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let's all feel REAL sorry for Steven1 after years of reading all of the b.s. that he shits all over this board.

maybe you should carry an extra carton of kleenex and tampons on your trip since it seems obvious to me that you are here searching for your an emotional tampon here
go home and
Cállate su voca
have a nice day
Pura Vida
Edb

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Unfortunately time is something I don't have. I am already working 6-7 days a week running a business.

Like I said before, there is a business opportunity here with little to no seed capital required. If I was retired I would jump on it. You could make a little money on the side plus fly in a private jet to CR for free.

You hit the nail on the head when you mentioned "paid up". About a year ago I mentioned to a group of friends that we should charter a private jet to Las Vegas for a Boxing or UFC event. Everyone was excited and said count me in. When it came down to opening the wallet and actually paying for the charter only myself and 2 others were willing to commit. For the model to work you would have to collect non refundable deposits before booking the plane.

I envision a couple of small problems, but none insurmountable. Some guys like to stay for just a weekend and guys like me stay a week or two. There are endless possibilities for the route. Connecting through hubs like Chicago, New York, Atlanta, Houston, and especially Miami would make it easy to fill the charter.

Imagine not having to drag your ass out of bed at 4 AM to get in line with the gringas and eco feminists at SJO. No charter I am on will leave before noon. Maybe Srilm will temporary come out of retirement and give us his valuable input on this.

Devo

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"American and Jet Blue give you one bag free on International flights."....
AA changed this earlier this year. Now $25.00.

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I am NOT a Cien Boy!!

When you say you fly out of MCI, do you mean Kansas City?

That's where I fly from and I have never been able to get a decent fare or connection. I've had to take United recently and hate them.

Have you had better luck with other carriers.

BTW - if you want to go really cheap, you can fly the Spirit red eye to LAS, wait an hour and take the Spirit flight to FLL, wait 4 hours for the FLL to SJO flight. But for me, that's not worth saving a couple hundred.

I'll keep it short and simple:

The deadbeats of America (not referring to those who have posted on this topic here - some very good comments) have spoken as regards air travel - they want it no frills and as cheap as possible - sorry, that is not a debatable point; in the environment of rising labor and fuel costs, the airlines have tried to deliver what they perceive the flying public wants.

(You know - the airline industry is populated by more stupid people than almost any other - a few years back, - and this is gospel - American Airlines did a whole marketing campaign on how the flying public perceived extra legroom as important <gee - ya think > and how AA was taking out a row or so of seats to accommodate their wishes and desires - like you need to be told extra legroom is nice - I think they subsequently put the seats back in at some point......)

I happen to think that as far as air travel is concerned, at least either a carry on or a checked bag is something of a necessity, as is a reserved seat. I frankly don't care about food, free drinks, wifi, movies - but when I travel I'm gonna have a bag, and I need a seat.

You are a fine one to talk - pot, meet kettle

Ya think they should make you pay for extender seat belts too, YO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

When one has a questionable abstract reasoning ability, it becomes next to impossible to communicate with that so afflicted person. Here we have an example, but I shall try.....

The bag fees structure goes much further than into Merida I have learned. Bag fees are now being charged to SJO on United and that's well into "Central America". Soon, the time shall be here when there will be a bag fee for every destination and then after that methinks even carry on's will have a surcharge.

When Steven1 travels for pleasure it's all carry on; but when Steven1 is "....making the world safe for democracy...." and HAS to check certain bagged equipment and then has to PAY MONEY for doing same, Steven1 is violating a primary, basic rule learned many a year ago. "Son, we don't spend in this family. We count."

Now, as for Kenny (Barbie's spouse) shame, shame, shame. The resort to the invective only underscores a plodding, deeply disturbing ethnocentrism that's amusing. Stuck in "pair o dice" are we?!

And GreenGo....shame on you

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- Aldous Huxley, Brave New World, Ch. 16

United seems to be the only game in town out of MCI.

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"Actual happiness always looks pretty squalid in comparison with the over-compensations for misery. And, of course, stability isn't nearly so spectacular as instability. And being contented has none of the glamour of a good fight against misfortune, none of the picturesqueness of a struggle with temptation, or a fatal overthrow by passion or doubt. Happiness is never grand."
- Aldous Huxley, Brave New World, Ch. 16

[quote="Steven1"]United seems to be the only game in town out of MCI.


There are some decent routes via American since they merged with US Airways. I'm going through DFW on the way down and MIA on the way back.

Srilm:

Tools abound. I don't need the airline's entry into the financial industry arena which is a legal expansion of their footprint into the financial short sell market place which has nothing to do with running an airline and should be regulated if not banned altogether. The "perks" these dopey cards offer may seem important, but they're not worth the annual "dues" to be in the "club".....another way to get "free" bag checking. I understand for those that fly commercial aircraft strictly, build up miles, but a sector of us use commercial flights only when we have to. Dues to carry a credit card? Absurd. They need to be paying me for using the thing. Dues to be a member of a frequent flier club? Not for this guy.

Too, as I think about it, people sitting in the back of the plane need to be paying a higher fare, not a lower fare given the 2007 released study which documents that one is most likely to survive a "hard landing" (READ: CRASH) if one is sitting behind the wings and in the rear most section of the aircraft. People need to pay extra for that security following certain lines of reasoning in this thread. *shrug* ( http://theweek.com/article/index/246588 ... ne-crashes )

There was a time when an assignment/gig could be done with a carryon and a backpack. Them days is gone for Steven1. I like my creature comforts and have to have certainty, so bring stuff that MAY be in SJO, but quite often is not. Too, the equipment really needs to be well packed. Hand held stuff MAY be ok in a carry on, but it's a cluster f u c k if you arrive and a certain xcvr has been jostled because carryon don't permit enough foam. It is what it is. Silly example, many times I determine I require to pack a two slice bread toaster! Correct. I want my toast and peanut butter when I want it; and I don't want to wait 14mins for the toast to toast. Checked bag land.

It's all good...at least for me....Uncle Sugar has this magic word that ends up (eventually) making it right: reimbursement. Submit the receipt; wait; wait some more. Check arrives.

And tell you what....as I type this in the building I am hunkered down in in Cozumel, I got toast and freshly squeezed oj. A man has got to get his priorities in order.

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"Actual happiness always looks pretty squalid in comparison with the over-compensations for misery. And, of course, stability isn't nearly so spectacular as instability. And being contented has none of the glamour of a good fight against misfortune, none of the picturesqueness of a struggle with temptation, or a fatal overthrow by passion or doubt. Happiness is never grand."
- Aldous Huxley, Brave New World, Ch. 16

I have seen those bigmike, but the routes are cumbersome and vastly more time consuming. Also, be advised there is service via Frontier to Denver and Denver to SJO that has some degree of merit when flying out of MCI

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"Actual happiness always looks pretty squalid in comparison with the over-compensations for misery. And, of course, stability isn't nearly so spectacular as instability. And being contented has none of the glamour of a good fight against misfortune, none of the picturesqueness of a struggle with temptation, or a fatal overthrow by passion or doubt. Happiness is never grand."
- Aldous Huxley, Brave New World, Ch. 16