Hello All,
I hope you are safe and happy.
I have now encountered the same problem two times and I'm ISO the most efficient and simple solution, if one exists. This post is a followup to another post but more focused, so I am starting a new post.
I am a U.S. citizen living permanently in the D.R. I do not have a legal residency status. Recently, I was in Berlin with a RT ticket, four flights, from BER to SDQ (Las Americas) via two transfer flights in the U.S. In Berlin, in spite of the fact that I had paid for tickets and a legitimate passport, I was refused boarding and refused boarding passes unless: a. I could produce a D.R. residency permit, OR, b. my final travel destination was in the U.S. (it was not). Since I don't have residency status, I was told that I had to buy a ticket to the U.S. The consequences of doing this would be: 1. I would miss all my flights, 2. I'd have to buy a ticket with a U.S. airport code EVEN THOUGH I HAD NO INTENTION OF FLYING THERE, 3. possibly I would lose this $500.00 or so (no refunds on econ. ticket).
So I raised hell, made a big scene, got real loud, drew everyones' attention. The staff person left her desk, conferred with other staff, and retured with my four boarding passes, telling me that when I arrived in the U.S. for my transfer flight, that I was subject to being returned to Germany. When I did return, I had my boarding passes, when to the various gates (two flights in the U.S.) and there were no issues.
This same big blow-up happened to me a couple years ago and will probably happen again.
I have gone to migracion.gob.do and looked at the requirements for temporary and permanent residency. That is a MUCH BIGGER deal than the problem I'm indicating here and way over-kill for a solution.
Soon my wife and I will be flying to Medellin, Colombia. My RT ticket will not include the U.S. as a final destination for the obvious reason that I don't live there. So, here comes, round three, another possible blowup?
I can't think of any solution to this problem except to fight my way out of it on the spot. That's a lot of stress and I'd rather go "legitimate." But if "legitimate" means the terrific hassle of procuring a residency permit to solve this single, occassional problem, that's not a solution for me: "The cure is worse than the disease."
Has anyone found a workarouond for this problem that's better than a temper tantrum? My temper tantrums have been successful thus far but I don't relish this confrontation.
I hope you are safe and happy.
I have now encountered the same problem two times and I'm ISO the most efficient and simple solution, if one exists. This post is a followup to another post but more focused, so I am starting a new post.
I am a U.S. citizen living permanently in the D.R. I do not have a legal residency status. Recently, I was in Berlin with a RT ticket, four flights, from BER to SDQ (Las Americas) via two transfer flights in the U.S. In Berlin, in spite of the fact that I had paid for tickets and a legitimate passport, I was refused boarding and refused boarding passes unless: a. I could produce a D.R. residency permit, OR, b. my final travel destination was in the U.S. (it was not). Since I don't have residency status, I was told that I had to buy a ticket to the U.S. The consequences of doing this would be: 1. I would miss all my flights, 2. I'd have to buy a ticket with a U.S. airport code EVEN THOUGH I HAD NO INTENTION OF FLYING THERE, 3. possibly I would lose this $500.00 or so (no refunds on econ. ticket).
So I raised hell, made a big scene, got real loud, drew everyones' attention. The staff person left her desk, conferred with other staff, and retured with my four boarding passes, telling me that when I arrived in the U.S. for my transfer flight, that I was subject to being returned to Germany. When I did return, I had my boarding passes, when to the various gates (two flights in the U.S.) and there were no issues.
This same big blow-up happened to me a couple years ago and will probably happen again.
I have gone to migracion.gob.do and looked at the requirements for temporary and permanent residency. That is a MUCH BIGGER deal than the problem I'm indicating here and way over-kill for a solution.
Soon my wife and I will be flying to Medellin, Colombia. My RT ticket will not include the U.S. as a final destination for the obvious reason that I don't live there. So, here comes, round three, another possible blowup?
I can't think of any solution to this problem except to fight my way out of it on the spot. That's a lot of stress and I'd rather go "legitimate." But if "legitimate" means the terrific hassle of procuring a residency permit to solve this single, occassional problem, that's not a solution for me: "The cure is worse than the disease."
Has anyone found a workarouond for this problem that's better than a temper tantrum? My temper tantrums have been successful thus far but I don't relish this confrontation.
