By gregg brewer (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #682) on Thursday, January 6, 2005 - 1:30 am: |
I was waiting in line this a.m. to buy my exit tax stamp for a flight on BE to Aruba (connecting with Delta to ATL). I noticed the agent was charging people $20 for the exit tax ticket for Aruba. When my companion got to the counter, I told her the tax was only $6 for a flight to Aruba (pink tax ticket)...the agent insisted it was $20 for the yellow one and it would be $30 if we bought it in Aruba. I insisted on the pink one. The $30 exit tax is already included in your ticket fare on the US based airlines. If you pay $20 in Bonaire, you are paying twice.
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By Jan Klos (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #292) on Thursday, January 6, 2005 - 8:00 am: |
Gregg,
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By gregg brewer (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #683) on Thursday, January 6, 2005 - 9:38 am: |
Jan,
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By Belinda Z (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #218) on Thursday, January 6, 2005 - 10:24 am: |
Gregg,
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By Belinda Z (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #219) on Thursday, January 6, 2005 - 10:27 am: |
Gregg,
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By gregg brewer (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #684) on Thursday, January 6, 2005 - 12:17 pm: |
Belinda,
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By Kelly Baum (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #2198) on Thursday, January 6, 2005 - 12:47 pm: |
I want to chime in with my opinion on this since I made this route this past summer. I feel that even though I am going to Aruba and changing carriers, I am STILL going to the US after that, so I KNOW that my departure is an international departure. Yes, I am going to Aruba on BE, so the Bonaire people don't know where I am going from there, but I think that's just playing a shell game. Pay the $20 in Bonaire, it goes to a good cause.
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By Jake Richter (Moderator - Post #5310) on Thursday, January 6, 2005 - 1:15 pm: |
Gregg's actually probably correct, folks. I deal with this issue every time I fly out of Bonaire to Curacao and then on to the U.S.
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By Belinda Z (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #220) on Thursday, January 6, 2005 - 2:32 pm: |
Gregg and Jake,
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By gregg brewer (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #685) on Thursday, January 6, 2005 - 3:01 pm: |
tks Jake...yes a separate ticket...as far as I am concerned, the only thing the lady at the exit tax counter needs to know is that I am going to Aruba...I am not interested in conversation...the flight from BON to AUA is not considered international... If anybody has an issue, it would be from Aruba; not Bonaire
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By michael gaynor (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #1877) on Thursday, January 6, 2005 - 3:03 pm: |
Sorry Gregg you are mistaken! Aruba is an international destination from Bonaire and Curacao since 1986 when Aruba took status aparte and left the Netherlands Antilles. The $20 departure tax is correct....no scam....
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By gregg brewer (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #686) on Thursday, January 6, 2005 - 3:46 pm: |
Sorry Michael,
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By Benji beaujon (BonaireTalker - Post #13) on Thursday, January 6, 2005 - 3:51 pm: |
Yes micheal is right the International flight from bonaire meaning anywhere out of the netherlands antilles( Bonaire, Curacao, St. Marten, Saba and St.Ustatius Known as statia)which are local flights, which is why she charged you $20.
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By Benji beaujon (BonaireTalker - Post #14) on Thursday, January 6, 2005 - 3:54 pm: |
Okay Gregg you may be right.
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By Kelly Baum (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #2199) on Thursday, January 6, 2005 - 4:02 pm: |
Just another example of how I should get all the facts straight before I go spouting off.... lol..
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By gregg brewer (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #687) on Thursday, January 6, 2005 - 6:06 pm: |
Fellow BT'ers
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By Jake Richter (Moderator - Post #5312) on Thursday, January 6, 2005 - 6:46 pm: |
Note that departure tax for Bonaire originated international flights is always paid in cash and not included in the ticket price. I understand that this is because in the past there were companies who collected departure tax but kept the money for themselves.
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By michael gaynor (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #1878) on Friday, January 7, 2005 - 5:47 pm: |
The 10 guilder tax is for Bonairean residents Gregg.....sort of a compromise and a political concession.
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