Kingston,Jamaica

[CharlieD10]

Dang...never had anything like that happen to me, I would say the same thing in your shoes!  I love the airport though, never had any hassles with Immigration or flights except for my last one, some bad weather delayed flights the night before so my early morning flight into ATL was half-hour late landing, so I had to run like mi mad to make it to the gate to catch the flight to Jamaica, hahaha!

[nae-nae]

hello everyone!!!  I hope you are all doing well

welcome aba!  you're definitely in the right place....welcome to the waiting game lol

lol   @   canuck!!  good one!!!

I'm flying down to JA this friday and coming back Oct 31...flying Westjet and the flight was $535.  I prefer to fly straight there, I'm afraid to do a layover.  We are staying 2 nights at a rooming house where hubby's aunt works then 7 days at an all inclusive.  A few of my cousins and a couple of friends are meeting at the AI....can't wait!!  I'm missing hubby something fierce!!!

Still no AOR for hubby.  Their website says if you haven't received an AOR within 8 weeks of us receiving the file, let us know.  I got tired of waiting and remembered what lcw said about making noise lol.  So I sent KG an email the beginning of Sept and no reply (big surprise).  Sent another beginning of Oct, no reply.  Sent an email to my MP who replied to me within an hour saying they have put in an inquiry and will let me know once they hear back...that was last Wed.  I followed up with the MP today and they haven't heard back yet.  KG probably has no idea where hubby's file even is lol  So it goes.....

[nae-nae]

OMG it's glo's day tomorrow!!!!!!! woo hoo!!!  

you must be soooooo excited glo!  

I'd like to wish your hubby a safe journey!  Happy homecoming!  you soooo deserve it glo!

[chukie]

Rass Mrs yu travel nuff with the kids too! I think them soon start say   me traffick heeehee.  I lose count how  much time me travel to  JA in the past 6 years but me prefer come off KGN hubby & family live Mandeville but Feb come off Mobay tru stay hotel & July me go KGN direct with Air JA this time want travel Mobay again (it cheaper) chelley lucky find fare so cheap cheapest 4 me is $400 fly from  pearson but evrytime seh me cool off me change mind again but miss xmas with him last year cos think wud get TRV so me HAFFI go! LOL Air Transat is good for charter Feb 2011 shud get some gud deals cos not peak time......I have had some real flying experience with delay but as long as me reach safe pon the other side  

[chukie]

Welcome Aba yu in good hands.
Nae wish you safe travels yu mus cyan wait me jus count my days til xmas me same  ting no  AOR want go down b4 xmas & ask them question

Glo jus stay pon lockdown we understand if nuh hear from you  in a while LOL All the best to you both
Interviews next week & more updates to come

[nae-nae]

thanks chuckie!  hopefully you won't have to go down for Xmas ... hopefully they will call your hubby for pp drop off before Xmas!!! 

[Glogirl68]

Hey everyone. I have a important question. Hubby just called freaken some friend gone tell him he has to pay to leave Jamaica tomorrow. A departure fee of some sort. Does anyone know of this?

We are beside our selves with excitement. I feel like I could throw up..lol and him well lets just say the bathroom is his best friend..lol.
I for sure will update with how arrivals went ummm maybe Thrusday as we will be somewhat busy busy...hehehe

[Godblesswife]

Hmmm.... No updates so far
Hoping to see some more good news from tomorrow.
its been a good month so far. fingers crossed it will get even better with some more Folks being reunited with their loved ones for Xmas
My little update is Mom is still pain free for the most part, so we still thank God for that.



Glo, : I noticed your question, and happen to know that Indeed there is a departure Tax, Sadly the government decided to increase it last year to about $20us dollars if I'm remembering correctly. However what you will find is that the cost would have already been included in most airline tickets. with the exception of a few chartered airlines who may ask you to pay up front, at the airport. but 9 out of 10 people will find that this cost has already been included in their tickets. so I dont think he would have to pay anything upfront, But just check the ticket to be double and triple sure this way you'll have no surprises. or call the airline to breakdown the makeup of Hubby's ticket for you.
if you cant get through to them at such short notice, then for peace of mind you may want to advise hubby to have the $20 us or equivalent of the $20us just in case.
But I doubt he'll have to use it

P.s so far I only know one person who's not had it included in their ticket.
All the best with the homecoming.

Hope this Helps

Godbless

[Godblesswife]

Pardon my Manners Welcome to the Forum Aba and anyone else I may have missed. 

[Glogirl68]

Thanks Godbless. I did call westjet and the travel agent and they both said no they didn't so. Always last minute things 

[Mrslwsn]

  @   Chukie yes my girl we travel nuff,I am origially from JA, so we av nuff fam, plus I we have a family home there where we stay. I am not into d layover/connection ting, my house is in St. James so I always go direct to Mobay....I go between west jet and ac...whomever is cheaper but AC had wayyy better in flight entertainment for my hype 5 yr old...So far I havent travelled the charters because i usually go 3-4 weeks or longer and dem luggage weight small...but since we r gonna file next yr mi waa drop in a couple trips b4 we do..even tho i have lots in 4 yrs..right now im seeing 416.00-535.00 average for when im travelling, just gotta catch it.


  @   the departure tax thing, most all tickets av that included in the total price...so that  is foolinesh. I guess it between 1600.00-2000.00 JMD but west jet always includes it as does AC so it strange they didnt!

 @  Charlie, no Air Jam now does some foolish layover in kgn for some 8 hours the fly 20 mins to mobay lol...it not worth it..direct so much simpler...air jam hasnt flown direct to mobay in years, in 2007 i was still buying air jam tickets but the flight was operated by air can..but now they dont even do that..

[kmc]

air canada has a seat sale on now for november to early december for 149$  each way direct to mo bay

https://preferences.email.aircanada.com/CAEN/FareAlertsSearch.aspx?

[Godblesswife]

Yeah last minute something will always come up to make you nervous, but you made it this far, so just a few more Hours and its all over.

Majority of Airlines already noticed that they will put off people if they have to pay Money again at the airport on top of their Tickets, so they cleverly included it in the tickets.  so like I said its very unlikely they will bug him about that.
only ever heard of it happening on one single Occasion.

[HighlyFavoured]

Happy REUNION DAY Glo!!!!  All the very best to you and your hubby!

Morning Forum Fam!!  October has turned out to be a fantastic month. Bless the Lord!

I'm SO happy that KG is kicking out some apps - BAM BAM BAM! 

Here is to an even better day.

Be Blessed & Stay Blessed! 

[CharlieD10]

Morning everyone.

Happy Reunion Day Glo  Nuh worry, wi know why wi won't hear from yuh for a few days 

Oh, pardon my manners, welcome Ada  You're in the right place!

And yes, the departure tax is generally included in the price of most tickets under that lovely phrase: fees and taxes.  Tickets for flights to and through the US include something called a "security fee" of US$2.50 or something like that per passenger...I can just imagine how much money an airport like Atlanta rakes in for that! 

More rain...lawd.