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Re: One more SXM airport thread
[Re: BSer]
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04/08/2024 03:16 PM
04/08/2024 03:16 PM
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Tuesday soon, or sometime this summer? If it's this summer, I wouldn't bother, for sure. I'm pretty sure it's $75 per person for the expedited service. I personally wouldn't pay it, on principle, I guess.
As far as MPC, it costs nothing. I have seen several people state though that the lines for MPC were much shorter than Global Entry. Seems a no-brainer to me. Costs nothing and it could help.
Carol Hill
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Re: One more SXM airport thread
[Re: BSer]
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04/08/2024 05:50 PM
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IMHO, if you have checked luggage, the VIP service is useless. Some of the "VIP" services have gotten pretty bad reviews of late. I recently arrived on Delta and was out of the airport in about an hour with no special service.
I had Global Entry going home and was through within minutes. People with the FREE MPC were through at the same time. I went through ATL.
J.D.
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Re: One more SXM airport thread
[Re: Kennys]
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04/08/2024 07:27 PM
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Some of our clients that owned their homes here just pay a fee , but you can also use wheel chair service and tip the guy. Lesley, I’m sure you weren’t suggesting people should use wheelchair porterage if they don’t really need it and merely want to get ahead by doing so. And I would hope folks would only do so if they really need the service,
Respectfully,
pat
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Re: One more SXM airport thread
[Re: pat]
#317557
04/08/2024 07:45 PM
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Sadly, it is a service that is being abused.
J.D.
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Re: One more SXM airport thread
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04/08/2024 08:02 PM
04/08/2024 08:02 PM
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Sadly, it is a service that is being abused. For sure. It also slows down boarding.
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Re: One more SXM airport thread
[Re: ruralcarrier]
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04/09/2024 08:12 AM
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I had Global Entry going home and was through within minutes. People with the FREE MPC were through at the same time. I went through ATL.
JD, Did you use the Global Entry app? If so, what are your thoughts?
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Re: One more SXM airport thread
[Re: Jaybird]
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04/09/2024 08:26 AM
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No, I used the regular Global Entry card and breezed through. I have the app and also the MPC but had gotten GE in late Nov. and figured I would go with that since I had paid for it.
People using the MPC app were going through as quickly as I was.
J.D.
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Re: One more SXM airport thread
[Re: ruralcarrier]
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04/09/2024 09:38 AM
04/09/2024 09:38 AM
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No, I used the regular Global Entry card and breezed through. I have the app and also the MPC but had gotten GE in late Nov. and figured I would go with that since I had paid for it.
People using the MPC app were going through as quickly as I was. Ironically MPC is what caused us to get GE. I could never get approved with MPC and we asked an agent why. He looked at his screen for a moment and said I would never get approved with MPC and the only way I could get expedited clearance was with GE. No explanation. I guess someone with my name or a similar name did something bad.
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Re: One more SXM airport thread
[Re: cruzer]
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04/09/2024 09:53 AM
04/09/2024 09:53 AM
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Or, the agent was a, GASP, Aggie!!
Could be. I do carry a burnt orange Longhorn carry on. Hook'em Horns.
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Re: One more SXM airport thread
[Re: RonDon]
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04/09/2024 04:08 PM
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If one has checked luggage, I really think the VIP service would be useless as they only unload one plane at a time for distribution on the loggage carousel.
J.D.
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Re: One more SXM airport thread
[Re: erb923]
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04/09/2024 04:42 PM
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The bags have to be taken off the plane and brought either inside or to the carousel. When I arrived a few weeks ago, you did not enter the baggage claim area until your flight was unloaded. The baggage handlers unload the luggage not the VIP service. No sense being in the baggage claim area if your bags are not there, that is why they are doing it like they are. Well, and to cover for the ineptness of how the reconstruction process has been handled.
J.D.
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