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Airlines, travel agencies & buses
Airlines________________________________________________________________
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Continental Airlines,
Most efficient route from northwest USA i.e. Seattle -> Houston
-> Bogota with only an hour or so in Houston. Rate at
Coninental.com was $10 cheaper than Orbitz and $400 less than
Delta.
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 Delta Airlines, Costly drinks and $2 headphones unless
going international, then all is free.
I
fly Delta most of the time, mostly for air miles. Delta
uses Miami as the departure point to Colombia
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 American Airlines, more $, bigger seats.
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United Airlines, even more $$ but
smaller seats. Check to see if still in
business before booking
ticket.
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Avianca, (Avi-nunca to some) Colombian airline;
first in the Americas. Great for paying twice the price &
waiting twice as long with surprise, overnight trips to
Caracas. Brazil owns it now instead of
the Colombian coffee growers
association so it'll get better. El Tiempo newspaper and
duty-free catalog available after takeoff with immediate
delivery because the items are stored in the back of the plane.
$150 to
change ticket...I know personally. Great food!
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Lan Chile, opposite of AVIANCA. Four-stars.
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Satena, state-run airline for flying within interior of Colombia.
Pilots are Colombian Air Force. Flight attendants are
Colombian hotties. Great service and fares, professional,
well-trained flight crews & they
like Gringos too. See? -->
Travel
agencies___________________________________________________________________
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Orbitz. They've actually made a lot of progress finding
lower fares than the other fare reproducers like Expedia and
Priceline. They
actually found cheaper tickets for me more times than the
airline consolidators and with no annoying traveling gnome.
Priceline sucks. If you want to chance your credit card
for some obscure ticket with an 18-hour layover in Fargo, go
ahead.
Cheapflights.com will
aggregate your travel request to many travel sites.
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Despegar, travel site for those leaving from Colombia.
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CheapTickets, airline consolidator.
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AirSaver, airline consolidator.
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Air Brokers International, sells RTW (Round The
World) tickets which is a series of one-way tickets for
globetrotters.
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Travel Discounters, Great deals to
Bogotá here, airline consolidator.
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Airline consolidator.com,
another good consolidator.
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Flights.com
formerly TISS, airline consolidator.
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Air Travel Center, Another
airline consolidator favorite of mine.
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Airline consolidator,
check here too.
Colombian
bus service______________________________________________________
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