By janet white (BonaireTalker - Post #14) on Monday, June 20, 2005 - 5:16 pm: |
I am booking a package deal to Bonaire end of June or beginning of July through Bonaire Pros they are recommending AJ from Atlanta to Bonaire - Has anyone had a GOOD experience in the last few months??? Should I look for another carrier?? Or give up my trip to Bonaire
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By gregg brewer (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #757) on Monday, June 20, 2005 - 6:44 pm: |
read the posts from the last several weeks re AJ
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By keith sutton (New BonaireTalk Poster - Post #8) on Monday, June 20, 2005 - 6:57 pm: |
Andy at Bonairepros is a reliable guy who has bent over backwards to rebook my flight to Bonaire in October when AJ bailed out. I am now on AA on the way down with BonaireExcel from Aruba and on the way back from Curacao to MBJ on AJ--confusing, but should be allright. He has also been able to get the connections on BonaireExcel for me.
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By DARLENE ELLIS (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #1487) on Tuesday, June 21, 2005 - 10:34 am: |
Being on AJ is a crap shoot right now but if it were AJ or not at all, what do you have to loose??
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By Jared Hollis (New BonaireTalk Poster - Post #2) on Thursday, June 23, 2005 - 10:46 pm: |
If you are flying in and out on a saturday you might have a shot, however I would stay home before I tried AJ.
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By karen gaffner (BonaireTalker - Post #26) on Friday, June 24, 2005 - 8:51 am: |
i would trust andy,he has never let us down.
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By gregg brewer (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #764) on Friday, June 24, 2005 - 12:43 pm: |
you can trust Andy (?) but can you trust AJ? I can't believe any travel agent would be recommending AJ these days...other dive brokers are working hard to transfer their clients from AJ to other carriers
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By Marcus L. Barnes (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #355) on Friday, June 24, 2005 - 1:07 pm: |
There's absolutely no way we would risk using Air Jamaica.
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By Andrew Reppeto (New BonaireTalk Poster - Post #1) on Saturday, June 25, 2005 - 4:29 pm: |
hi folks -- and thanks for the kind words from the ones that have worked with me.
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By Geoffrey (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #160) on Sunday, June 26, 2005 - 8:20 am: |
Susan and I had a great experience with Air Jamaica a few months ago. They were great, on time and with the usual wonderful cabin staff.
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By Carlea B (BonaireTalker - Post #80) on Monday, June 27, 2005 - 10:22 am: |
We just got back from Bonaire and flew AJ.
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By Carlea B (BonaireTalker - Post #81) on Monday, June 27, 2005 - 10:32 am: |
One more thing (sorry, still pretty tired). We used Bonaire Pros and we loved them. Because of them, we got incredible accommodations (Bellafonte), a good dive package and the vehicle we wanted. We used the travel insurance they recommended and that provided peace of mind. When we were delayed going down, Andy offered to contact the hotel to ask them to pick us up later (as the car rental would be closed).
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By Tom Cousino (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #2003) on Monday, June 27, 2005 - 10:51 am: |
Carlea, thanks for both of your post. Sharing both the negative and the positive is important.
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By john strand (New BonaireTalk Poster - Post #4) on Tuesday, June 28, 2005 - 3:39 pm: |
One precaution .. see if you can get a flight on an airline that flies to BON 2 days in a row .. and then schedule for the 1st. We did that with AJ .. as frequently happens AJ messed up the Jamaica connection and put us up overnight. They then (March) had a flight the next day, so not too much damage was done. I think AE does this from Puerto Rico, and Exel probably from Aruba.
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