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Re: travel through PR
[Re: MiamiJay]
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04/23/2021 09:11 PM
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If all flights are on one ticket, then an hour should be plenty. In business you can probably do it in less. If separate tickets, then maybe two hours, more on weekends. You will need to collect your baggage, check in again and go back through security.
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Re: travel through PR
[Re: MiamiJay]
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04/23/2021 10:30 PM
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We are flying in on American Airlines to Puerto Rico and flying to Beef Island on one of the smaller carriers such as Seaborn Virgin Islands or others only listed as SAAB, Cessna, etc so those are obviously smaller carriers. Naturally, there is a change of terminal so how much time is needed between arrival into SJU and departure for EIS as we will be checking baggage? If you know the airline they should be able to check your baggage through, you might have to go through TSA again unless they changed the system because AA is at one end of the airport smaller Caribbean flights are at the other which is about a 5 minute walk.
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Re: travel through PR
[Re: ReadyAbout]
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04/26/2021 09:13 AM
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You should have time - make sure you are TSA precheck - the planes have been arriving early.
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Re: travel through PR
[Re: Bo Scott]
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04/27/2021 08:35 AM
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As you travel just remember it's a process - put on your patience attitude and all will be fine.
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Re: travel through PR
[Re: Oceansailor]
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04/27/2021 09:52 AM
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It's been some time since traveling to the states via SJU from BVI. Switched to STT ferries years ago because flight schedules less cumbersome (less stops) and fares cheaper. I am somewhat unsure (in these pandemic times) of the current environment at SJU regarding entry even if transiting through. Is there any enforcement of portal and/or Covid test requirements for entry into US when traveling from BVI? Thanks. Returning to the US, everyone needs a test within 3 days regardless of entry thru USVI or PR. The PR portal is not required by the government if you are in-transit thru the airport but some airlines (InterCaribbean for sure) require the PR portal for check-in. I've heard of others that don't.
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Re: travel through PR
[Re: JasonHelmbrecht]
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04/27/2021 10:02 AM
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It's been some time since traveling to the states via SJU from BVI. Switched to STT ferries years ago because flight schedules less cumbersome (less stops) and fares cheaper. I am somewhat unsure (in these pandemic times) of the current environment at SJU regarding entry even if transiting through. Is there any enforcement of portal and/or Covid test requirements for entry into US when traveling from BVI? Thanks. Returning to the US, everyone needs a test within 3 days regardless of entry thru USVI or PR. The PR portal is not required by the government if you are in-transit thru the airport but some airlines (InterCaribbean for sure) require the PR portal for check-in. I've heard of others that don't. Jason, I thought the 3 day requirement was for flying into the US only. If returning to USVI via ferry, a test within 5 days is sufficient?
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Re: travel through PR
[Re: xrayman67]
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04/27/2021 10:19 AM
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It's been some time since traveling to the states via SJU from BVI. Switched to STT ferries years ago because flight schedules less cumbersome (less stops) and fares cheaper. I am somewhat unsure (in these pandemic times) of the current environment at SJU regarding entry even if transiting through. Is there any enforcement of portal and/or Covid test requirements for entry into US when traveling from BVI? Thanks. Returning to the US, everyone needs a test within 3 days regardless of entry thru USVI or PR. The PR portal is not required by the government if you are in-transit thru the airport but some airlines (InterCaribbean for sure) require the PR portal for check-in. I've heard of others that don't. Jason, I thought the 3 day requirement was for flying into the US only. If returning to USVI via ferry, a test within 5 days is sufficient? If you're staying in the USVI I guess 5 days would work. That's why I said "returning to the US".
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Re: travel through PR
[Re: xrayman67]
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04/27/2021 11:38 AM
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This quote is from the CDC website. "Are US territories considered foreign countries for the purposes of this Order? No, the Order to present a documentation of a negative COVID-19 test or recovery from COVID-19 does not apply to air passengers flying from a US territory to a US state.
US territories include American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands." Has anyone here been required to show a 3 day test when flying from PR or the USVI to the mainland? I will be down at the end of May, traveling via ferry to BVI and back. Just trying to figure at what day we need to be tested for our return. In PR, the gate agent checks for the 3 day test results before boarding.
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Re: travel through PR
[Re: xrayman67]
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04/27/2021 11:42 AM
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This quote is from the CDC website. "Are US territories considered foreign countries for the purposes of this Order? No, the Order to present a documentation of a negative COVID-19 test or recovery from COVID-19 does not apply to air passengers flying from a US territory to a US state.
US territories include American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands." Has anyone here been required to show a 3 day test when flying from PR or the USVI to the mainland? I will be down at the end of May, traveling via ferry to BVI and back. Just trying to figure at what day we need to be tested for our return. I don't think it will matter. The exit test process here asks for your departure date and they tell you what your test date will be.
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