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7107   6

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Hi,

My fiancee and I are looking for the best deals for buying a ticket. I read somewhere that if my fiancee will buy a ticket for me from the US will cause problems due to taxes etc.

Any work around?

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Greenbaum   12,259

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Hi,

My fiancee and I are looking for the best deals for buying a ticket. I read somewhere that if my fiancee will buy a ticket for me from the US will cause problems due to taxes etc.

Any work around?

There are no problems whither you buy in PI or USA. Just be sure that the name on the ticket matches perfectly the name on the passport.

Don't buy your ticket until your visa is in your hands!!!!

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7107   6

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It'll be on my hands on Monday as per 2go. For now we're just looking for the best deals in terms of ticket pricing.

Thanks for the tip! :)

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Tintin and Mike   127

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No issue here when I bought the one-way ticket of my then fiance. Yes, book a ticket only when you have the visa on hand and stamp from CFO

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Don't buy your ticket until your visa is in your hands!!!!

Second that. A friend of mine just spent a solo vacation because he bought tickets MONTHS in advance of when he thought the visa was supposed to be issued...

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7107   6

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Don't worry. Will definitely not buy a ticket until I get my VISA. The CFO should be a breeze since I'm the male and we met in the Philippines as classmates in college.

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The rumors that you must buy her ticket in the Philippines with pesos is just that, a rumor. I bought my wife's ticket from New York on Expedia with my credit card with no problems.

Just be prepared for the taxes she pays when she checks in. If she buys in Phil with pesoes, the taxes get built into the ticket. A US bought ticket will not have the taxes prepaid so she must pay them at the airport in pesoes. I solved that by sending my wife $300 in cash by WU in advance. (The total taxes are only about $40, but I wanted her to be able to buy food and other things she needed while in transit.)

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7107, on 10 Jan 2015 - 8:25 PM, said:7107, on 10 Jan 2015 - 8:25 PM, said:

Hi,

My fiancee and I are looking for the best deals for buying a ticket. I read somewhere that if my fiancee will buy a ticket for me from the US will cause problems due to taxes etc.

Any work around?

Travel Fees:

Travel Tax/Exit Fee for all those immigrating: 1,620 Php (currently) Can be paid at the airport if its not included with the purchase of your airline ticket. Counter is staffed 24/7 at NAIA for all terminals.

http://www.tieza.gov.ph/images/TravelTax/TTPrimer.pdf

http://www.tieza.com.ph/

Terminal/Airport Fee: 550 Php (currently)

TIEZA launched on July 23, 2014 the credit and debit card payment system for travel tax NAIA Terminals 2 and 3.

The service is open to VISA credit cards and to locally-issued debit cards (these are your regular ATM cards covered by Megalink and Bancnet.)

Paying your travel tax online: http://www.tieza.com.ph/

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Good thing is with falling oil price, the ticket price could drop.

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Greenbaum Grand Master

Greenbaum   12,259

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DualityOneness, on 11 Jan 2015 - 4:19 PM, said:

Good thing is with falling oil price, the ticket price could drop.

I wouldn't hold my breath. The airlines are making their best profit in 20 years. Fleets are old so new equipment is on order and employees have not had much of a bump in salary. Airlines are finally making money based not on the airfare but on the other fees i.e. baggage and seat selection.

American Airlines: “For our flight attendants, this means the contract ratified just last week will now be improved (subject to APFA approval) by another 4 percentage points in pay, bringing hourly rates 7% higher than the flight attendant pay rates at the other large network airlines (Delta or United),” Lastly, for their non-contract team members below manager level (L4 and below), this increase is in addition to a previously announced 6% increase, bringing their total increase to 10%.

Now you will see "inflation" in this country as other companies are doing the same as it has been warranted for some time now. (Just my opinion)

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AOS March 5, 2014 Submitted AOS with EAD/AP package to Chicago USICS

Delivered March 8, 2014 AOS packaged delivered to USCIS drop box

Accepted March 19, 2014 Text message with receipt numbers

Biometrics April 16, 2014 Biometrics completed

EAD May 23, 2014 Employment Authorization Document approved and went to card production

TD May 23, 2014 Travel Document approved and went for card production

Receipt EAD/AP May 30, 2014 Received combo card EAD/AP

Green Card Approved July 11, 2014 Approved, no interview. Went to card production.

Green Card received July 17, 2014 GC received without interview

Removal of Conditions

Mailed I-751 Dec 16, 2015 Submitted ROC (removal of conditions)

Received Dec 18, 2015 USPS notification of successful delivery

Check Cashed Dec 21, 2015 Check was cashed

NOA-1 Issued Dec 21, 2015 NOA-1 for ROC issued

NOA-1 Issued Dec 26, 2015 NOA-1 Received

Biometrics Appt. Jan 29, 2016 Biometrics Appointment Scheduled [Completed]

 

 
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