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Old 07-11-2017, 08:03 AM   #21
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In the past a return ticket has been about the same price as a one way. Purchase the return as an open date and when back in the states cash the ticket in. I've used this in the past many years ago.


That's what I should have done in retrospect. So much for my attempt to be clever.
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Old 07-11-2017, 08:44 AM   #22
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That's what I should have done in retrospect. So much for my attempt to be clever.
You can still buy a fully refundable one way return ticket. Then, when they are in the Bahamas, cancel it and get the refund. It's expensive in the short run, but you get it all back when you cancel.
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Call ISS-GMT Global Marine Travel. 954-761-9595. That is a travel agency for ship and yacht crew in Fort Lauderdale. You may not qualify as the tonnage of your boat may be too small but they may be able to give you professional advice. They sell one way tickets and fully refundable tickets.
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Old 07-11-2017, 11:06 AM   #24
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Captain Ron never ran into this problem....
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Old 07-11-2017, 11:24 AM   #25
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If all else fails, buy a fully refundable return ticket. Get a refund once they are in Bahamas.
Allow time at the airport to find a supervisor and process paperwork.

On American, I have used cruising permit and supervisor has always signed off. Done it several times.

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Old 07-11-2017, 11:43 AM   #26
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Call ISS-GMT Global Marine Travel. 954-761-9595. That is a travel agency for ship and yacht crew in Fort Lauderdale. You may not qualify as the tonnage of your boat may be too small but they may be able to give you professional advice. They sell one way tickets and fully refundable tickets.
I highly recommend them as well.
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Old 07-11-2017, 12:26 PM   #27
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Global Marine is great.

But in decades of traveling to the Bahamas on one way tickets I've never been denied boarding with the proper documentation.

As others has said, use a copy of the cruising permit and a letter from the owner/captain of the boat.

The people at the airline ticket/check in desk deal with this every day.

Once in a while I've gotten an agent that didn't understand what I was trying to do. When that has happened I've just asked them to talk to another agent or their supervisor and they straightened it out.
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Old 07-11-2017, 03:04 PM   #28
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Global Marine is great.

But in decades of traveling to the Bahamas on one way tickets I've never been denied boarding with the proper documentation.

As others has said, use a copy of the cruising permit and a letter from the owner/captain of the boat.

The people at the airline ticket/check in desk deal with this every day.

Once in a while I've gotten an agent that didn't understand what I was trying to do. When that has happened I've just asked them to talk to another agent or their supervisor and they straightened it out.


My experience as well.
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So what if you were emigrating for work?
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So what if you were emigrating for work?
As a gringo in the Bahamas, you won't be emigrating there for work. You won't get a work permit or if you do the one one ticket is easy. The Bahamians are real sensitive about foreigners working there.
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Emigrants for work have a work permit/visa before they land. Not a tourist visa issued at customs in the receiving country.

While we are at it, another warning, most countries in the Caribbean (and the world) require that your passport be valid for at least three or six months after you land in that country. If your passport is getting near its expiration date renew it before your trip.
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Emigrants for work have a work permit/visa before they land. Not a tourist visa issued at customs in the receiving country.

While we are at it, another warning, most countries in the Caribbean (and the world) require that your passport be valid for at least three or six months after you land in that country. If your passport is getting near its expiration date renew it before your trip.
That's for your protection too. You do not want to be in a foreign country ready to board a plane to return to the US and be denied boarding due to expired passport. I had a business acquaintance who was in Colombia when a secretary was confirming his flights and she was looking at his passport and noticed it was expired. Fortunately, a trip to the US Embassy only delayed him a day.
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So what if you were emigrating for work?
You mean like working on a boat or doing a delivery?
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They have no problem with that as long as your not going to charter while there, you can bring a private boat for your owner to use. They love that.
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You mean like working on a boat or doing a delivery?
Lots of big yachts out there. The crews, owners or clients fly into Staniel, Normans, Marsh, Treasure and return with their vessel.

I would have thought it was SOP for the Bahamians to recognize and handle that.
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Lots of big yachts out there. The crews, owners or clients fly into Staniel, Normans, Marsh, Treasure and return with their vessel.

I would have thought it was SOP for the Bahamians to recognize and handle that.
It is SOP for Bahama, the issue is when leaving the US. Even the regulations aren't at issue, the interpretation and enforcement by different airlines is.

For Capt Bill, I think he meant to move there.
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They have no problem with that as long as your not going to charter while there, you can bring a private boat for your owner to use. They love that.
Yes, I'm fully aware of that . Thanks.

And actually you can charter over there with a charter license.
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For Capt Bill, I think he meant to move there.

Yeah, I asked the question to get clarification as to what exactly form of emigration he was asking about.

Which I still don't have the answer to.
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That post was wasn't meant to be specific to the Bahamas, but if they applied that rule to any international flight.

The post of working crew, owner, client was specific to the Islands.
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That post was wasn't meant to be specific to the Bahamas, but if they applied that rule to any international flight...
I would yes they do apply to most countries. I know that one way tickets or tickets that terminate in Brazil, RSA, New Zealand, Australia and Mexico were probmatic as US citizens. Lena and or I flew to these countries when we're out. We always traveled back with copies of applicable cruising permits, vessel docmention that had both our names on it and in some cases letters from the countries immigrations. The problem wasn't always with the airlines but sometimes with the destinations immigrations. In Brazil, because we were going back to a "ship", they questioned why we didn't have the applicable crew (work) visa. We always checked before we left.
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