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I don't understand this thread. It's titled "The complete chaos in immigration at Las Americas SDQ airport," but I can hardly find posts on that topic. As mentioned in my post, I'm concerned about the gossip (I say "gossip" because I don't have official confirmation) about the possibility that...

Yikes! I'm leaving on Tuesday from SDQ to MIA. Having left the D.R. probably 50 times over the past 15 years, I'd have to say that a two hour wait sometimes happens. But if it happens because it is now mandtory to pay exit fees by card and the system is down, then that's going to be a mess...

I have a account in SogeBank. A woman there in OKAP was very helpful in helping me set it up. When I had trouble using the ATM, she even came outside and helped me out. Never had issues with this bank. I'm afraid I'll be dead long before I get to use it again, for obvious reasons. One of these...

JD, methinks you have some time on your hands! I remember almost all of these. Head Cheese! Yuck! It has nothing to do with cheese! And Olive Loaf: Olives are the furthest thing from my mind when I think about eating meat! And balogna! What a weird spelling! No one ever pronounces it in this...

I need not tell you that what's sorely lacking from this thread is official confirmation of a new procedure--if it exists. That doesn't mean that word-of-mouth reports should be discounted but it does mean that they need to be confirmed. Accepting a credit but refusing a debit card is a silly...

Thanks for this. Re: Altice offering a way to track my data usage . . . unfortunately, that's irrelevant because, after paying, I cannot connect to the internet and I lose my money. A technician tells me that the Altice app often fails and that I must buy directly. When I complain to Altice, a...

@cavok @malko Claro, LOL! I used Claro for years successfully until I found out they were stealing my money. I'd pay money down on my account to keep in reserve for when I wanted to buy a specific plan. Then I found, multiple times, my money disappearing, either stolen or just lost my...

I've done all this. It didn't work. I lost my money. At least in my case, Altice as an app is broken. Everything is "easy" if it works properly and difficult if it doesn't. It's not me whose overcomplicating things, it's broken stuff that doesn't work as it's supposed to and confusions between...

Thanks for this. It could be that I'm over-complicating things. It doesn't help that stuff is broken. For example, I went to an Altice office and paid RD$ 500 on my account to buy packages from my phone as needed. All the packages I bought did not function and I had no internet and lost my...

O.P. Update: First, some general stuff: Whichever your telecom choice, your option is between a kiosk or the main office. As a general rule, kiosks are pretty much limited to taking money for plans. They generally cannot troubleshoot, cannot provide a SIM card for new customers. For that, you...

Hello All, This post is offered FYI and pertains to U.S. citizens residing in the Dominican Republic who do or may receive SSA benefits. I am giving no advice or expressing opinions; rather, I am giving you some publicly available resources that you may find useful. (1) ssa.gov/pubs Here you...

In response to the "black box" aspect of your reply, yes, it seems bizarre that you can have money in your account but zero functionality when you reach a time limit. For Altice, I also have a plan for my dumbphone. Buying "recarga" of say 50 pesos (I only use this phone for "back-in-the-day"...

LOL! Thanks for saying that it's not me who's crazy! One down and counting . . .

Hello All, (1) The first item is a technical matter. Probably no one here will be able to explain it unless you’ve had the same problem. With an Altice account and SIM card I deposited RD$ 500. Every time I bought a plan, “a paquetico,” from the app on my iPhone, even though the plan purchase...

Thanks for this clarification. Do you know the name of the Hauptbahnhof in Brussels? Eventually, I will take an ICE train to Frankfurt. Is the Dreamliner Airbus or Boeing MAX?

Glad to see another thumbs-up for TUI! Thanks for clarifying the stopover. For me, the tremendous savings and the advantage of a direct light far outweigh this inconvenience, should it happen. At first, I was disappointed that I can not fly to Germany, my destination, but I decided to make the...

When looking at the TUI website, I experienced a well-designed UI as well as complete honesty with respect to what is free and what is not, so that bodes well for the credibility of this company. You mentioned that sometimes there are routing to other airports. That would be a disappointment but...

@Pikobello : Thanks for these additional suggestions. Great to hear that TUI is real and not a dream! I'm amazed.

Got it. Thank you very much.

They are proper nouns. They could be anything. There is nothing about the form of these nouns, unless you had previous knowledge, to indicate that they woudl be geographical places. When someone like me posts about something that s(he) knows little or nothing about it behooves the responder to...