Originally Posted by
toohorny
We booked with Tim Air in 2015...here is our experience...
Our flight landed 20 minutes late, we were booked with Tim Air with another couple from another city, our flights were supposed to land within 5 minutes of each other. When we got to Tim Air, they told us our flight has left because we were late (the other couple did complain and pointed out that our plane was only 15 minutes late), they were told that they had to leave now....we still kid them that they stole our plane because we came up with the idea to fly.... We were told that we would have to wait for about an hour for the next flight...we said that was not going to work, and expressed our displeasure, we booked to get to negril faster and for a fun experience. The guy at Tim Air then asked if we would be willing to fly AirTram (I think thats their name), we said yes and they accepted the price we paid for Tim Air.
We met the Air rep, had a luggage guy grab our bags and walk to security, he wanted a tip for 50 feet of luggage transport, once thru security (it was no line and fast) another luggage guy grabbed our bags and brought them to the tarmac, he also wanted a tip, another guy loaded our stuff (and another couples bags) on to the plane (they did ask our weight and our bags weights...if too heavy they said they will bring our bags on a later flight....not really a good option for us, so I lied about weight...The Mrs also lied in the other direction....we have scuba dived on planes in Negril and did not want people diving on our crash site in the future, lol, but the loaders wanted a tip too. Once in Negril, the plane was unloaded and those guys wanted a tip, then the guys that hauled our bags...100 feet...to the shack where you paid wanted a tip. We asked a taxi how much to Hedo and we were told 20, we knew it was across the street so we said no, 5 bucks, he said he could not do it for that and said 10. We said we will walk, he then said 5 was ok...it was less than a 2 minute drive. At Hedo, the driver reminded us that he works on tips. Also, when we landed the pilot also asked for a tip.
We were not thrilled with all the expected tips, yes we gave a couple bucks each time, but it got old.
The flight...they packed us in like sardines, the other lady had a carry on bag on her lap too. But, the flight was enjoyable, we are glad we did it, however it may be a one time thing for us.
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