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Flying home from A school
How many days in advance do the sailors get to know if their liberty travel is approved? My son will be traveling to his A school in San Antonio and it sounds like he will get Christmas week off OR New Year's week off. I'd like to know what the dates are to reserve flight home. I dont need to know right now but I want to know soon enough that we aren't paying $700 for a ticket. Also, do families buy refundable tickets?
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Permalink Reply by lemonelephant on
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He wouldn't know the dates for Leave for the holiday stand down until October at the earliest.
No, most don't buy refundable tickets for that leave.
Check your My Page. I left some groups for you along with some other info.
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Permalink Reply by Anti M on
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Let the sailor buy his tickets through the travel agency on base, once he learns his dates. They get bulk discounts.
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Permalink Reply by Chipmunk on
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Anti M - haven't gotten so far as to be trying to plan Christmas holiday so thanks for sharing this information here. I will keep it in the back of my mind till we start planning with our sailor.
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Anti M - so now we are trying to plan travel from GC to OKC for the Christmas leave from A school. My son says they have Dec 15th after their classes until Jan 3 that they can take off, depending on their built up leave time. Tonight, he said he has to have his travel plans laid out before he can put in his CHIT. (At least that is his understanding.) He did not know if he had to have his tickets purchased or just a planned itinerary in place, before he turned in his CHIT.
Where at Goose Creek would he go specifically to find the travel agency that you were talking about, where they can get bulk discounts on their airline flights? If you don't know that, then is there a department that handles this?
Thanks, Chipmunk
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He simply has to have a tentative itinerary. Day he is leaving, where he is going, when he is coming back, and mode of travel.
The MWR ITT office handles leisure travel. He can check with them, although some prefer to book tickets themselves online. Can't hurt to look at both.
https://www.dodhousingnetwork.com/navy/nws-charleston/base-director...
Be very careful that tickets are not booked early on the day of departure. They all have to check out at the same time, get their papers, and have their rooms inspected. An afternoon flight is a better choice.
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Anti M - Thanks so much!! This clarifies a lot for us. I will pass this information on to my son and also to some other friends of mine who's sailors are at GC also, and might not see your comments.
I am glad you mentioned the afternoon flight. I would not have thought about that. Since he is flying SC to OK - I have a tendency to think early and he likes to be done early. We only live about 20 min from the airport, so if we have to pick him up on a late arriving flight, that is not an issue, our airport is easy to navigate.
Thanks, Chipmunk
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