Newark Airport

panthdave says on Jul 2, 2007, 13:59:

Do you have a choice now Kat....????? I already booked my Christmas ticket plus tickets thru August 30th..

Lessoned Learned...

I guess you would go from Newark then to JFK via Avianca or American via MIA or Continental/Copa via MIA or Houston which then gives two stops to Colombia..

Should not be so bad...If you do transfer to JFK for Avianca give some time.

panthdave Miami

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Tinto (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Jul 2, 2007, 14:00:

My opinion: It will be an easy experience if you arrive on Continental and leave on Continental. If you have to change carriers and/or terminals, just follow the signs and make sure you head for the inter-terminal train and not the subway - you don't want to end up in Gotham City by mistake. Strange people live there, people like Morphus and Rubito and Elmo. ;-)



FYI, Newark is a Continental hub and the international area is spacious and new. When you return through Newark, you'll find the immigration and baggage areas far larger and more modern than Miami. There is also a fair amount of shopping and food areas if you find you've got a couple of hours to kill.



I think it's a decent airport, the Continental portion, anyway.

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Tinto (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Jul 2, 2007, 14:05:

To clarify: I don't think the "subway" reaches Newark Intl Airport, I think it's actually the New Jersey Transit light rail system. Regardless, if your flight arrives EWR and departs EWR, you don't want to get on it.

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ingles says on Jul 2, 2007, 14:50:

Kat - do BA fly to Colombia? I thought these flights were stopped a few years back?

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kat1 (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Jul 2, 2007, 15:09:

thanks, panthdave, i was waiting for one of my kids to decided that is why i took so long but lesson learned, my husband is booking the Christmas tickets already.

Tinto, thanks all my flights are with continental, I will arrive to Newark Liberty International and on the way back the same


Ingles, BA stopped but they have a flight to Miami and Miami you change with AA but the luggage automatically go all the way through from London to Bogota, except on the way back. but it doesn't matter cuz on the way back I usually travel light :))))

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panthdave says on Jul 2, 2007, 16:47:

I fly Copa out of MIA via Panama then off to Medellin.. I wish Copa/AeroRepublica/Continental would start having non stop out of MIA to Medellin..that would be nice I like Copa and Continental..

Don't like American or Avianca depart times out of Medellin to MIA way to early and Copa has 5Pm to Panama and then the nightcap to MIA>>>>

Have a safe trip Kat with family..

panthdave Miami

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Tinto (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Jul 2, 2007, 16:53:

A travel tip: I've been flying Continental a lot recently and I think their in-flight movies suck. The good news is that before last trip I found their movie schedule online and could plan my flight better with work, a book or my own movie.



Here's their line up for July:

www.continental.com/web/en-US/content/travel/inflight/entertainment/fi...



If you are flying in 737s, it looks like you'll get to enjoy "The Astronaut Farmer" and "My Dog Skip" ... twice!

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cali373 says on Jul 2, 2007, 23:41:

I flew out of Newark airport last week with no issues but there are no direct flights to Colombia from Newark. However no airline will be fly you from Newark to JFK or La Guardia since these airports are so cloe to each other. It will probably be the miami route. Newark is definitely better since construction ended. I have heard negative stories about Newark but never experience any. I guess bad news travels more. There are no subways or light rails to newark. The airport has a monorail but is not connected to any other rail source.

If you can speak english, you can navigate easily in Newark.

Smile if you are a thinker!

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kat1 (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Jul 3, 2007, 01:13:

tinto I flying from London to Newark in a 777 and from Newark to Bogota in a 737


Cali373 but according the ticket it said just one stop..

London-Newark
newark- Bogota so I don't get it?.....

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Tinto (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Jul 3, 2007, 03:44:

Cali373: Continental flies non-stop from EWR to BOG on 737s. I am sure of it. I have been on the flight several times. Look at the Continental website.



I guess these aren't train cars in the picture and the train station sign doesn't really say "Newark International Airport." I realize the station is a offsite or at the perimeter, but it IS a train station accessed by the monorail (Air-Train).



http://www.panynj.gov/airtrainnewark/index.php

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kat1 (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Jul 3, 2007, 04:45:

do I have to get monorail or subway to change terminal? i don't understand.... remember i already arrived from an international flight... wouldn't be the next flight on the same terminal?

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kat1 (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Jul 3, 2007, 04:47:

on the info flight said I arrive on terminal B at 13:20 and my next flight is on terminal C at 15:20 is that enough time for a custom clear and everything?

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Tinto (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Jul 3, 2007, 04:52:

Here's a little map that shows you the Air-Train (mono rail).



www.panynj.gov/airtrainnewark/around_newark.html#



The airports will be extra busy in the summer but you're coming in around 1:30 and leaving at 3:30 (a slower period of the day). You should be fine with two hours.

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phillyguy says on Jul 3, 2007, 04:59:

I frequently fly from Newark, and it is an easy airport to navigate.

First, Continental DOES fly non-stop to Bogota from Newark. It is about a 5 hour flight and it beats the hell out of changing planes in Miami. If you are going to a city other than Bogota, you can book a flight on Orbitz. You will have to change planes in Bogota and take a connection on either Avianca or Aero Republica, but the rates are the same as if you were taking one airline. I did this several times and the cost was $500 to $540.

Continental also flys some routes that change planes in Houston.

There are 3 terminals. On the 2nd level, at the back of each terminal, you can catch a monarail that conects the 3 terminals. It if free and it runs every couple minutes.

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elmodefoque says on Jul 3, 2007, 05:04:

mira cordoba, never mind all that, you wanna meet at the airport, i'm just 30 minutes from newark, acrross the river.
If Avianca, the oldest airline in south american chose the burro as colombia's national symbol, why can't pbh.
colombians are hard working, honest, noble and loyal people, so are burros.

I'll get there, when I get there!

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elmodefoque says on Jul 3, 2007, 05:12:

Hey Cordoba, don’t be too disappointed when you step outside the airport, it stinks. New Jersey has this very unique smell, like rotten eggs, but I don’t believe is harmful.

I'll get there, when I get there!

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kat1 (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Jul 3, 2007, 05:22:

great....

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kat1 (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Jul 3, 2007, 05:27:

BTW Thanks pathdave hope you have a nice holidays too!!!!!

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Cerealkiller says on Jul 3, 2007, 05:35:

Kat1 If i were to choose between MIA and Newark, Id go for Newark. Ive done both trips but I am bias as I completely despise MIA airport. Newark has shops if youve got some time to kill, you might have to walk a fair bit but it isnt not unpleasant. I think it also breaks down the trip more evenly. In regards to the luggage, they change it to the other carrier, you dont need to check luggage or anything of the sort.

Have a great time in Colombia!!!

Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives -John Stuart Mill

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elmodefoque says on Jul 3, 2007, 05:44:

hey GIB you ever fly "people express" I did, to jacksonville and paid $39 bucks in cash after we took off

I'll get there, when I get there!

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elmodefoque says on Jul 3, 2007, 06:09:

ijijijiiij yeah!!!! they were ugly purple planes and they came down the isle colleting fare. I always wondered, what if you don't pay? do they throw your ass outta the plane, 20 thousand feet up? .
I used to walk in there with my fishing rods, on my way to miami. Used to fly them once a month. them there was the good old days!
fishing and screwing, what a life.
Is not so bad now, drinking and screwing, but now i have to go all the way to colombia for that

I'll get there, when I get there!

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kat1 (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Jul 3, 2007, 06:45:

I remember when i used to live in planeta rica, this little town it used to have an airport believe or not, and me and my brothers used to run to the runway and play :))) nobody told us anything......

the airport was close ages ago and now the nearest one is in Monteria

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kat1 (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Jul 3, 2007, 06:50:

i haven't got colombian passport :(

it expired 8 years ago!

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kat1 (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Jul 3, 2007, 06:51:

never had a problem not even in christmas

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kat1 (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Jul 3, 2007, 06:54:

I wonder if but I ma not sure because they should have a record, i wonder if because in my British passport said "born in Cordoba" many has asked me if is Cordoba Spain and some may assumed it is so they don't say anything, evn in Colombia the emigration officer asked me if I have Colombian passport I said no and he didn't said anything :(

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kat1 (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Jul 3, 2007, 06:55:

it should said born in Colombia but here they put Cordoba instead :(

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kat1 (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Jul 4, 2007, 01:11:

hell, you haven't seen my picture on my new passport!! now on there i do look like a terrorist hehehe and not a pretty one :)

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