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How long before I can fly long haul?

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jenniferLouise
jenniferLouise

Im due for THR late Sept/earlly Oct.  I should like  to go away somewhere warm for Christmas.  Does anyone know the recommended time before you can do a long flight please?

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  • renee01952
    renee01952 jenniferLouise

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    you are welcome .... how do you feel about the Caribbean ? shorter flight to Miami and weather is a bit more stable - 

    I worked for one of the biggest American Tour Operators : customer service aka complaints department, for 8 years and with great pleasure ... well, this is not a travel forum - 

    I am 13 weeks post-op tomorrow - what can I say? It definitely takes longer than I expected - (found out my other hip needs THR as well which is not really helping too much with recovery of this one) - if not for this forum, I don't know what I would have done .... whatever I  (we) am going through, others have/Had the same experiences and so, to me, it is all part of this interesting journey .... 

    take care and enjoy this day - big hug

  • mic71403
    mic71403 jenniferLouise

    Posted

    Hi again,

    Well i worked in the Caribbean for UNICEF for 3 years, and yes tis hot in dec, but cos of Christmas holidays, airlines increase their fares mightily....

    Just a little more info!

    Mic

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    • jenniferLouise
      jenniferLouise mic71403

      Posted

      Hi Mic, thanks for your message.  We had thought of sailing from Soithampton to the Caribbbean but were advised not to.  We took a Christmas/New Year cruise out of Miami and I have two words "Never again". We waited nearly two hours for our luggage and as for the Immigration Officials they need some serious customer relations training in my opinion.  The place was heaving with people. We opted for LA as hopefully it wouldn't be so manic.  Having read all the comments I think this is a non starter.  But thanks to everyone for their thoughts and experiences.
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