that they can message when they need rent. Vacationers? I don't think they feel any incentive to try harder.

Very good point there as it's evident with those that live in MDE have a fixed price with regulars.

[Mr Enternational]

I simply don't see how she can perform better with more money. I am sure she would choose more money if she is presented with that option. More money probably give you better opportunity.

I don't either. It is like if we were playing a game of dominos and I offered you money to play better. How much better could you possibly play? Some people are really good at things, some people are really horrible at things, and most people are just average at things.

[Nounce]

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What I'm trying to point out is that there are a lot of variables in performance. Money is just one of them. So you can say money is not correlated to performance but since there are always other factors that will affect performance YMMV. I find that my using an incentive to coax out good performance works for me.

If money matters that much, the the expensive clubs will have the best performers on average. I go to both expensive and cheap places and as far as sex is concerned, I don't see that. I have taken girls from the most expensive club in Sao Paulo recently. I am paying like half or a quarter of some other clients are paying based on what she told me after. I simply don't see how she can perform better with more money. I am sure she would choose more money if she is presented with that option. More money probably give you better opportunity.

[GeneHickman]

I advise anyone on a short trip not to bother with Facebook. Most only check their accounts or read their work related messages when they are desperate for money. If some mark is sending them $500 retainers, then they are essentially off the market. Even when they answer some, many go radio silent or no show. Who knows why. Maybe you got outbid. More likely the landlord isn't breathing down her neck yet and she'd rather watch nouvellas or party with friends. Even those on longer trips may want to skip this venue. Their work ethic can be grossly overrated.

All the more reason to cast your net wide on FB and don't fixate on any one chica. A sample size of 6 is abysmal, and if you get to 60 it won't stop there. I don't mine any more and I am picky in who I add, subjectively for looks I find attractive, and even so I am over 600 friends, far more than my real account, and I don't even have my picture on the page except when I am there in town.

Agree however their punctuality, flakiness and general unreliability is a huge turn off. Certainly better on repeats but bad generally.