When checking in with American Airlines at Puerto Plata Airport in December I asked where to pay the $10.00 departure tax. I was pleasantly surprised when the American employee told me it was no longer necessary, the tax was included in the ticket. Certainly about time.
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A Pleasant Surprise
yeah, the tax was included....
Of course the $ 10 tax would be included when they add a 128 dollars total fees and taxes on every Rt ticket to/from Dom Rep. It is just sickening, having to pay that much. My fare was 300 something plus 128 dollars tax (POP - JFK - POP).
No wonder the tourism is down in DR.
Of course the $ 10 tax would be included when they add a 128 dollars total fees and taxes on every Rt ticket to/from Dom Rep. It is just sickening, having to pay that much. My fare was 300 something plus 128 dollars tax (POP - JFK - POP).
No wonder the tourism is down in DR.
As an airline employee I get to travel for"free". Thats assuming there is an empty seat for me. On my last visit to the DR I had to pay 815 RD$ in taxes to get out of the country. Thats in addition to what I paid for my tourist card to get in. Its gotten to the point where its cheaper for me to go to Florida. I hope the govt comes to their senses before they tax all the tourists out of the country!
It depends when you bought your ticket. Some time in November, the departure tax started being included in the cost of the ticket.
My friend and I travelled together in early December but I bought my ticket way in advance. He bought his in November. His ticket included the departure tax, my did not.
My friend and I travelled together in early December but I bought my ticket way in advance. He bought his in November. His ticket included the departure tax, my did not.
The original posted was about American Airlines. That's who I'm talking about as well. They recently switched to including the departure tax in the ticket. Other airlines may or may not include the tax in the purchase price, so you are correct.
$10 fee
Likewise my reaction when I asked at the gate , they said the $10 was included in the price of the ticket. I purchased my ticket on or about Nov. 30th for my Dec. 16th return trip.
Since they didn't check any records, and no-one on the flight lined up at the counter to pay the $10 fee, I don't see how it could be purchase date, as chances are some passengers paid for their tickets well in advance.....
Thats $10 saved , I could have had 6 more cuba libres!
Likewise my reaction when I asked at the gate , they said the $10 was included in the price of the ticket. I purchased my ticket on or about Nov. 30th for my Dec. 16th return trip.
Since they didn't check any records, and no-one on the flight lined up at the counter to pay the $10 fee, I don't see how it could be purchase date, as chances are some passengers paid for their tickets well in advance.....
Thats $10 saved , I could have had 6 more cuba libres!
Salida Fee
I just got back a couple of days ago and it sounded too good to be true but was true and operates in the interests of my personal convenience. Why bassackwards though? What about the entrada fee?
I just got back a couple of days ago and it sounded too good to be true but was true and operates in the interests of my personal convenience. Why bassackwards though? What about the entrada fee?
Re: $10 fee
When the $10 was NOT included in the prices of the ticket (my case), they took the $10 at the ticket counter, not the gate like before. For those that didn't get charged and bought their tickets in advance, I can only speculate that the agent made a mistake.
RayJ said:Likewise my reaction when I asked at the gate , they said the $10 was included in the price of the ticket. I purchased my ticket on or about Nov. 30th for my Dec. 16th return trip.
Since they didn't check any records, and no-one on the flight lined up at the counter to pay the $10 fee, I don't see how it could be purchase date, as chances are some passengers paid for their tickets well in advance.....
Thats $10 saved , I could have had 6 more cuba libres!
When the $10 was NOT included in the prices of the ticket (my case), they took the $10 at the ticket counter, not the gate like before. For those that didn't get charged and bought their tickets in advance, I can only speculate that the agent made a mistake.
What was really crazy though was when I came back here from last Thanksgiving. They told me I could pay the salida at the ticket window and I pulled ten bucks out. Nope, payment was only accepted in pesos. I said "in pesos, I've always paid in dollars." Ticket agent then says, of all things, that the government has too many American dollars. Yeah, right, DR is the wealthiest country I've ever been in. So the salida came out to about 165 pesos or something like that and I gave the guy two hundreds and he gets indignant because I don't have exact change. Of course, a nation with too many dollars couldn't possibly have 35 pesos in change. And for all these years I've wondered why nobody there ever has change!!
Everytime I have gone up to Toronto and flown on Canada3000 the price of my tickets included both the tourist card and exit fee. The tourist card was given to me at the gate in Toronto. When I fly in with American Airlines, I had to buy the tourist card and pay the exit tax in the departure area. On a side note, one time I was able to buy tickets from Toronto for about the same price as AA charged me from San Juan, PR to Santo Domingo.
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A pleaseant Surprise
Also some Travel Agency will include the 10.00USD tax on your Tickets. Just make sure they won't charge you twice.
But also staring soon u will have to paid more money for the USA gov. for Secutity Aviation.
I hope they will reduce all those taxes out of RD. with 128.00usd u clould go to Costa RIca or Cancun for vacations....
bye
have a nice day.
sam
Also some Travel Agency will include the 10.00USD tax on your Tickets. Just make sure they won't charge you twice.
But also staring soon u will have to paid more money for the USA gov. for Secutity Aviation.
I hope they will reduce all those taxes out of RD. with 128.00usd u clould go to Costa RIca or Cancun for vacations....
bye
have a nice day.
sam