- This is the information about going from
San Jose, Costa RicatoMedellin, Colombiaflight.
- You should probably have exit flight ticket from Colombia. I did not have one and miss my first flight
San Jose Donwtown to San José Mineta International Airport
I guess this was the bus station to airport.address. I can’t see street view there but I remember that it was in front of grocery store. I stayed nearby that place and the staff from hostel told me that I can take that bus which directly goes to airport.
At San José Mineta International Airport
TLDR : Just have dummy ticket or buy ticket and cancel within 24 hours of the purchase. Be careful that some airline will refund in forms of airline credit, not as your credit card statement. Also, the economy or the cheapest option might not give you refund.
Because I checked in online and did’t have checked in baggage at the airline counter, I thought they won’t ask any questions if I have exit ticket. NO NO NO. When they scam my boarding pass, the machine made the small alarm . I went to side and the airline staff asked if I have exist ticket from Colombia. I said no… Now I cannot board until I buy exist ticket. I’ve read some blog that you can buy flight ticket and cancel within 24 hours. Also some airline such as Copa and American ( I assume) book your spot and if you don’t pay it, it will automatically cancel the booking. Because I was flying with Copa, I thought they can tell if i have not pay the booking if I used the method above. I had only around 10 minutes to decide what to do. I wanted to use one of dummy ticket website but their office hour was not active in that time. So I told airline staff to put me in next flight. Then I used dummy ticket website and got actually ticket. I was ready to show that exit ticket when I will be boarding, but airline staff never asked anything at this time. COOL. I got flight anyways. There was another person who stopped during boarding, but she showed some card, which I guess it’s work permit or residency card and was able to board. I don’t quite get why I was only one that scan machine beep. There must be lots of foreigners on that flight. How did they manage it?
Medellin airport to city center
It is quite a big city here. There is a shuttle from the airport that goes to the city center. I dropped off near my hostel, which I still walked about 30 minutes. I felt to safe walk on pedestrian path next to the road during the day time.