No More Free Luggage Carts At SDQ

[jd426]

So wait , I dont get it , sorry if I am slow.
You feel you got out FASTER and Smoother because you PAID for a Cart , or you used a PORTER +a Cart ?
I know you did not mention using a porter ,but you said you passed all the OTHER people who had to have to get their bags Scanned ??

 

[Big]

So wait , I dont get it , sorry if I am slow.
You feel you got out FASTER and Smoother because you PAID for a Cart , or you used a PORTER +a Cart ?
I know you did not mention using a porter ,but you said you passed all the OTHER people who had to have to get their bags Scanned ??

I am curious as well, I always use a porter and they escort me to ground transportation.

 

[johne]

So wait , I dont get it , sorry if I am slow.
You feel you got out FASTER and Smoother because you PAID for a Cart , or you used a PORTER +a Cart ?
I know you did not mention using a porter ,but you said you passed all the OTHER people who had to have to get their bags Scanned ??

Sorry I wasn't clear. No, I did not use a porter. One stood at the pay machine and showed me how it worked. Very nice guy. Didn't ask if I needed a porter which I didn't. I had one checked bag, and 2 carry-on. I pushed the cart myself and walked out myself to the yellow cab stand. Not one single problem.

 

[johne]

At the scanner people were lining up like sheep flowing to the right. I simply walked up to the desk with the agent ...like I wasn't going to scan.

 

[johne]

I am curious as well, I always use a porter and they escort me to ground transportation.

Yes Big I understand. That's what you're comfortable with. I prefer to go as fast as I can and get home to have dinner without delay.

 

[JD Jones]

Sorry I wasn't clear. No, I did not use a porter. One stood at the pay machine and showed me how it worked. Very nice guy. Didn't ask if I needed a porter which I didn't. I had one checked bag, and 2 carry-on. I pushed the cart myself and walked out myself to the yellow cab stand. Not one single problem.

Same here, but I always travel with a carry-on and nothing else.

I walk through that area like I own the place and out the door.

 

[johne]

Don't even look at the scanner machine. Keep your eyes on the man/woman at the desk. Even if they are pointing to the line, walk right up to them give him a BIG "Hola mi amigo" and stay in forward motion.

 

[Sol09]

In my experience, they don't x-ray the bags on flights arriving from the US.

 

[johne]

In my experience, they don't x-ray the bags on flights arriving from the US.

At what airport is your experience?

 

[keepcoming]

Not sure this will work for someone that has for example 2 bags checked plus a carry on.

 

[johne]

Not sure this will work for someone that has for example 2 bags checked plus a carry on.

Well you have nothing to loose. Worst thing he can do is say get on the line. I want to emphasize he did say--Jetblue? --Yes.---Go. Not sure if that is significant.

 

[Fulano2]

Arriving at Brussels airport, with consequently too much rum in the luggage, I always wait untill some Africans have their carts loaded with luggage and cardboard boxes.
I follow them.
They are always due to inspection, and the customs officers jump on them like hyenas.

 

[SantiagoDR]

Once they asked me to open one of my locked bags.
I told them it was a TSA lock, use their TSA key.
He said he did not have a TSA key and asked me to open one of the other bags instead.

 

[william webster]

In my experience, they don't x-ray the bags on flights arriving from the US.

yes they do.....

 

[Sol09]

yes they do.....

Ok, based on my experience when I have arrived at SDQ, at customs they ask what flight you were on. The flight from the US did not require that the bags pass through the x-ray scanner. People on flights from different countries did have to send thier bags through the machine.

Again this was based on MY experiences.

 

[AlterEgo]

yes they do.....

Yep, my husband had his X-rayed.

 

[banzai]

Arriving SDQ Sunday, do I rent a baggage cart or pay a person? In either event, what is the cost. Tks

 

[Gadfly]

Carts and porters are usually for departures. Trudge thru arrivals from the gate, once outside there are porters and carts. Porters you set price. Cart price? I dunno.

 

[MariaRubia]

I think that there is a set price to use a porter at SDQ now. The last time I used one, it was 500 pesos from memory. You went with the porter to a desk just when you passed through the customs check and paid there.