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St Thomas airport #246580
02/05/2021 08:35 AM
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I have been hearing that AA at St Thomas airport the check in lines have been at least 2 hours to check in and in many cases have been 3 hours. Has this gotten any better? Thinking of fly home from Beef Island airport thru San Juan. Thanks for any info.

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Re: St Thomas airport [Re: Clod] #246601
02/05/2021 10:45 AM
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It is really horrible on weekends - we try to never leave there on a Saturday or Sunday if it can be avoided....


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Re: St Thomas airport [Re: Clod] #246604
02/05/2021 10:57 AM
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Are you departing from St. Thomas or Tortola? If the latter, why hassle with getting over to STT? The ferries aren't running (although you can arrange for a private water taxi). Beef is easy and not crowed. If you are already in St. Thomas, why go through the trouble of getting to the BVI?...the only way to get there is via air.

Re: St Thomas airport [Re: Husker] #246606
02/05/2021 10:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Husker
Are you departing from St. Thomas or Tortola? If the latter, why hassle with getting over to STT? The ferries aren't running (although you can arrange for a private water taxi). Beef is easy and not crowed. If you are already in St. Thomas, why go through the trouble of getting to the BVI?...the only way to get there is via air.

Just an FYI - there is outbound ferry service available. Native Son for sure. Not sure about the other companies.


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Re: St Thomas airport [Re: JasonHelmbrecht] #246609
02/05/2021 11:09 AM
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Didn't realize they started that up, Jason. Do you think they will open the sea ports fully in March still?

Re: St Thomas airport [Re: Husker] #246611
02/05/2021 11:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Husker
Didn't realize they started that up, Jason. Do you think they will open the sea ports fully in March still?

lol. That is the question of the year! I'll haven't heard anything official and my opinion would be purely a guess...


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Re: St Thomas airport [Re: JasonHelmbrecht] #246612
02/05/2021 11:25 AM
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First Dec 8th, then Jan 20 something, then March..... I agree, it's likely they will kick the can down the road again. When you said they had opened up outbound ferries, it sounded more promising for March. Thanks, Jason.

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Re: St Thomas airport [Re: Husker] #246616
02/05/2021 11:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Husker
First Dec 8th, then Jan 20 something, then March..... I agree, it's likely they will kick the can down the road again. When you said they had opened up outbound ferries, it sounded more promising for March. Thanks, Jason.

The outbound ferries are basically cargo runs you see advertised periodically. I see Native Son mostly on Wednesday and Friday. Occasionally a Monday trip too.


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Re: St Thomas airport [Re: Clod] #246623
02/05/2021 12:09 PM
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Can won't be kicked ,March 1st they will open they have spoken with charter industry and given assurances.

Now if I was a betting man...

Re: St Thomas airport [Re: sleepychef] #246633
02/05/2021 01:24 PM
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Originally Posted by sleepychef
March 1st they will open they have spoken with charter industry and given assurances.


Similar to the assurances for Dec. 8 and Jan. 15....

Re: St Thomas airport [Re: Clod] #246637
02/05/2021 01:43 PM
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Here's hoping..as we wait to get vaccinated here now we are also hoping that will loosen the protocols. Is it true the BVI's are only getting 8,000 doses for 30,000 residents?

Re: St Thomas airport [Re: Manpot] #246644
02/05/2021 02:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Manpot
Here's hoping..as we wait to get vaccinated here now we are also hoping that will loosen the protocols. Is it true the BVI's are only getting 8,000 doses for 30,000 residents?

No. 8,000 doses came yesterday but there are more coming that the government purchased and more coming from the UK. Malone said they are planning to have 40,000 available. Not sure who those will go to but seems like plenty. I'd guess the population is down quite a bit now. Lots of expat workers have gone home.


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Re: St Thomas airport [Re: Clod] #246657
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I need to know what people’s experience has been lately with AA and the check in lines. Clod.

Re: St Thomas airport [Re: Clod] #246662
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Originally Posted by Clod
I have been hearing that AA at St Thomas airport the check in lines have been at least 2 hours to check in and in many cases have been 3 hours. Has this gotten any better? Thinking of fly home from Beef Island airport thru San Juan. Thanks for any info.



We flew out of STT in November. No lines. Volume is down.

You are correct though, it can be very bad.

Do you have global entry? The center unmarked line at customs is global entry and never has a line.

Have fun.

Re: St Thomas airport [Re: Clod] #246663
02/05/2021 02:58 PM
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If you use a porter they take you to the front of the line. Worth every penny.


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Re: St Thomas airport [Re: Clod] #246668
02/05/2021 03:21 PM
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Global Entry and TSA Precheck are faster than a porter.

Cheers, RickG


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Re: St Thomas airport [Re: Clod] #246750
02/06/2021 01:55 PM
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Be sure you have your Global Entry card ON YOU if you plan to take advantage of it — after years of NEVER needing to present it with all the international travel I did for work? STT demands it. Go figure.


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Re: St Thomas airport [Re: RickG] #246755
02/06/2021 02:42 PM
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Originally Posted by RickG
Global Entry and TSA Precheck are faster than a porter.

Cheers, RickG


When we were there in November they did not have TSA precheck open. They did have Global Entry open which was a bit confusing about where to go. When we were there you had to wait in line with everyone else but when you got to the front there was a special line for Global Entry. So...you couldn't really skip the line but you could get through quickly once you got to the front.


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Re: St Thomas airport [Re: Clod] #246762
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Clod, we flew AA home from STT a few weeks ago on a Tuesday (Jan 19th) ...zero issues, we were there 2 hours ahead and were totally fine

Re: St Thomas airport [Re: JasonHelmbrecht] #246767
02/06/2021 04:17 PM
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Originally Posted by JasonHelmbrecht
Originally Posted by Manpot
Here's hoping..as we wait to get vaccinated here now we are also hoping that will loosen the protocols. Is it true the BVI's are only getting 8,000 doses for 30,000 residents?

No. 8,000 doses came yesterday but there are more coming that the government purchased and more coming from the UK. Malone said they are planning to have 40,000 available. Not sure who those will go to but seems like plenty. I'd guess the population is down quite a bit now. Lots of expat workers have gone home.


When do they plan to start vaccinating?

Re: St Thomas airport [Re: Clod] #246772
02/06/2021 05:19 PM
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It’s all about not flying on a Saturday or a Sunday.


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Re: St Thomas airport [Re: GeorgeC1] #246775
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George: Platinum News quoted the Minister of Health on feb 5th as saying the vaccinations will start next week on Thursday.


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