Places you have traveled too.
11-20-2008 | 10:11 PM
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Reykjavic was a three-day stopover for us on a trip to Sweden. Amazing scenery, like driving around on another planet. Great nightlife and place to party, but WHOA, the booze is pricey! I think the ideal way to see it would be 8-10 days and rent a car, and drive the "ring road" the goes all the way around the island, with a few days in 3 or 4 towns on the way around.
On another note -- anyone have any advice on jumpseating internationally on US Airways? I plan on just listing at the ticket counter 3-4 hours prior to the flight. I'm an off-line jumpseater attempting to add another place to my list.
11-21-2008 | 07:06 AM
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I have Jumpseated on US Airways internationally as an offline jumpseater quite a bit. Try and list before arriving to the airport 1-800-325-9999 is the number I use.
There is a tax associated with traveling internationally. Try to pay it when you first check in. I flew IAH-CLT-SXM and they didn't charge me in Houston. So I needed to go to the employee travel office in Charlotte where the lady was a little angry that I hadn't paid in IAH. Oh well, live and learn.
11-21-2008 | 08:32 AM
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I have Jumpseated on US Airways internationally as an offline jumpseater quite a bit. Try and list before arriving to the airport 1-800-325-9999 is the number I use.
There is a tax associated with traveling internationally. Try to pay it when you first check in. I flew IAH-CLT-SXM and they didn't charge me in Houston. So I needed to go to the employee travel office in Charlotte where the lady was a little angry that I hadn't paid in IAH. Oh well, live and learn.
There is a tax associated with traveling internationally. Try to pay it when you first check in. I flew IAH-CLT-SXM and they didn't charge me in Houston. So I needed to go to the employee travel office in Charlotte where the lady was a little angry that I hadn't paid in IAH. Oh well, live and learn.
11-21-2008 | 04:24 PM
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11-22-2008 | 09:24 AM
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Everything you really need is within a walking distance of the airport. However if you want to go other places on the island you can hail down a "bus" really just a small van crammed with seats. And it will drop you off anywhere for 2 bucks.
Everything is a bit expensive except for alcohol. A 40oz of Dominican Rum will run you about $3.
Depending on what airline you work for you could also jumpseat out of there to some of the out Islands. We used to jump down to St Kitts to a PGA quality golf course on the ocean. 18 holes with a cart was 50 bucks.
