US Citizens visiting Argentina must pay Entry Fee prior to arrival (eff. 28 Dec 2012)
Jan 12, 2013, 5:58 pm
#77
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The ticket seller has nothing to do with the reciprocity fee. It is not a part of your ticket, nor is it a visa fee. It is an "on your own" fee, paid online.
Jan 12, 2013, 7:18 pm
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Care to expand?I grew up in Argentina and have no foreign accent but I cannot tell you how many times I have had inflated bills, rigged taxi meters, attempts to pass off fake currency when they've overheard me speaking English or Italian...
Don't get me wrong, I love Argentina. As an Italian perhaps I am sensitive to this and I see it happen in Italy (particularly in the south). There's not much difference in my opinion in terms of a total lack of civic mindedness and- despite their apparent charm- seeing you as a deep-pocketed foreigner that should pay more.
Jan 12, 2013, 7:19 pm
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Sure you can. I do this ALL the time with my Italian passport. Put the US one away when you board your flight to Argentina and take it out when you've left.
Jan 12, 2013, 7:22 pm
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Why don't you use your Argentine passport to enter and leave?
You cannot use a DNI to enter Argentina except from a neighboring country.
Jan 12, 2013, 7:42 pm
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His Argentine passport has expired but the simplest thing would indeed be to renew it. As for using your DNI to avoid paying the fee. Reports suggest that it is possible to avoid paying the fee even when travelling on a US passport if you can prove you were born in Argentina.
Jan 12, 2013, 8:13 pm
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Guessing he means it is not used to calculate the actual fare basis (I.E. TLUFXC,) but that is added on with YQ and other B.S. to achieve the final ticket price. But I am also guessing someone with 11,XXX posts already knew that, so maybe there is some sarcasm I am missing in previous pages haha.
Jan 12, 2013, 8:38 pm
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Thank goodness I have a UK passport. That said, reciprocity fees are the dumbest fees ever invented. Either your country has a legitimate interest in restricting the entry of people from certain countries on security or economic grounds or it doesn't. If the former applies, then charge a visa fee and assess the immigration risk of the passenger (and no it can't be done by the airlines as suggested by an earlier poster). If it doesn't, then allow visa-free travel with no ridiculous "reciprocity fees" when the situations are substantially different.
The fact is that, rightly or wrongly, there is a far greater risk of illegal work by a person coming from a poorer country to a richer country than vice versa.
The fact is that, rightly or wrongly, there is a far greater risk of illegal work by a person coming from a poorer country to a richer country than vice versa.
Jan 12, 2013, 8:42 pm
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Guessing he means it is not used to calculate the actual fare basis (I.E. TLUFXC,) but that is added on with YQ and other B.S. to achieve the final ticket price. But I am also guessing someone with 11,XXX posts already knew that, so maybe there is some sarcasm I am missing in previous pages haha.
PS: I can be sarcastic but here I am being humble.
Jan 12, 2013, 9:52 pm
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No I didn't. There are lots of times I am quite dumb (and many of my posts are in PR) The last I traveled to Argentina I was not an American citizen. That I only acquired 4 months ago - I had always left the US as a British citizen before; with a green card. So how do I avoid the YQ charge if traveling from the US to enter Argentina on a UK passport.
PS: I can be sarcastic but here I am being humble.
PS: I can be sarcastic but here I am being humble.
AC has YQ but it's not worth dumping unless you are UA elite.
(see a thread in MR Discussion for more details but even then base fares aren't that great)
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Jan 12, 2013, 10:05 pm
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The bigger problem is returning to the US and not being able to do OLCI with HK passport data.
(Might be better if you have ESTA)
Jan 12, 2013, 10:12 pm
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Thanks. I should have clarified by saying enter and depart Argentina on my UK passport. Clearly I would need my US passport to return to the US (since I have no green card any more.)
Jan 12, 2013, 10:16 pm
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Show UK passport at exit immigration in Argentina and show US passport at US point of entry and/or Global Entry (although putting in UK passport details might mean they might not recognize you as being on the flight; regardless, you cannot be denied entry in the US)
Jan 13, 2013, 10:50 pm
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I have managed to avoid the reciprocity fees for several years with alternate ports of entry as a non-rev, but I will just pay the price now because even the high cost of entry for a family of six cannot deter me from visiting this wonderful country.