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**UPDATE 4/26/2022** Effective with the May 6, 2022 PIR 4 guests will be allowed. Still must be fully vaccinated to attend.
**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.
**UPDATE 7/29/2021** You now must be fully vaccinated in order to attend PIR:
In light of observed changes and impact of the Coronavirus Delta Variant and out of an abundance of caution for our recruits, Sailors, staff, and guests, Recruit Training Command is restricting Pass-in-Review (recruit graduation) to ONLY fully immunized guests (14-days post final COVID vaccination dose).
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**UPDATE 8/25/2022 - MASK MANDATE IS LIFTED. Vaccinations still required.
**UPDATE 11/10/22 PIR - Vaccinations no longer required.
RESUMING LIVE PIR - 8/13/2021
Please note! Changes to this guide happened in October 2017. Tickets are now issued for all guests, and all guests must have a ticket to enter base. A separate parking pass is no longer needed to drive on to base for parking.
Please see changes to attending PIR in the PAGES column. The PAGES are located under the member icons on the right side.
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- Graduation Info
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Looking for Flights to PIR from Florida
Anyone have any suggestions on reasonable air fares to GL? We are flying from Florida, but would like airline suggestions. I looked at Southwest but they are over $400 a piece! Any help would be appreciated. Thank you!
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Permalink Reply by Jenn (Proud AO Mom) on
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Smile - I can't be of much help since I flew Southwest from CA for my son's PIR back in November - but did you check rates into Milwaukee or only into Chicago? I flew into Milwaukee and it was slightly cheaper - plus it was a nice airport and only a 45 or so minute drive from the airport to the Navy Lodge and I didn't have to navigate through Chicago traffic.
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Permalink Reply by mochi1 on
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Hi Smile09, you might try some of the following sites: www.expedia.com, www.priceline.com, www.orbitz.com, www.bookingbuddy.com, www.farecompare.com. I'm sure there are more, but its a start. Good Luck!
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i purchased two roundtrip tickets from Dallas to Chicago for about $500 total from American Airlines.
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is anyone attending the april 6th graduation. And what kind of gifts are you giving to your grad
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sherman here is the link to your PIR group...lots of info and support there http://www.navyformoms.com/group/pir04062012
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Permalink Reply by SUNY mom on
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Check fares at kayak.com, it searches for lowest fares on most airlines and you can set up an alert on airfarewatchdog.com - they'll email you should fares go down on your itinerary. Generally best fares can be found on Tuesdays and Wednesday's (airlines usually run sales). 14 days advance purchase is also recommended. Good luck on your search. God bless!
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Permalink Reply by Smile09 AD/HM Mom on
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OK so I found two round trip tickets for $222 each (on Kayak), however we depart from O'Hare instead of Midway to get this rate - can I return a rental car to a different airport? Thanks gain.
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OK, forget that. It costs more money to do it that way, so back to the drawing board;) It's all good, I'll get this figured out!
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For rental cars, I generally go to carrentals.com. They didn't use to ask for credit card information offhand but now they do. I would reserve with them (check their cancellation policy) and continue searching through hotwire or priceline. As your date of travel draws closer, if the car rental companies have a lot of supply, they generally lower the price on hotwire and priceline (sometimes $9.95 per day + taxes), then go ahead and book from that (as a caveat though, make sure you are still within the cancellation policy window of carrentals.com), so you don't have 2 reservations because they will charge your credit card even if you don't pick up the car from them. Good luck and God bless!
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