Departure taxes

misterB says on Jul 13, 2005, 20:34:

dollars or pesos the accept both, and i forget how much i was charged. I stayed for 7 days and i think i paid around 40 usd? Something like that. I'd recommend having money before you go to the airport as well. For some reason even though there were 6 atm's in the bogota airport my card didnt work with 5 of them.

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terco panzone says on Jul 13, 2005, 21:07:

tax save the copy of the customs form they give you when you arrive, you will only have to pay half the tax when you depart that way. It was $28.00 US last time I returned.

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mrgizmo says on Jul 13, 2005, 21:09:

I just came back from a 2-week stay and I too have a US passport. My airport taxes were 51 dollars. They'll take either pesos or dollars.

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tomtom33 says on Jul 14, 2005, 04:58:

Terco Are you sure about the half tax?

I hold a resident VISA and have to pay more than when I did not. I believe that you also pay more if you stay more than 60 days.

They also take credit cards.

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kikolina0920 says on Jul 14, 2005, 05:45:

Colombian Passport I am not sure of the amount that you will have to pay, but I can tell you one thing; if your husband was born in Colombia, and you are traveling there, he will absolutely need a Colombian passport!!! Very easy to get....go to the colombian consulate, have him take his original cedula de ciudadania, and two photocopies, 3 recent passport photos, and $98.00. Takes about an hour, but it is necessary.

Good luck!

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juanalejo says on Jul 14, 2005, 06:03:

Taxes 51 if you live in Colombia or you stay over 90 days, and 28 if you are a resident abroad and came for less than 90 days. To get the discount you used to need to get the exception receipt either from the desk inside customs as you arrive or the desk infront of Iberia. I heard now if you seal your customs declaration that is good enough, but have in mind you need to seal a declaration per person.

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michaelz says on Jul 14, 2005, 06:22:

half tax Yes, I am sure about the half tax. In Cali, they used to give you a tax exemption form UPON ENTRY, at a desk just after you pass through the immigration line. If you don't get an exemption form when you arrive, there is an office on the second floor of the airport. Visit it after you get your ticket for your return flight.

In Bogota, there is an exemption desk in the outside of the lobby in the main terminal. Bogota won't give you an exemption form upon entry, and the lines can be humungous in the morning. However, the last time I was there someone told me that the stamp in your passport also serves as your exemption if you were there for less than 20 days. The ticket agent for American asked me for the tax, but when I mentioned that the stamp was my exemption, she backed off.

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terco panzone says on Jul 14, 2005, 07:08:

stamp I didn't know the passport stamp would do, I lost my customs paper last time and left out of Bucaramanga. Had to pay the full $51.00. I'll know better next time I guess.

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helen says on Jul 14, 2005, 07:48:

taxes are horribly expensive for such a dump of an airport

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juanalejo says on Jul 14, 2005, 08:40:

Helen Well you always have the choice not to use the airport if you do not like it.

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helen says on Jul 14, 2005, 08:50:

there is no choice. my comment is totally valid. i travel a lot and never have i paid such a lot of money to leave a country and seen so little invested in its airport. i don't know if the cash is spent on security or what but it's certainly not spent on making the experience nicer for travellers.

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Neonovo says on Jul 14, 2005, 09:14:

$30.00 is what I paid 07/03 in El Dorado I've also used my CC, which I think lowers it somewhat.

Paz
Neonovo

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Mr. Hollywood says on Jul 14, 2005, 09:46:

who said the exit tax was supposed to go to the airport? I'm sure it goes to the central government like all other taxes.

If you think El Dorado is the biggest dump, you really haven't gotten around much.

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helen says on Jul 14, 2005, 09:56:

i've travelled a great deal and repeat that el dorado is extremely expensive compared to most airports. that's all....jeeze

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caslug says on Jul 14, 2005, 10:08:

depend on airlines.. some airline incl the tax in your ticket. IN ALL my trips on American, the tax was incl in the price, hence i didn't have to pay it. I was charge $28-30 USD to COL and $30-40 to Peru.

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Dan says on Jul 14, 2005, 11:17:

Has anyone heard? I remember some time during this past year, I saw plans about the Bogota Airport going through either some conversion or getting a new terminal all together than can handle more flights and be a bit bigger to handle more international flights and I believe grow with the national flights too. I thought I saw something that it was supposed to be worked on in the next few years. It would be interesting to me to see how it would look.

God Bless America!

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Peter Miami says on Jul 14, 2005, 12:09:

American Airlines I alway fly A.A. and I guess the taxes are included there because I do not have to pay either.

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terco panzone says on Jul 14, 2005, 15:26:

I think the taxes are Gobierno, they do not go to the airport.

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juanalejo says on Jul 14, 2005, 15:36:

Crap Talk Crooks aside (before I get all the puritans complaining about it), the tax money from the airport does not go to the central government, it stays in the Aeronautica Civil and it is spent in subsidizing all the small airports in the country which can not subsidize themselves. And with this I am not saying Cartagena I am saying most of the 94 small airports for small comunities around the country. Also it has taken this government to set a special budget to keep up with these airports as El Dorado is now officially up for biding as it will be privatized by the end of the year. The project will cost 2 billion dollars, and it will include a new cargo terminal, a new international terminal ( to be built in two stages) and the remodeling of the existing terminal to handle domestic and puente aereo operations ). Among the several interested groups are Aeroports de Paris, AENA from Spain, Aeropuertos Argentinos and a joint venture between the Bogota Chamber of Commerce and Houston Airports. It will also include a new small runway and several new taxiways. The first stage that includes the first stage of the international airport and the new cargo terminal (to replace the really old on the north side next to Puente Aereo and which will be torn down to give space for the new international terminal) is supposed to be completed by the end of 2009, the whole project by 2020.

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ws244 says on Jul 14, 2005, 20:24:

el dorado Been going through El Dorado for 5 years and am always impressed on how many upgrades they have gone through. Compared to many third world country airports i give them credit where credit is due. The arrival corridors are very clean, and the upstairs departures as well.
The international shopping has many stores and very clean. Their dunkin donuts are great, and they have a really good bookstore. Where else can you get a great "El Corral" hamburger at 7 in the morning. For the complainers one should travel to places like Bombay (mumbai) now that is a dump. Mexico city though much larger, is not as nice as El Dorado. The best thing about Colombia is they are not politically correct and the men are still head of the family.

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terco panzone says on Jul 14, 2005, 20:56:

New flight from houston to Cali, just read about it. Continental.

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tomtom33 says on Jul 15, 2005, 05:42:

Tinto I asked once about the double screening. I was told by a guy, with a straight face, that one was for Colombia and the other one was for the airline. After going through the double screening, I was patted down by another security guy as I left the terminal for the plane.

Can't be too careful. I think they should set up another set of machines just before you get on the plane. Jeez you could pick something up from the bushes on the way to the plane.

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