Fyorgyn congratulations! You hit the nail on the head totally when you said citizenship & better health care, i'm sure the guy must have just thought Abeg let me free this lady she don talk.

Colouredgirl:

Am in Chicago...stay off south side notorious for shootings,the suburbs isn't fair on transportation,only if you mobile,the north side is your best bet...

Thank you soo much, I will bear that in mind..

Iwanawana:
Greetings everyone. Congratulations to all d recent good news...Visa, POE n successful deliveries. I want to in a special way hail all d DHS keeping it real n coughing out dollars for this economy for MJS. And DWS doing it all from thier pockets, na una be the real MVPs.


Abeg make I troway better hailing before I go back to ghost mode to my correct pips biko. Nef congrats person no even hear 'shikirim' come hear 'gbim' for groundoo. Firsty, LadyG, Mo,Sugah, Nnystc nwa di correct!(always enjoy reading ur posts cracks me up) congrats. Hope una LOS are doing well.

Ngwanu una bye byeoooo.

Lool... *Cracked me up!*

I have an urgent question. For those that used BA, will they accept your fit to fly if it's more than 48hrs? My hospital wants to mess me up.

Okay guys.
I was going to post this on my return, as part of a fancy 'missionary journey' post... once I settled down... But that day when I finally settle down doesn't seem to be near the horizon (been sleeping like someone on drugs!). And I realized that the more I wait, the worse for those who may have benefitted. So here goes:

I was able to reduce my infant ticket from earlier quotes of $469 (one way ticket) and $593 (return ticket with option of claiming back cost of one leg).
My flight was on KLM.

How did I do it?
After all the grammar they were speaking, I got inspiration from above to do the following:
1- search flights originating from your departure airport (in my case LA-Lagos-LA). These flights are cheaper than Lagos-LA-Lagos, and as baby is an American citizen, you are within his rights to do this.
2- Baby's departure date should be the same date you're leaving US.
3- For Baby's return date, search the airline website for the cheapest date you can find no matter how close or far apart the outward and return dates are.
4- once you get a good combination, call the airline and tell them you want to add your baby to your ticket. If they ask for the itinerary, give them the dates you have searched. They should then give you a cost of 10% of that booking cost.
If they tell you no seat, be ready to defend ya case. Baby is a lap infant and doesn't need seat, you just want to take advantage of the good deal you found.
5- if they ask questions be ready to defend your position. In my case they asked how will baby use the return leg? My response was that I will either book my ticket to tally with his return leg when the time comes, or claim a refund on that leg, or allow the ticket to lapse if I'm unable to travel on his return date.
6- If you get a good rate pay IMMEDIATELY! No dulling!

After doing this my final ticket cost for baby was $91.66 and it was a non-refundable ticket but I didn't mind.

So far this worked for me on KLM and for another NL mum (who I shared the info with) traveling on BA.

I want to believe it should work for other airlines too.

So ladies, all the best as you try this. Make sure you come and give your testimony when it works for you oh!!!

Ogz and kizzez!!
Cc: Pokompakam

AdomMum:

Lool... *Cracked me up!*

Hehehe. But na true na.

Hi Shamecurls. Congrats on the birth of your LO. Just a quick question. I guess your visa renewal was through dropbox. Did it go through without being called to the Embassy for an interview. Again was your renewal in Lagos or Abuja? Thanks.

[quote author=shamecurls post=50255556]

DW did in 2015 and got her Zero balance, renewed Visa in 2016 and just had another one last month in Philly...........

Iwanawana:
Greetings everyone. Congratulations to all d recent good news...Visa, POE n successful deliveries. I want to in a special way hail all d DHS keeping it real n coughing out dollars for this economy for MJS. And DWS doing it all from thier pockets, na una be the real MVPs.


Abeg make I troway better hailing before I go back to ghost mode to my correct pips biko. Nef congrats person no even hear 'shikirim' come hear 'gbim' for groundoo. Firsty, LadyG, Mo,Sugah, Nnystc nwa di correct!(always enjoy reading ur posts cracks me up) congrats. Hope una LOS are doing well.

Ngwanu una bye byeoooo.

No b me born o! Na omugwo I come do #proudlyteam2018

Iwanawana:


Hehehe. But na true na.

Taaaaaaa

Its not true jor

TripleKMama:
@damidamsel
Aunty pls answer my PM na. Abeg. Need to clarify some tinz. Tanks

@TripleKMama.....sorry i am just seeing this, i keep responding to your pm requests but keep getting failure delivery. I also responded 3 times to the direct email you sent from nne.....@yahoo.com but from all indications, you seem not to be getting my messages. Maybe you can try asking your question here or try sending me another email. Check your spam though for my responses

Freshface:
Hi everyone, greetings. As a returnee mama who is a victim of accidental discharge, I dey hail. I was one of d 2014 MIHS mamas. So just found out i'll be a March 2017 mama again, with baby number 5! Kikikikikiki that's d Japanese laff I guess. Hmmmmm, na so I dey laff myself since inside this recession but I can't fit shout, d deed has been done, d morula has been swallowed. I was hoping to go back to Phoenix, but I read dat ship had sailed. I av seen LA, Chicago, Houston and the good old El paso is still viable. Dollar is not smiling at all, infact right now I no de do shakara say I no dey go person house o, free accommodation is bae! That not withstanding, if I see cheapo accommodation that comes with my freedom, i'll still consider. Goodnews is that I had already renewed my visa via dropbox for family vacation which has been cancelled by the way, Disneyland ko, Florida ni in this economy! Let it wait first let me secure somebody's future first! I will write letter of change of intent biko. I was not pregnant when I applied na. Abeg any March 2017 mama here? Come let's wear virtual bathroom slippers and look for cheapo package o. The Sabi mamas n papa's, the wizened Justwise I greet y'all specially. This search button is not friendly o. Abeg a little help with how to narrow it down, it searches d whole of nairaland! Thanks plentiful.

Can you PM me need to find out if you have a good offer already as DW is due same period.

Thanks

3 months. Wow. We thank God. Still battling with them o. One box to go.
[quote author=bolof2010 post=50263173][/quote]

It is better u book ur LO ticket earlier and pay the 10% fare or monitor the price. i paid about 22k naira @ $79 with equivalent of 200 naira to a dollar last yr december. later got a refund of 6k after three weeks of arrival. I paid in their lagos office VI.

chloe7:
mums that have used KLM have always quoted such high fares for their LO's, KLM is one of the expensive airlines in terms of adding a baby to ticket, I think what they do is 10% of fare of the date you're travelling and not 10% of the fare you paid, the fare keeps changing hopefully it will come down, what you should do is monitor the date you are returning and once you notice a drop book instantly, also clear cookies so it doesn't keep bringing same thing over and over.

XX01:
I have an urgent question. For those that used BA, will they accept your fit to fly if it's more than 48hrs? My hospital wants to mess me up.

Of course as long as its nt more than a week. Mine was almost 72hrs

Hello sweet NL moms and moms to be. I was wondering if there is a any preggy planning to use Northside. I am in ATL at the moment so we can hook up.

Thx

Fyorgyn:
So my missionary journey don start.

Flew Virgin with stop over in London. I was not asked for fit to fly at all in Lagos, throughout the flight to London and on to LA. Had an overnight layover, passed through UK immigration without problem.

Hi Fyorgyn, Congrats on a good poe experience. Some quick questions. I am also flying to the US via Virgin but do not have a valid UK visa so before I go to apply, do you have a uk entry visa and if yes, transit of normal visit? And passing via immigration in the UK, were you able to go into town or just to move to another terminal.

Thank you as I look forward to your response.

Ulio:


Of course as long as its nt more than a week. Mine was almost 72hrs

Thanks.

Good day All,

Please any May 2017 Mama in the House...hala pls

nefertitiram:


No b me born o! Na omugwo I come do #proudlyteam2018

.

nefertitiram:


No b me born o! Na omugwo I come do #proudlyteam2018

Ok I for say...

But Nef u don waka wella this year. From Paris to Milan to Tokyo to Turkey etc etc. Lol And now Chicago! Sheee na dollar una dey spend for ur side abi na paper? I wan be like u when I grow up.

Cheers

XX01:
I have an urgent question. For those that used BA, will they accept your fit to fly if it's more than 48hrs? My hospital wants to mess me up.

I got my fit to fly. 3days b4 my travel date from my doctor and I flew BA. They accepted it.

Iwanawana:


Ok I for say...

But Nef u don waka wella this year. From Paris to Milan to Tokyo to Turkey etc etc. Lol And now Chicago! Sheee na dollar una dey spend for ur side abi na paper? I wan be like u when I grow up.

Cheers

Frog does not run in the daytime for nothing

It's either something is chasing it, or it is chasing something

ifedee:


Hi Fyorgyn, Congrats on a good poe experience. Some quick questions. I am also flying to the US via Virgin but do not have a valid UK visa so before I go to apply, do you have a uk entry visa and if yes, transit of normal visit? And passing via immigration in the UK, were you able to go into town or just to move to another terminal.

Thank you as I look forward to your response.

Yes, I do have a valid long term UK visa...and yes, I went into town as it was a looooong lay over and Virgin do not provide accommodation and all.

However, I asked the UK border officer as he was stamping me in if he would have let me in without a visa. His answer was yes, he would let me in.

He said that as long as you have a valid US Visa and a ticket showing your onward journey, it is at the discretion of the officer to let you go in without a UK visa. In other words, yes you can go in but it is at the discretion of the officer you meet.

It's also on their website sef

Mine is June 2017

MamaE3:
Good day All,

Please any May 2017 Mama in the House...hala pls

Please has anyone used Etihad recently, need some info like the Abu Dhabi poe etc.thanks

We dey here oh...
#Tankyu for the recognition!

Iwanawana:
Greetings everyone. Congratulations to all d recent good news...Visa, POE n successful deliveries. I want to in a special way hail all d DHS keeping it real n coughing out dollars for this economy for MJS. And DWS doing it all from thier pockets, na una be the real MVPs.


Abeg make I troway better hailing before I go back to ghost mode to my correct pips biko. Nef congrats person no even hear 'shikirim' come hear 'gbim' for groundoo. Firsty, LadyG, Mo,Sugah, Nnystc nwa di correct!(always enjoy reading ur posts cracks me up) congrats. Hope una LOS are doing well.

Ngwanu una bye byeoooo.

Earlybird81, Veleta,

Una dey? I neva hear from una oh! Una dey okay abi?

And the shudrens nko? Kicking and sucking well well i trust!

I just changed my phone so perhaps something has gone "to the left, to the left" inside the Whazzap...

Abeg make una buzz me, lets be sure that the waka is progressing as planned!

Thanks Nnystc for the very valuable info you keep posting. God bless you.

Nefertitiram,
We thank the Lord for frogs that have dollars to chase and be chased...

You never see frog wey no fit...

Make Baba God continue to pick our calls oh!

nefertitiram:


Frog does not run in the daytime for nothing

It's either something is chasing it, or it is chasing something

nefertitiram:


Frog does not run in the daytime for nothing

It's either something is chasing it, or it is chasing something

Heheheh true dat!

Freshface:
Hi everyone, greetings. As a returnee mama who is a victim of accidental discharge, I dey hail. I was one of d 2014 MIHS mamas. So just found out i'll be a March 2017 mama again, with baby number 5! Kikikikikiki that's d Japanese laff I guess. Hmmmmm, na so I dey laff myself since inside this recession but I can't fit shout, d deed has been done, d morula has been swallowed. I was hoping to go back to Phoenix, but I read dat ship had sailed. I av seen LA, Chicago, Houston and the good old El paso is still viable. Dollar is not smiling at all, infact right now I no de do shakara say I no dey go person house o, free accommodation is bae! That not withstanding, if I see cheapo accommodation that comes with my freedom, i'll still consider. Goodnews is that I had already renewed my visa via dropbox for family vacation which has been cancelled by the way, Disneyland ko, Florida ni in this economy! Let it wait first let me secure somebody's future first! I will write letter of change of intent biko. I was not pregnant when I applied na. Abeg any March 2017 mama here? Come let's wear virtual bathroom slippers and look for cheapo package o. The Sabi mamas n papa's, the wizened Justwise I greet y'all specially. This search button is not friendly o. Abeg a little help with how to narrow it down, it searches d whole of nairaland! Thanks plentiful.

I am also march/April 2016 mama pls email me at oby011@gmail.com so dt we can chat more on the quotations we have.

Thanks guys. My hospital refused to issue me a fit to fly as they had a policy. I had to collect it 5 days early so that I would still be within limit. Hope it flies sha.

@ Nnystc, thanks for the heads up. Will they ask for your booking reference before adding the baby?