Medellin Reports

[ChuchoLoco]

Elvis mentioned Interjet Airlines. I believe their flights from and. American to S. American go through Mexico City and IMO that's something you want to avoid.

They do stop there and it's a long layover and maybe not where I want to be. More research.

Thanks.

[ChuchoLoco]

Spirit is a pain in the ass with all the fees, but if you play it right, you can get by on the cheap. Other dirt cheap carrier is Viva Air but they only fly out of Miami to Medellin. If you fly into Lauderdale and need to transfer to Miami Airport, there is a train that you can use that connects you that costs like $5.

Still, Viva doesn't gauge you as badly fee wise as Sprint. For the most part, I like Airbus more than Boeings, and both carriers fly airbuses. I found Copa flights to be crazy cramped, and I usually got a 737.

One other cheap carrier I love is Interjet: big roomy seats, free food and drink, and they too fly Aibuses. They have long delays though which kind of sucks. At times, Jet Blue can compete with Spirit and take Jet Blue if you have the chance.

Wingo is a dirt cheap carrier that flies sporadically out of Bogota. Wingo flies to neighboring countries like Aruba, Panama, DR, and Costa Rica. So if you happen to find dirt cheap flights to those countries, add on Wingo flight, and you might have a bargain. Southwest Air flies to Aruba and Costa Rica..

Great options E! Thanks. I've got some thinking and more research to do but I have the time, retired!

Thanks again to everyone. You guys are some seasoned travellers and I'm learning some new options to get there. Was putting all my eggs / tickets in one basket.

[Combo]

Elvis mentioned Interjet Airlines. I believe their flights from and. American to S. American go through Mexico City and IMO that's something you want to avoid.

[ColombiaLover]

The truth eventually comes out. I stopped talking to her. I guess I got on to her early and got a little lucky. The funny thing is that she continued to tell me that she was not a prepago. That people were lying to me about her. Even though the evidence was obvious. I am always intrigued by this. Lesson to newbies, these girls will stick to a lie no matter how evidence is against them. Save to face. The only time I ever had one admit she lied, did it because she thought doing so would benefit her. In this case, she said she merely has a lot of gringo friends!

My theory is that she started out as a girl with a job at a hotel frequented by gringos. And started to see the putas who came to visit. And their purses and shoes. And she realized she could meet these guys and make a lot more money than she makes as an accounting assistant. And it's just escalated. Not really uncommon, in general. But from what I hear, she's probably pricing herself out of the market, other than the market comprised of newbies or guys who just like to throw away money. Interesting.

I am currently talking to her, I stop replying because she wanted a LV purse, think she has webcam, she wrote me today, never suggest gifts. Rookie mistake. Seems nice though but theirs better.

[ChuchoLoco]

The grounding of the 737 Max aircraft is causing some airlines to have fewer planes, hence more demand, hence higher prices.

I've been flying Spirit for years, first from DCA, then BWI (connecting through FLL), as well as just FLL.

It is a direct flight, so it is a very fast connection FLL-MDE. The flight is a money-maker for Spirit, as it is always full, and the crew does not do a lay-over in MDE, so the company does not tolerate any delays, or mechanical problems, or no-shows from the crew. Hence, the flight is on time, never cancelled, and the plane always works. I've only had one cancellation, last September, when the hurricane closed 3 airports in south Florida...but that was with American Airlines.

You will pay between $8-$12 for a regular seat in the back half, $14 in the front. Regular seat is uncomfortable. Sometimes, it does not recline. Pay extra for the big front seat ($30?) or an exit row seat ($16-$20?) You pay for seats and bags on each flight there and back, but that is just from final departure airport and back. So you just pay twice, even if you have 4 legs on the trip.

Fees: The basic fare is almost half of what other airlines charge.
You will pay for your choice of seat, and every bag beyond a small carry-on back pack. Oh, and taxes. This is the only airline that is honest and tells you what you are paying in taxes.
Add those, and the fair is about 60% of what the others charge.

I bring a sandwich, and drink up before I board. I don't buy their overpriced snacks.When I land, I have my driver bring me a water.

I pack light. One small back pack, one small roll-aboard.

The back pack can carry enough for a 3 day trip (provided you can wash some clothes when you get there), add the back pack, and I have enough for up to two weeks, to include gifts, and lots of reading material.

I use a rectangular piece of plastic to neatly fold my shirts (like the retail clothing stores do), stack them along with my slacks and undies into a 8" high square on top of the plastic, then slide both into a plastic compression bag, and squash everything into a vapo-locked bag that neatly takes up just half my roll-a-board's space.

Putting the roll-a-board in the overhead will cost between $9-$15. I pay less because I join their club. This gets me into boarding category 2.

I'm not fond of Spirit but they're the only ones that offer direct flights to Medellin from my city. Otherwise I'd definitely pay extra and go with another airline. If you are a bigger guy you MUST pay extra for the bigger seats up front. They are roomy and you'll have elbow space but for some reason they don't recline. Also if you want water, soda, or a bag of nuts you will have to pay a fee. Everything is a fee but if you come prepared with food in your bag it's not a big deal. I found the website a little bit confusing as well so then I decided to call someone at Spirit and they answered all of my questions. You should probably do the same and the get the answers from the source. Weight out the pros and cons like travel time and fees. In the end you might be better off just going with Copa.

Yeah, I also noticed COPA's fares went up a lot when I was planning out my trips for this Winter. For my December trip, I flew down to MDE on Spirit and flew back on Copa using FF miles. The Spirit flight ended up fine. No problem with tight connection in FLL. Even adding in paying (ahead of time) extra for more carry on luggage, the one-way ticket was very inexpensive. But a sample size of one doesn't mean much!

I'm returning in a few weeks using FF miles (Copa on the way down; AA on the way back).

I've heard Copa had a lot of Boeing planes that got taken out of their rotation, and because of less seats available, prices rose. I don't know the veracity of that, but I hope Copa goes back because I like flying with them.

Thanks everyone, all your answers are awesome and I may give them a try. Been spoiled with COPA and before that TACA before they were bought by Avianca. I like just paying and having all included but right now price and a bit of hassle will be worth it. I'm overdue doe some are&are. I also liked their treatment since they've gotten to know me and customs and immigration at my final destination is the best. Also liquor allowed from duty free in Panama to home airport.

I am tentative but really how bad can it be and I'll get back to where I want to be and forget any hassles once I'm there.

Thanks again. It's nice to have informative responses from experienced men.

I'll followup whenever and whatever I decide.

[Elvis 2008]

Tried searching but nothing so far so I'll ask here. Fellas, I always fly COPA and love them but now prices for my flight would be $750 When I usually pay 350 to 450. So now I'm considering Spirit. One stop with connection in FLL. I know there's hidden fees but I'm having a tough time figuring it out on their website.

Spirit is a pain in the ass with all the fees, but if you play it right, you can get by on the cheap. Other dirt cheap carrier is Viva Air but they only fly out of Miami to Medellin. If you fly into Lauderdale and need to transfer to Miami Airport, there is a train that you can use that connects you that costs like $5.

Still, Viva doesn't gauge you as badly fee wise as Sprint. For the most part, I like Airbus more than Boeings, and both carriers fly airbuses. I found Copa flights to be crazy cramped, and I usually got a 737.

One other cheap carrier I love is Interjet: big roomy seats, free food and drink, and they too fly Aibuses. They have long delays though which kind of sucks. At times, Jet Blue can compete with Spirit and take Jet Blue if you have the chance.

Wingo is a dirt cheap carrier that flies sporadically out of Bogota. Wingo flies to neighboring countries like Aruba, Panama, DR, and Costa Rica. So if you happen to find dirt cheap flights to those countries, add on Wingo flight, and you might have a bargain. Southwest Air flies to Aruba and Costa Rica.

Thing is that I have found $100 flights to Colombia from city I live in (and Miami) at times. Usually though when you use airline miles, there is often a $100 fee attached like with American. For whatever reason, British Airways shares flights with American and I got a one way from DFW to BOG for only 13,000 points versus American's 18,000 and for $20 instead of $100.

If you have points on Marriott or American Express or some other plan that can be converted into other airlines points, it is worth the time to play around with how many points / miles and $ it is to fly to Colombia. The frequent flier points of various airlines varied tremendously as I saw BA had the low at 13,000 points and $20 but with others, the total was as high as 30,000 and $100.

[Iguana Six]

The grounding of the 737 Max aircraft is causing some airlines to have fewer planes, hence more demand, hence higher prices.

[Iguana Six]

. So now I'm considering Spirit. One stop with connection in FLL. I know there's hidden fees but I'm having a tough time figuring it out on their website.

How's their service and on time record and how much much will hidden fees cost or just keep it short and tell me yes or no to use them. I'm also tall so how's seats? Maybe paying $750 is worth it considering everything.
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I've been flying Spirit for years, first from DCA, then BWI (connecting through FLL), as well as just FLL.

It is a direct flight, so it is a very fast connection FLL-MDE. The flight is a money-maker for Spirit, as it is always full, and the crew does not do a lay-over in MDE, so the company does not tolerate any delays, or mechanical problems, or no-shows from the crew. Hence, the flight is on time, never cancelled, and the plane always works. I've only had one cancellation, last September, when the hurricane closed 3 airports in south Florida...but that was with American Airlines.

You will pay between $8-$12 for a regular seat in the back half, $14 in the front. Regular seat is uncomfortable. Sometimes, it does not recline. Pay extra for the big front seat ($30?) or an exit row seat ($16-$20?) You pay for seats and bags on each flight there and back, but that is just from final departure airport and back. So you just pay twice, even if you have 4 legs on the trip.

Fees: The basic fare is almost half of what other airlines charge.
You will pay for your choice of seat, and every bag beyond a small carry-on back pack. Oh, and taxes. This is the only airline that is honest and tells you what you are paying in taxes.
Add those, and the fair is about 60% of what the others charge.

I bring a sandwich, and drink up before I board. I don't buy their overpriced snacks.When I land, I have my driver bring me a water.

I pack light. One small back pack, one small roll-aboard.

The back pack can carry enough for a 3 day trip (provided you can wash some clothes when you get there), add the back pack, and I have enough for up to two weeks, to include gifts, and lots of reading material.

I use a rectangular piece of plastic to neatly fold my shirts (like the retail clothing stores do), stack them along with my slacks and undies into a 8" high square on top of the plastic, then slide both into a plastic compression bag, and squash everything into a vapo-locked bag that neatly takes up just half my roll-a-board's space.

Putting the roll-a-board in the overhead will cost between $9-$15. I pay less because I join their club. This gets me into boarding category 2.

I buy the exit row seat.

I bring my own snacks.

I never check in a bag. Check in a bag, and at best, you will wait for it at luggage claim, and at worst, they will lose it.

Before I get on board, I take half a sleeping pill. Since there is no movie, it is either sleep, read, or bring a device. I wear a sleep mask, pop in earplugs and / or put in noise cancelling headphones, and sometimes put on a moistened nose / mouth mask (which protects you from colds, and keeps the plane from dehydrating you.).

I keep in mind that, for just a day's wages, I am getting a magical seat that. In less time than some people spend commuting every day. Will pick me up, put me in the clouds, and drop me off in the land of a hundred erections.

I recently flew on American, and it wasn't a better experience, except that it was out of Miami, which is just an Uber ride away for me.

I get their credit card, use it almost exclusively, and every year, I get a free trip (but I pay the taxes, of course.)

[Knowledge]

I've found the biggest problem with Spirit is one you can't overcome, the check in and boarding process. It's brutal. Once you get on the plane it's not bad and of course the arrival and immigration is the same for all airlines. The flimsy seats that don't recline are not such a big problem to Medellin but Spirit has a route to Lima. I imagine that a 5 hour route on their planes can't be good.

I'm not fond of Spirit but they're the only ones that offer direct flights to Medellin from my city. Otherwise I'd definitely pay extra and go with another airline. If you are a bigger guy you MUST pay extra for the bigger seats up front. They are roomy and you'll have elbow space but for some reason they don't recline. Also if you want water, soda, or a bag of nuts you will have to pay a fee. Everything is a fee but if you come prepared with food in your bag it's not a big deal. I found the website a little bit confusing as well so then I decided to call someone at Spirit and they answered all of my questions. You should probably do the same and the get the answers from the source. Weight out the pros and cons like travel time and fees. In the end you might be better off just going with Copa.

[CzarNicholas]

Your are right. I did spent a lot (very close to the 10 k figure) during my last trip to Medellin, but I partied almost every night and fucked 55+ 18-21 year-old (repeated a lot of them and had 5 threesomes). I also had salsa class four times a week, and I made some local friends. I had a clear budget for the trip, I went over by a few grand, it's worth it; I'm learning to budget better this time. Spending 10 k USD in month on ONE women is committing a serious crime against the mongering profession, doing it for five months is simply incomprehensible to me.

What do these people do if they party for five month straight and spending 50 k on a single hookers and blow, do they not have to work for living? How can they not want threesomes and how can they be satisfied with a single women for five month? There is no way this can be true.

Many points that need addressing but I'll just address 3 some.

IMO they look lame and contrived in porn, so why would I bother, I have never met a monger that said they enjoyed a 3 some many have tried, every single one has told me don't waste your money.

If you like doing what is a fad or (cliched) I'm guessing a 3 some might appeal to you, don't tell me you have 2 cocks? If you say you like 2 at once OK? Why not 3 why not 4? If more is better why not 20.

I'm of the thinking less is more, I rather do 2 girls one at a time then a 3 some, no offense but a 3 some sounds childish, trite, cliched.

I want to do things that guys like you couldn't even think of or imagine, I took a trip in 2019 Russia bkk and Philippines, over 200 sessions.

Not one 3 some, why? Why would I want something that is best left to the rookies?

Again I'm just answering your question, so no offense meant, but I read your posts, if mongers like you like 3 some, that is all the more reason I don't.

[Septimius]

Tried searching but nothing so far so I'll ask here. Fellas, I always fly COPA and love them but now prices for my flight would be $750 When I usually pay 350 to 450. So now I'm considering Spirit. One stop with connection in FLL. I know there's hidden fees but I'm having a tough time figuring it out on their website.

How's their service and on time record and how much much will hidden fees cost or just keep it short and tell me yes or no to use them. I'm also tall so how's seats? Maybe paying $750 is worth it considering everything.

Hopefully COPA comes down but doesn't look like it at this time. More reasonable flights to SJO but I made the switch to MDE a few years ago and don't want to go backwards. MDE is my getaway now.

I'm not fond of Spirit but they're the only ones that offer direct flights to Medellin from my city. Otherwise I'd definitely pay extra and go with another airline. If you are a bigger guy you MUST pay extra for the bigger seats up front. They are roomy and you'll have elbow space but for some reason they don't recline. Also if you want water, soda, or a bag of nuts you will have to pay a fee. Everything is a fee but if you come prepared with food in your bag it's not a big deal. I found the website a little bit confusing as well so then I decided to call someone at Spirit and they answered all of my questions. You should probably do the same and the get the answers from the source. Weight out the pros and cons like travel time and fees. In the end you might be better off just going with Copa.

[Combo]

Tried searching but nothing so far so I'll ask here. Fellas, I always fly COPA and love them but now prices for my flight would be $750 When I usually pay 350 to 450. So now I'm considering Spirit. One stop with connection in FLL. I know there's hidden fees but I'm having a tough time figuring it out on their website.

How's their service and on time record and how much much will hidden fees cost or just keep it short and tell me yes or no to use them. I'm also tall so how's seats? Maybe paying $750 is worth it considering everything.

Hopefully COPA comes down but doesn't look like it at this time. More reasonable flights to SJO but I made the switch to MDE a few years ago and don't want to go backwards. MDE is my getaway now.

Yeah, I also noticed COPA's fares went up a lot when I was planning out my trips for this Winter. For my December trip, I flew down to MDE on Spirit and flew back on Copa using FF miles. The Spirit flight ended up fine. No problem with tight connection in FLL. Even adding in paying (ahead of time) extra for more carry on luggage, the one-way ticket was very inexpensive. But a sample size of one doesn't mean much!

I'm returning in a few weeks using FF miles (Copa on the way down; AA on the way back).

I've heard Copa had a lot of Boeing planes that got taken out of their rotation, and because of less seats available, prices rose. I don't know the veracity of that, but I hope Copa goes back because I like flying with them.

[Junior11]

I drink beer / wine, but not too much. When it come to hard liquors, that is only in great company. Are paisa girls into something in particular?

Please forgive me posting this. I understand that the answers are somewhere in this thread. I figured these are very easy questions for some seniors.

[Mr Enternational]

Caught myself chatting to much, you dead on man, but probably because they were chatting with me, I have already slowed my smooth talk, like you say its just pay 4 play, first time so I think I got overwhelmed and to exiting about all these hows to my disposal. I'm good now LOL.

LOL. Hell yeah. They are chatting to make sure they get first dibs on that money before you give it all to other chicks!

[Junior11]

Hi fellows,

Anyone stayed Gardenia Apartamentos?

I want to bring girls in.

I like that they seem quality and not too expensive.

Negatives are no safe box, no AC, no front desk.

https://goo.gl/maps/JDyoamFQuoqUUJ5QA

https://www.booking.com/hotel/co/gar...nts.en-gb.html

As an alternative, San Peter Suites seem good, 24 front desk.

Negatives are very noisy on weekends, seem pretty basic furniture / design wise.

https://www.booking.com/hotel/co/san...tes.en-gb.html