Current travel situation to Chile
Oct 6, 2022, 10:09 pm
#361
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SAG form was online with LATAM a few weeks ago. The customs folks barely bothered to look at the resulting confirmation.
It was paper on our bus ride over Los Libertadores.
Re: Baggage drop - I didn't look too hard for this, admittedly, but I didn't find anything.
On a similar topic - I was not happy with the official taxi folks at the kiosk in between the customs area and the exit. I wanted to pay for a ride to Las Condes with a credit card, and they insisted that the driver accepted cards and that I was not to pay at the desk, despite everyone online saying this was the procedure. Of course, he only took cash - and I didn't have any pesos on me. So I had to drive around with him to find an open Redbanc ATM to pay him (this took quite some time actually - several locations were closed or only open to clients of that bank).
It was paper on our bus ride over Los Libertadores.
Re: Baggage drop - I didn't look too hard for this, admittedly, but I didn't find anything.
On a similar topic - I was not happy with the official taxi folks at the kiosk in between the customs area and the exit. I wanted to pay for a ride to Las Condes with a credit card, and they insisted that the driver accepted cards and that I was not to pay at the desk, despite everyone online saying this was the procedure. Of course, he only took cash - and I didn't have any pesos on me. So I had to drive around with him to find an open Redbanc ATM to pay him (this took quite some time actually - several locations were closed or only open to clients of that bank).
Oct 6, 2022, 11:38 pm
#362
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Oct 8, 2022, 2:28 am
#364
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Oct 17, 2022, 7:54 pm
#365
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Passed through SCL a few weeks ago on an int'l domestic-domestic connection and, yes, there is a baggage drop off in the international terminal for domestic connections. After going through the customs area, there is a desk to the left; you should pass by it if you take the normal route to exit the terminal. When we went, there appeared to be an automated system where one could scan your domestic boarding pass to self-tag the bag, but it was out of order, so we had to wait a few minutes in the line for the agent on duty at the desk. But overall, very easy process.
Oct 17, 2022, 7:59 pm
#366
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Used Uber to get to/from SCL last week, both times booking just a regular UberX, and interestingly, the first time we were picked up by a taxi (to our surprise, we didn't do anything to specifically request a taxi in the app). I'm guessing that the driver just also had an Uber account, but just illustrates that even when requesting a standard Uber, you may wind up getting a taxi!
Oct 20, 2022, 1:54 pm
#368
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UBER the way to go in Santiago de Chile and I do not care about the "legality"
Just step out of the terninal, sit on a bench and open your UBER app and choose from a clear dropdown menu the pick up location (very clearly described intl/domestic, level and door number) and a friendly Uber "black" driver will bring you downtown for around CLP 30 000.
Oct 21, 2022, 6:17 am
#369
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Trying to figure out if there are ANY meaningful Covid travel restrictions left for Chile. US gov't website says you need a vaccination certificate. Is that even true? If so, is it just any Covid vaccine at any time? There seems to be now be no testing requirements, including random tests, and no domestic travel rules.
Any other Covid rules at all (other than in healthcare settlings)?
Is the country as "back to normal" as the USA?
Any other Covid rules at all (other than in healthcare settlings)?
Is the country as "back to normal" as the USA?
Oct 21, 2022, 11:59 am
#370
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Trying to figure out if there are ANY meaningful Covid travel restrictions left for Chile. US gov't website says you need a vaccination certificate. Is that even true? If so, is it just any Covid vaccine at any time? There seems to be now be no testing requirements, including random tests, and no domestic travel rules.
Any other Covid rules at all (other than in healthcare settlings)?
Is the country as "back to normal" as the USA?
Any other Covid rules at all (other than in healthcare settlings)?
Is the country as "back to normal" as the USA?
Oct 21, 2022, 3:16 pm
#371
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And that there are no other restrictions?
BTW, glad I wasn't thinking of going to Easter Island. Surprised they're still doing all the crazy stuff. Most of the Pacific Islands seem to have stopped. Even Samoa -- which was effectively closed for 2 1/2 years, has dropped almost all entry requirements.
Oct 21, 2022, 4:57 pm
#372
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OK, so can I assume that's interpreted as meaning that if you had the "original" Covid vaccinations in the USA, you don't need a test?
And that there are no other restrictions?
BTW, glad I wasn't thinking of going to Easter Island. Surprised they're still doing all the crazy stuff. Most of the Pacific Islands seem to have stopped. Even Samoa -- which was effectively closed for 2 1/2 years, has dropped almost all entry requirements.
And that there are no other restrictions?
BTW, glad I wasn't thinking of going to Easter Island. Surprised they're still doing all the crazy stuff. Most of the Pacific Islands seem to have stopped. Even Samoa -- which was effectively closed for 2 1/2 years, has dropped almost all entry requirements.
Oct 21, 2022, 6:27 pm
#373
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True enough. I've been to Easter Island. But maintaining wholly ineffective Covid rules on Easter Island based on a belief that they will somehow help is going to do nothing but further impoverish its citizens.
Oct 22, 2022, 12:07 pm
#374
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For those suggesting grabbing an Uber from the airport, how do you have cell service? When I arrived last year I couldn't find a SIM card provider at the airport.
Oct 23, 2022, 4:34 am
#375
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Regards