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  1. Lucas61

    Can't pay overstay fee in cash now??

    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...
  2. Lucas61

    D.R. Telecoms and the Ins and Outs of "Recarga."

    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...
  3. Lucas61

    D.R. Telecoms and the Ins and Outs of "Recarga."

    @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...
  4. Lucas61

    D.R. Telecoms and the Ins and Outs of "Recarga."

    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...
  5. Lucas61

    D.R. Telecoms and the Ins and Outs of "Recarga."

    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...
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    D.R. Telecoms and the Ins and Outs of "Recarga."

    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...
  7. Lucas61

    U.S. Citizens Residing in the D.R. -- Some Useful SSA Information

    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...
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    D.R. Telecoms and the Ins and Outs of "Recarga."

    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"...
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    D.R. Telecoms and the Ins and Outs of "Recarga."

    LOL! Thanks for saying that it's not me who's crazy! One down and counting . . .
  10. Lucas61

    D.R. Telecoms and the Ins and Outs of "Recarga."

    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...
  11. Lucas61

    Sto. Dom. < PUJ via APTPRA ??

    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?
  12. Lucas61

    Sto. Dom. < PUJ via APTPRA ??

    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...
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    Sto. Dom. < PUJ via APTPRA ??

    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...
  14. Lucas61

    Sto. Dom. < PUJ via APTPRA ??

    @Pikobello : Thanks for these additional suggestions. Great to hear that TUI is real and not a dream! I'm amazed.
  15. Lucas61

    Sto. Dom. < PUJ via APTPRA ??

    Got it. Thank you very much.
  16. Lucas61

    Sto. Dom. < PUJ via APTPRA ??

    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...
  17. Lucas61

    Sto. Dom. < PUJ via APTPRA ??

    I asked you what is Fruisa? I've never been there. A town? A company? And Veron, too. No idea what it is or where.
  18. Lucas61

    Sto. Dom. < PUJ via APTPRA ??

    What is Fruisa? No idea. It seems that you are suggesting that I need to return to an APTPRA local station and that even though I can be dropped off at the PUJ airport, that I cannot return to Sto. Dom. from the airport. Is that correct? $30.00 from where to where?? No way will I pay that. The...
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    Sto. Dom. < PUJ via APTPRA ??

    O.P. @josh2203 <<< Oh, just thought of something else. When I want to return from the PUJ airport to Sto.Dom., is there a place to buy tickets at the airport or is it curbside service and I have to wait for the bus to show up and pay in cash? And, of course, in advance, I would need to know the...
  20. Lucas61

    Sto. Dom. < PUJ via APTPRA ??

    I'm not sure what you mean about the return trip: That the bus does not take you to SDQ on the return or something else? I would assume that when we return to Sto. Dom. that the bus will stop at the same three stations it departed from, no?