Medellin Reports

[QUOTE=MojoBandit;2529094]Surfer posted this question before and no one has volunteered any info, then he posted in the Colombia / Travel Coronavirus Updates and the main Admin flagged his post in what sounds like an error to me but anyway he has a good question so I am reposting because it is a good question.

Surfer says "I'm going to be travelling from MDE to Santa Marta next month. Is there a requirement that you have a Colombian App on your phone to get into the airport to board a domestic flight. Will the App work on a USA cell phone, if not, how is this handled. In other words if you don't have a Colombian cell number on a smartphone will you be able to get inside the airport. Nature of trip is to suck on those nipples besides penetrating some holes. Any help would be appreciated. ".[/QUOTE]I don't have a Colombian number and I have the app on my phone and it works no problem.

As far as I am aware you don't need the app to travel, unless that has changed in the last few weeks.

[QUOTE=MojoBandit;2529094]Surfer posted this question before and no one has volunteered any info, then he posted in the Colombia / Travel Coronavirus Updates and the main Admin flagged his post in what sounds like an error to me but anyway he has a good question so I am reposting because it is a good question.

Surfer says "I'm going to be travelling from MDE to Santa Marta next month. Is there a requirement that you have a Colombian App on your phone to get into the airport to board a domestic flight. Will the App work on a USA cell phone, if not, how is this handled. In other words if you don't have a Colombian cell number on a smartphone will you be able to get inside the airport. Nature of trip is to suck on those nipples besides penetrating some holes. Any help would be appreciated. ".[/QUOTE]Yikes I need to up my game, those are some cuties, but the truth is there out of my league as I like them rough around the edges!

Just so others are aware, domestic flights within Colombia right now are dirt cheap. Round trip fares from Medellin to both Santa Marta and San Andres midweek in March as low as $ 85 roundtrip. I haven't been to San Andres yet, so am thinking of going there as well. And there is excellent SW mongering opportunities to be had in Santa Marta.

[QUOTE=Kavin76;2529052]So I am up to speed on the 96 hour PCR test and the check mig form, but what about this Corona App I am reading about?. Apparently there is a phone app you have to download to if you are traveling to the interior of Colombia. First, I am not sure what defines "the interior" of Colombia. If I land in Bogota and then transfer to my final flight to Medellin is that considered "interior travel"? Apparently you have to update on it everyday for 14 days. I am reading about it on the Avianca website. Anyone know what this is?[/QUOTE]Same exact question I've been asking.

[QUOTE=MojoBandit;2529094]Surfer posted this question before and no one has volunteered any info, then he posted in the Colombia / Travel Coronavirus Updates and the main Admin flagged his post in what sounds like an error to me but anyway he has a good question so I am reposting because it is a good question.

Surfer says "I'm going to be travelling from MDE to Santa Marta next month. Is there a requirement that you have a Colombian App on your phone to get into the airport to board a domestic flight. Will the App work on a USA cell phone, if not, how is this handled. In other words if you don't have a Colombian cell number on a smartphone will you be able to get inside the airport. Nature of trip is to suck on those nipples besides penetrating some holes. Any help would be appreciated. ".[/QUOTE]I flew to Santa Marta last weekend. All I had was a copy of my boarding pass and passport of course and nothing more on my phone. As I went thru the line to enter the airport terminal they told me I needed some app and I don't think it was checkmig. I said I'm just going to Santa Marta for the weekend. She was distracted by others and waved me through. After that there were no more questions. I figured since I'm a gringo she thought I was leaving the country and needed something else maybe it was checkmig I dunno.

Be sure to take a paper photocopy of your passport to get access to the beach. It's a very strange and useless covid thing they are doing there. My hotel told me I had to use an app to get a beach reservation but the app never worked and I had no isssue just showing the paper copy of my passport. If you carry your phone to the beach which I don't you could probably use a photo of your passport.

If you fly Viva Air be aware they are sticklers about carry-on luggage coming back to Medellin. I flew to Santa Marta with both a backpack and a small duffle bag with no questions asked. When I tried to return the same way they wanted me to pay for the second item. After a long discussion I had to stuff my backpack into my duffle bag to only have one item still under 10 kg. I carried a folder, laptop and a book separately and that was ok but no second bag allowed LOL. Again they may have tried to treat me differently since I was a gringo but I'm not sure why they are so hard ass there compared to Medellin.

[QUOTE=PolloNegro;2529077]had my dental implants repaired,[/QUOTE]I'm thinking about traveling for some dental work coupled with some fun. What dentist did you use and were you happy with their work?

[QUOTE=PolloNegro;2529077]This was a great weekend Trip, banged many chicas and had my dental implants repaired, Pollo Negro is out![/QUOTE]Wow they all look great. Any chance you could share contacts?

[QUOTE=LuckyNuts;2529138]I flew to Santa Marta last weekend. All I had was a copy of my boarding pass and passport of course and nothing more on my phone. As I went thru the line to enter the airport terminal they told me I needed some app and I don't think it was checkmig. I said I'm just going to Santa Marta for the weekend. She was distracted by others and waved me through. After that there were no more questions. I figured since I'm a gringo she thought I was leaving the country and needed something else maybe it was checkmig I dunno.

Be sure to take a paper photocopy of your passport to get access to the beach. It's a very strange and useless covid thing they are doing there. My hotel told me I had to use an app to get a beach reservation but the app never worked and I had no isssue just showing the paper copy of my passport. If you carry your phone to the beach which I don't you could probably use a photo of your passport.

If you fly Viva Air be aware they are sticklers about carry-on luggage coming back to Medellin. I flew to Santa Marta with both a backpack and a small duffle bag with no questions asked. When I tried to return the same way they wanted me to pay for the second item. After a long discussion I had to stuff my backpack into my duffle bag to only have one item still under 10 kg. I carried a folder, laptop and a book separately and that was ok but no second bag allowed LOL. Again they may have tried to treat me differently since I was a gringo but I'm not sure why they are so hard ass there compared to Medellin.[/QUOTE]I checked the Avianca website to see what their requirements were for domestic air travel and it says you have to utilize the Corona App putting in your flight and then report once a day in the Corona App for fourteen days upon arrival at your destination. I'm still not sure if this APP will work with a foreign cell number and if this is all true I find it disturbing being potentially tracked by Big Brother and I won't be signing up for it. And totally weird needing a reservation to go the beach in Santa Marta, so I'm assuming you could walk along the Malecon?

And your information about Viva Air is good for others to know. They totally suck as far as I am concerned, worse than Spirit, it's almost like you have to pay to use the restroom.

My biggest concern is taking a domestic flight and being denied entry into the airport because I don't have their APP, there must be a work around for this. What happens to those who don't have smart phones.

Hopefully others can shed some light on this.

[QUOTE=Mike6911;2529108]I don't have a Colombian number and I have the app on my phone and it works no problem.

As far as I am aware you don't need the app to travel, unless that has changed in the last few weeks.[/QUOTE]Can you expand on how you have used the APP, did you take a domestic flight and utilize it to gain access to the Airport, by reporting your flight on it. Any information would be helpful.

[QUOTE=LuckyNuts;2529138]I flew to Santa Marta last weekend. All I had was a copy of my boarding pass and passport of course and nothing more on my phone. As I went thru the line to enter the airport terminal they told me I needed some app and I don't think it was checkmig. I said I'm just going to Santa Marta for the weekend. She was distracted by others and waved me through. After that there were no more questions. I figured since I'm a gringo she thought I was leaving the country and needed something else maybe it was checkmig I dunno.

Be sure to take a paper photocopy of your passport to get access to the beach. It's a very strange and useless covid thing they are doing there. My hotel told me I had to use an app to get a beach reservation but the app never worked and I had no isssue just showing the paper copy of my passport. If you carry your phone to the beach which I don't you could probably use a photo of your passport.

If you fly Viva Air be aware they are sticklers about carry-on luggage coming back to Medellin. I flew to Santa Marta with both a backpack and a small duffle bag with no questions asked. When I tried to return the same way they wanted me to pay for the second item. After a long discussion I had to stuff my backpack into my duffle bag to only have one item still under 10 kg. I carried a folder, laptop and a book separately and that was ok but no second bag allowed LOL. Again they may have tried to treat me differently since I was a gringo but I'm not sure why they are so hard ass there compared to Medellin.[/QUOTE]Same here, I did a ten day trip mid January, landed in Barranquilla, from there went to Medellin then ended in Cali. I saw a few people got moved to the side because they didn't have the app, but I was let in once I showed my passport they probably thought I was flying internationally.

[QUOTE=Surfer500;2529120]Yikes I need to up my game, those are some cuties, [/QUOTE]While the first photo is a contact of mine in Medellin the photo of the two chicas in Santa Marta I pulled off some guys travel blog LOL, I just copied your ideal that a post with photos would get more attention.

[QUOTE=LuckyNuts;2529138]I flew to Santa Marta last weekend. All I had was a copy of my boarding pass and passport of course and nothing more on my phone. As I went thru the line to enter the airport terminal they told me I needed some app and I don't think it was checkmig. I said I'm just going to Santa Marta for the weekend. She was distracted by others and waved me through. After that there were no more questions. I figured since I'm a gringo she thought I was leaving the country and needed something else maybe it was checkmig I dunno.

[/QUOTE]Thank you Lucky Nuts, I think this pretty much answers the original question. I would imagine that if you needed something to travel domestically that they would ask yo about it when you are boarding? Does this make sense to everyone reading this?

[QUOTE=LikeItTight;2282531]Hello gents,

I'm flying into MDE tonight will be there until the 15th, anybody want to grab a drink or do the street / casa scene? Share some stories.[/QUOTE]I'll be getting into Medellin on Feb 10, if you want to get a beer and share some stories / info. Send me a PM.

[QUOTE=MojoBandit;2529303]While the first photo is a contact of mine in Medellin the photo of the two chicas in Santa Marta I pulled off some guys travel blog LOL, I just copied your ideal that a post with photos would get more attention.[/QUOTE]Yes I like them a little rough along the edges and the pictures of the Chicas you posted are not my cup of tea, but I know some other guys wouldn't kick my little sweetheart in Santa Marta to the curb, albeit having to have a reservation to go to the beach and potential air travel hassles is damping my mood to fly there. I get messages from her daily and she's a nasty thing.

[QUOTE=MojoBandit;2529303]I would imagine that if you needed something to travel domestically that they would ask yo about it when you are boarding? Does this make sense to everyone reading this?[/QUOTE]Nope. They would ask you for it way before that. For examples, if you need a visa or covid test, you are asked for it when you check in and before you have gone through security.

[QUOTE=PolloNegro;2529077]This was a great weekend Trip, banged many chicas and had my dental implants repaired, Pollo Negro is out![/QUOTE]Great pictures but, did you go to Colombia for dental work?

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