Traveling from Simón Bolívar International Airport to Santa Marta Thank you, Avianca Airlines for ruining us… Now that we’ve tasted the sweetness that Business Class offers, we no longer want to book economy! Feel free to keep upgrading us (because we appreciate it!) This is the first time we’ve EVER been upgraded from economy all the way past premium, directly to Business Class! Looking at each other, Erin said, “I wonder what that gets us…” Walking up to the Avianca counter at José María Córdova International Airport with smiles on our faces, we handed the reception our passports telling her, “Nos vamos a Santa Marta…” (We are going to Santa Marta)Īfter a few minutes, she looks up and smiles saying, “Ahora estás en VIP…” (You are now in VIP) Three weeks later we didn’t think twice and booked another flight with Avianca going from Medellín to Santa Marta, Colombia. It was a wonderful experience with a very clean plane and more legroom than your standard jet in the States. By the time it was all said and done, I should have just booked with Avianca.”Īnd another review talked about how this guy was taking a carry-on bag and X airline charged him the same price as if he were going to check it (but he carried it on himself).īoth Erin & I read quite a few reviews and most of them said to “Steer clear of these cheap airlines…”įirst flight we took with Avianca Airlines was from Bogotá to Medellín. I didn’t print my boarding pass and they charged me $15 USD to print it for me. There were reviewers that said a few days ago, “I took X airline and I should have paid for Avianca instead. There’re other airlines that are half or a third the price, but the recent reviews swayed us to pay the premium and here’s why… Read the reviews on multiple review sitesĪvianca Airlines ends up being the most expensive airline to fly within Colombia.Go to Google and search “X Airline Reviews”.Here’s what we did to settle on trying out Avianca Airlines: Getting a FREE Upgrade to Business Class on Avianca Airlinesīefore traveling in South America, neither of us had used Avianca Airlines (or any of the other airlines that fly within Colombia.) So it was a huge risk to use them the first time. We recommend getting your Airbnb host to schedule a driver for you because they probably have a go-to guy who is safe and trusted. Alvaro said they are pretty awesome looking and had seen them many of times.īack to the cab! If you pick up a cab off the street, be sure to agree on a price to the airport BEFORE you get in or load your luggage. Apparently, there’s small tigers that look like Oncilla, which is also known as the northern tiger cat.Īlvaro didn’t know what kind of tiger… He just said, “Son pequeños tigres” (they’re small tigers). You’ll never run out of cool landscapes to see.Īlong the route, you’ll see signs that show a cat crossing. This is about an hour drive with a max speed limit of 60 kph. We started out by securing our trusty driver, Alvaro, to take us from the Poblado area of Medellín to José María Córdova International Airport.

How to go from Medellín to Santa Marta, Colombia

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