US Airways Dividend Miles - Is a Passport needed to fly from PHL to SJU

United States Citizen.......Is a Passport needed to fly from Philadelphia to San Juan and from San Juan to Philadelphia.

Thanks for your help
Jimbo3

United States Citizen.......Is a Passport needed to fly from Philadelphia to San Juan and from San Juan to Philadelphia.

Thanks for your help
Jimbo3

Um, no! San Juan, is in Puerto Rico which is in the United States of America.

United States Citizen.......Is a Passport needed to fly from Philadelphia to San Juan and from San Juan to Philadelphia.

Thanks for your help
Jimbo3

Only if you'll start needing one to fly to Maryland... :p

Puerto Rico is a US Territory and thus part of the United States - no passport needed for domestic travel.

Thanks !!

I thought you didn't need one, I knew you guys would know for sure.

Jimbo3

No.

The US web site, however, has not been informed of this as of about 2 weeks ago. :rolleyes:

No.

The US web site, however, has not been informed of this as of about 2 weeks ago. :rolleyes:

Gee, I dunno, this sounds fairly clear to me:

All U.S. citizens (including infants and children) now require a valid passport to travel to and from Bermuda, Canada, Mexico, Central and South America, and the Caribbean (excluding Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands).

Gee, I dunno, this sounds fairly clear to me:

All U.S. citizens (including infants and children) now require a valid passport to travel to and from Bermuda, Canada, Mexico, Central and South America, and the Caribbean (excluding Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands).

Thanks for posting this. Its nice to show when some people arent always right as they seem to think they are.

No you don't need one. Although in the USVI it is easier to clear customs with one, and I assume PR is the same (can't remember its been a while since I actually left the SJU airport). If you don't have one make sure you have an unexpired drivers license and you may want to bring a SS card or a birth certificate as backup.

I don't know why the USVI, specifically St. Croix which needs a bit more tourism doesn't advertise the fact that you don't need a passport more. You can get everything you could want out of a Caribbean vacation WITHOUT a passport on St. Croix and yet they don't play up this competitive advantage.

Sean

Thanks for posting this. Its nice to show when some people arent always right as they seem to think they are.

What part of "as of about two weeks ago" did you not understand?

As others stated, not needed for US citizens. The web check in was asking for the info up until about 3 or 4 weeks ago, but that has been resolved (sometimes things do get fixed).

BTW, if you are on 1071/1024, don't count on even being close to on time.
This is my weekly flight, and it was 6 hrs late last Friday, 2 hrs late on Monday. We'll see how today goes...:rolleyes:

... Although in the USVI it is easier to clear customs with one, and I assume PR is the same (can't remember its been a while since I actually left the SJU airport). ...

Sean

No need for customs clearance in Puerto Rico either.

As others stated, not needed for US citizens.

or anyone else who is already in the country. For Puerto Rico, there are no checks for citizenship documents at either end of flights to/from the mainland. same for flights to the USVI from the mainland

It is slightly different upon returning because although the USVI are a US territory, they are maintained in a separate customs zone (the so-called "free port" status). Agriculture and customs must be fully cleared, which at STX and STT happens as in the Canadian airports. Prior to that clearing there is an immigration status-verification step, which is not the full border-entry treatment but is meant to verify that everyone traveling is within the USA legally. Upon landing the crew must hand over the proof-of-clearance documents before anyone may be let off.

It would still be good to carry a passport in case your flight was diverted for some reason to another island.

Gee, I dunno, this sounds fairly clear to me:

All U.S. citizens (including infants and children) now require a valid passport to travel to and from Bermuda, Canada, Mexico, Central and South America, and the Caribbean (excluding Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands).

And when you go to check in on said website, it asks you for a passport number.

I'd suggest you try exploring the entire website next time looking for a soundbite at another member's expense. I have flown to SJU on US no less than 6 times this year and on each occasion since the old sabre-based OLCI went away, it has required a passport number to check in online. You will be happy to know that it will take all sixes for this purpose. And, as the links below illustrate, I'm not alone. In short, I'd suggest the search function before starting out with "Gee, I dunno." Because, in this instance, you really did not know.


Thanks for posting this. Its nice to show when some people arent always right as they seem to think they are.

No, in this case I'm absolutely right.

You can read about an experience with it in this thread. (http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=667160&highlight=passport)

Or this one. (http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=671231&highlight=passport)

Note that several others confirm this behavior. I again suggest use of the search function next time lest you post incorrect or uninformed information or insinuations.

What part of "as of about two weeks ago" did you not understand?

Close. They assumed that because it says it on the public part of the website that the OLCI process does not ask for a passport.

It illustrates the danger of uninformed speculation as well as one of the advantages of Flyertalk--there are usually enough members with actual experience with a process to give accurate accounts.