By alan goldberg (New BonaireTalk Poster - Post #1) on Wednesday, June 23, 2004 - 12:51 pm: |
I can use FF mileage to get to Aruba. How, then, to get to Bonaire?
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By Kelly Jo Lott (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #1311) on Wednesday, June 23, 2004 - 1:12 pm: |
You need to fly Bonaire Excel airlines from Aruba. It is my understanding there is one flight daily to and from Bonaire. I am making this trip next month, so I will have better details after that.
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By Susan Taft (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #384) on Wednesday, June 23, 2004 - 7:33 pm: |
You can access the BonairExel website through www.infobonaire.com and find the flight times and costs. At some time in the (hopefully) near future you will be able to make reservations through Continental airlines. In the meantime you can send BE an email and they will make your reservation which you pay for once in Aruba. You do need to collect your luggage from your first airline and then check in with BE. There have also been several discussions under this thread that will give you some information.
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By Jim Woodward (BonaireTalker - Post #15) on Wednesday, June 23, 2004 - 9:31 pm: |
Ticket purchase is available now Continental sez, if one buys a Continental ticket to begin with. Not available otherwise. I guess it's a codeshare deal.
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By Jim Woodward (BonaireTalker - Post #16) on Wednesday, June 23, 2004 - 9:40 pm: |
http://www.bonairexel.com/?lang=en
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By Kelly Jo Lott (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #1461) on Saturday, July 24, 2004 - 12:36 pm: |
If you are making that connection, you have to HURRY! I missed my flight from Aruba to Bonaire. I was on Delta, and had to claim my baggage go through customs and immigration, go to Bonaire Exel counter for ticketing, then on to the counter where they take your baggage, I missed it by about 5 min., so had to wait four hours for next flight. My advice is hurry hurry hurry and don't be shy about asking if you can get in front of someone if they are staying in Aruba... most people are very friendly about that sort of thing... of course I learned that little too late.....lol... but I made it here so all is well..
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By Sue Goodman (BonaireTalker - Post #53) on Saturday, July 24, 2004 - 3:51 pm: |
With BonaireExcel code sharing with Continental, is there any hope that one day your luggage will go straight through if you come into Aruba on a Continental flight? Also, does anyone know if you can use Continental miles through to Bonaire?
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By Jim Woodward (BonaireTalker - Post #21) on Monday, July 26, 2004 - 8:18 am: |
I was lucky, I guess. No lines, I made it to the 3:30 BE flight to Bonaire from Aruba with 40 minutes to spare. My trip was July 8-19. I too arrived on Delta, about 10-15 minutes late on the 8th.
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By Kelly Jo Lott (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #1483) on Thursday, July 29, 2004 - 9:56 am: |
Jim, there were lines everywhere. Then of course my luggage was one of the last ones out of the chute.. so that added some serious time to it, too.
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By Daniel Senie (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #318) on Thursday, July 29, 2004 - 5:49 pm: |
Using Divi Divi or BonairExel to get to Curacao and use the AA flight to Miami isn't necessarily better. One has to clear immigration and customs and recheck bags there too. It's not a convoluted airport, just a bunch of walking. It would have helped if the cart machines had actually been functioning, but they were broken and so the carts stayed locked up.
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By Kelly Lott (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #1496) on Friday, July 30, 2004 - 8:52 am: |
I spoke with Wally and Eva (to whom I handed over the house-sitting torch) and they flew from Curacao on Divi Divi and loved it, said everything went great for them... so may next time I"ll try that. ???
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