What do you mean? I just came back from my first intl travel (as an airline employee) and initially I was going to jumpseat on Delta, but their jumpseating taxes were kind of high so I nonreved on US Air instead... I still had to pay like 55 bucks but still cheaper than the jumpseating taxes for Delta. Do some airlines not charge you for the jumpseating tax?

May you elaborate just a bit more on this trip?

I'm interested in traveling there and then if possible, onward to Greenland.

But if you have a bit more info on getting to and from Keflavik and what to do while there that'd be great.

I usually like to go business class on long flights, and for NW they charge extra. If you get lucky on UA/DL etc you can usually snag business class for free if you sweet-talk the purser and bring goodies for the crew.

As for taxes, I don't think it's something the airlines have much control over. You probably got luck with US. Although, I only got charged $5 euros leaving Dublin on CO, I think that might have been some kind of mistake

That really is the departure tax at Cologne.


Hey, you said you did DUB and I might be headed there in a few weeks. Easy to get around at all outside the city or did you stay in the city the whole time?

Dublin is an awesome city. I had a really great DL crew jumpseating from JFK-DUB .... we arrived in the morning and I met them at their hotel around 5p. The pilots knew a few awesome pubs to goto, and after that we all went bar hopping and got plasterd like any good aircrew in Dublin would do.

I stayed downtown, you can hopefully find something for around $99 Euros. The next day I stayed with a local

Well there's no way I'm paying 99 Euros but that is because I usually stay in a hostel and I don't mind doing that since it is typically $30USD a day or less.

Sounds like you had a good time.

dublin is awesome i went over there on usair non-rev with a buddy in august for just 4 days 3 nights and it was awesome... bus to the city is cheap and then u just hit the hostels for cheap stay

Cheapest hotel on the island was 250/night. (not sure if it had airline discount) Food expensive, but there are small local retaurants that are reasonably priced, or just buy a bunch of peanut butter and jelly at the grocery store. Air NZ has zed fares to Tahiti, you have to take air tahiti from tahiti to Bora Bora. Not sure if they offer zed. We paid full fare from LAX-tahiti on Air Tahiti Nui, then flew Air Tahiti to Bora BOra. Flights were full didn't want to risk non rev. hotels give good airline discounts in Polynesia....1/2 off in tahiti for our one night layover, we got a $980/night overwater bungalow in Bora for 300/night, depending on which airline you work for. You will have to show your airline ID at the hotel.
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Does this shuttle run from the airport? If not, is there a cheap way (bus) to get into town to take you there? Can you elaborate on this a bit more please? Seems like it would be a pretty good deal.


Are there shuttles running from Keflavik to Reykjavik? What is Keflavik like? I have read about Reykjavik but not much about Keflavik. Any idea how much a place to stay would run in Reykjavik? If you could give a little more info on your trip there, and things you did it would be appreciated. I too have long thought about going to Iceland.


Also, for those who are into some more distant type of things, check out Hammerfest in Norway, said to be the northern most city in the world. That is one place I really would like to visit as well.

i'm looking to go to costa rica in a few days. any tips? fly into san jose or liberia? rent a car? best (and by best i mean cheapest) places to stay? thanks!