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xCustomx
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 Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 8:13 pm Post subject: Is a ticket with a layover OK on a return flight? |
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My contract with my public school will finish in February and I'm shopping for plane tickets back home. The one-way fare is 1.2 million won on Korean Air. However, I can book a ticket with a 5 day layover in Hawaii for about 670,000 won. I asked my co-teacher and she says it won't be possible because "a lot of teachers commit crimes when they return to their home country. If you commit a crime while in Hawaii, the Korean government is responsible for you." WTF?!
I'm going to call GEPIK later this afternoon and ask about this, but have any of you ever had a layover on your return flight (and your public school still paid for the ticket)? |
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Ramen
Joined: 15 Apr 2008
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| Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 8:40 pm Post subject: Re: Is a ticket with a layover OK on a return flight? |
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| xCustomx wrote: |
"a lot of teachers commit crimes when they return to their home country. If you commit a crime while in Hawaii, the Korean government is responsible for you." WTF?!
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LOL 
Yes, many Korean teachers go overseas and commit sex related crimes. |
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DrugstoreCowgirl
Joined: 08 May 2009
Location: Daegu-where the streets have no name
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| Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 8:42 pm Post subject: |
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| Hahaha! I actually laughed out loud when I read that, where do some of these people get their ideas? |
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xCustomx
Joined: 06 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 8:45 pm Post subject: |
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| DrugstoreCowgirl wrote: |
| Hahaha! I actually laughed out loud when I read that, where do some of these people get their ideas? |
I got rather angry and asked her where she heard that. Besides, if I was in Hawaii, which is part of America, why the hell would the Korean government be responsible for me? If that were the case, and I did commit a crime, I suppose I could just say I was drunk and get off with a light sentence. |
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waynehead
Joined: 18 Apr 2006
Location: Jongno
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| Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 9:27 pm Post subject: |
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| That is one of the most absurd things...well, actually, no it isn't. Par for the course here, I guess. She's just BSing to cover up the real reason she doesn't want you to do that, I'm sure. |
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Whitey Otez
Joined: 31 May 2003
Location: The suburbs of Seoul
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| Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 10:23 pm Post subject: |
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The Korean government is no longer responsible for you once you get your passport stamped at Incheon on your way out.
Good luck on your crime spree! |
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cruisemonkey
Joined: 04 Jul 2005
Location: Hopefully, the same place as my luggage.
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| Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 11:20 pm Post subject: Re: Is a ticket with a layover OK on a return flight? |
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| xCustomx wrote: |
| ...it won't be possible because "a lot of teachers commit crimes when they return to their home country. If you commit a crime while in Hawaii, the Korean government is responsible for you." |
I hope you're a U.S. citizen... then you can tell your co-teacher the Korean government will be responsible for you forever!  |
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xCustomx
Joined: 06 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 11:21 pm Post subject: |
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Just got off the phone with GEPIK and was told that any layover in any city more than 1 day is not allowed. We are required to catch a connecting flight within a few hours  |
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DrugstoreCowgirl
Joined: 08 May 2009
Location: Daegu-where the streets have no name
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| Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 11:26 pm Post subject: |
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| xCustomx wrote: |
| Just got off the phone with GEPIK and was told that any layover in any city more than 1 day is not allowed. We are required to catch a connecting flight within a few hours |
You could always 'miss' your connection. You'd have to pay for a 1-way from Hawaii to your hometown but it probably wouldn't be more than a few hundred dollars. |
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oskinny1
Joined: 10 Nov 2006
Location: Right behind you!
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| Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 12:52 am Post subject: |
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| DrugstoreCowgirl wrote: |
| xCustomx wrote: |
| Just got off the phone with GEPIK and was told that any layover in any city more than 1 day is not allowed. We are required to catch a connecting flight within a few hours |
You could always 'miss' your connection. You'd have to pay for a 1-way from Hawaii to your hometown but it probably wouldn't be more than a few hundred dollars. |
I just hope you didn't check any luggage. |
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DrugstoreCowgirl
Joined: 08 May 2009
Location: Daegu-where the streets have no name
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| Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 10:08 pm Post subject: |
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| oskinny1 wrote: |
| DrugstoreCowgirl wrote: |
| xCustomx wrote: |
| Just got off the phone with GEPIK and was told that any layover in any city more than 1 day is not allowed. We are required to catch a connecting flight within a few hours |
You could always 'miss' your connection. You'd have to pay for a 1-way from Hawaii to your hometown but it probably wouldn't be more than a few hundred dollars. |
I just hope you didn't check any luggage. |
Heh I didn't even think about that. I suppose they could ship most of their stuff home before leaving. I'm planning to do that when I leave so I can travel on the way back. |
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cruisemonkey
Joined: 04 Jul 2005
Location: Hopefully, the same place as my luggage.
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| Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 11:15 pm Post subject: |
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| They'll off-load your luggage if you don't board the plane. |
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ftoz
Joined: 08 Nov 2009
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| Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 12:30 am Post subject: |
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| co-teachers are not well informed sometimes |
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joeyjoejoe
Joined: 24 Sep 2006
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| Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 3:37 am Post subject: |
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| cruisemonkey wrote: |
| They'll off-load your luggage if you don't board the plane. |
or if you ask them to when you check in. |
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