Comments on: Struggle to Escape, part three. http://lorienjohnson.com/2007/02/struggle-to-escape-part-three/ Notes of observation from a liberty-inclined, ocean-crossing, historian-in-the-making. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:43:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Lorien http://lorienjohnson.com/2007/02/struggle-to-escape-part-three/comment-page-1/#comment-29 Lorien Mon, 25 Jun 2007 00:05:55 +0000 http://notes.lorienjohnson.com/2007/02/25/struggle-to-escape-part-three/#comment-29 My father spoke to our Bolivian travel agent earlier this week on the subject. The current limit is approximately 70 pounds per bag for Aerosur. I will double check with him and let you know ASAP. My experience was unique, but not unusual. LAB is no longer active, and therefore Aerosur is much more lax. However, domestic travel is supposedly much easier when it comes to paperwork, luggage, and hassles. Flashing your luggage receipts for the American flight may well help (go figure). Also, our travel agent here in Cochabamba was adamant that if ever presented with a problem at the airport, make as grand as a fuss as you can (until they pull in the police)... it's so common that it's quite expected. We live just on the border of the city of Cochabamba and the much smaller village Tiquipaya. Please feel free to ask any other questions that you might have... if I don't have the answer, I'll find out whom I can ask! Best of wishes for your missions trip. My father spoke to our Bolivian travel agent earlier this week on the subject. The current limit is approximately 70 pounds per bag for Aerosur. I will double check with him and let you know ASAP.

My experience was unique, but not unusual. LAB is no longer active, and therefore Aerosur is much more lax. However, domestic travel is supposedly much easier when it comes to paperwork, luggage, and hassles. Flashing your luggage receipts for the American flight may well help (go figure). Also, our travel agent here in Cochabamba was adamant that if ever presented with a problem at the airport, make as grand as a fuss as you can (until they pull in the police)… it’s so common that it’s quite expected.

We live just on the border of the city of Cochabamba and the much smaller village Tiquipaya. Please feel free to ask any other questions that you might have… if I don’t have the answer, I’ll find out whom I can ask!

Best of wishes for your missions trip.

]]> By: Lake Neuron » In the bag http://lorienjohnson.com/2007/02/struggle-to-escape-part-three/comment-page-1/#comment-30 Lake Neuron » In the bag Sun, 24 Jun 2007 22:08:52 +0000 http://notes.lorienjohnson.com/2007/02/25/struggle-to-escape-part-three/#comment-30 [...] have just stumbled across a blog entry from someone who recently flew to Cochabamba, and I’ve left her a comment hoping to see if [...] [...] have just stumbled across a blog entry from someone who recently flew to Cochabamba, and I’ve left her a comment hoping to see if [...]

]]> By: John I. Carney http://lorienjohnson.com/2007/02/struggle-to-escape-part-three/comment-page-1/#comment-31 John I. Carney Sun, 24 Jun 2007 22:02:22 +0000 http://notes.lorienjohnson.com/2007/02/25/struggle-to-escape-part-three/#comment-31 I don't know when or if you'll see this message -- I am leaving this Thursday, June 28, for a two-week mission trip in a rural area near Cochabamba. We are flying American from Nashville to Miami to La Paz but then Aerosur from La Paz to Cochabamba. I have gotten conflicting reports about how much luggage we're allowed to take on Aerosur. A fragment of the under-construction Aerosur web site seems to say 20kg (44 pounds) of checked baggage, total, per passenger, but the travel agent who booked our trips told my travel companion that as long as we had only two bags we would be fine. Can you shed any light on this? I don’t know when or if you’ll see this message — I am leaving this Thursday, June 28, for a two-week mission trip in a rural area near Cochabamba. We are flying American from Nashville to Miami to La Paz but then Aerosur from La Paz to Cochabamba. I have gotten conflicting reports about how much luggage we’re allowed to take on Aerosur. A fragment of the under-construction Aerosur web site seems to say 20kg (44 pounds) of checked baggage, total, per passenger, but the travel agent who booked our trips told my travel companion that as long as we had only two bags we would be fine. Can you shed any light on this?

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