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Delta Airlines, Southwest Air- up to $100 worth of gifts. DIRECTORY
lines, and United Airlines, and Cash amounts over $10,000
provides links with Tucson, must be declared, but there is Airline Carriers (US
Phoenix, and Albuquerque, no legal limit on the amount of Contact Numbers)
among other desti nations. money that can be brought into Air Canada
Southern Utah has a small the US. Tel (888) 247-2262.
airport offering flights with The major airports ∑ aircanada.com
American offer a good American Airlines
Airlines, range of Tel (800) 433-7300.
Delta services. ∑ aa.com
Airlines, and Southwest Airlines logo Car rental,
United Airlines. shuttle bus, and British Airways
Moab has a small airfield taxi services are plentiful, Tel (800) 247-9297.
(see p145). In the Four Corners, and most terminals offer ∑ britishairways.com
the largest airport is the facilities for the disabled. Boutique Air
Durango-La Plata County Tel (855) 268-8478.
Airport serviced by American ∑ boutiqueair.com
Airlines, and United Airlines. Air Fares Delta Airlines
The nearest airport to Mesa There is an array of fare types Tel (800) 221-1212.
Verde National Park (see and prices available for travel to ∑ delta.com
pp184–5) is the tiny Cortez- and around the Southwest. If Frontier Airlines
Montezuma Airport, served you are traveling from outside Tel (801) 401-9000.
by Boutique Air. the US, research the market ∑ flyfrontier.com
well in advance, as the least
expensive tickets are booked Great Lakes Airlines
early, especially for travel Tel (800) 554-5111.
during busy seasons, which are ∑ flygreatlakes.com
between June and September, JetBlue Airways
and around the Christmas and Tel (800) 538-2583.
Thanks giving holidays. ∑ jetblue.com
Although there are several SkyWest Airlines
websites offering bargains on Tel (435) 634-3000.
last-minute bookings, such as ∑ skywest.com
kayak.com, or lastminute.com, Southwest Airlines
direct flights to the Southwest Tel (800) 435-9792.
are more likely to be booked in ∑ southwest.com
advance through an airline or
travel agent. Agents are a good Spirit Airlines
source of information on the Tel (801) 401-2222.
latest bargains and ticket ∑ spirit.com
restrictions. They may also offer United Airlines
Airport official unloading bags from special deals to those booking Tel (800) 241-6522.
a tourist flight rental cars, accommodations, ∑ united.com
and domestic flights in addition Virgin Atlantic
International Arrivals to their international ticket. Fly- Tel (800) 862-8621.
If you are arriving at one of the drive deals, where the cost of ∑ virgin-atlantic.com
major Southwestern airports, the ticket includes car rental, Volaris
you must present your are generally also a lower- Tel (866) 988-3527.
passport and visa to the priced option. ∑ volaris.com
immigration officials before It is usually less expensive
claiming your baggage. If you to book an APEX (Advanced
are catching a connecting Purchase Excursion) fare, which Baggage Restrictions
flight, you will have to pick up usually must be bought no International and domestic
your baggage at the first point fewer than two-four weeks in passengers are usually allowed
of entry and check it on to your advance. However, these tickets one or two bags each each
final destination. Completed impose such restrictions as a weighing less than 50 lb (23 kg).
customs declaration forms minimum (usually seven days) Some airlines allow one bag free,
are also given to immigration and a maximum (three to six but others charge for all checked
officials on arrival. Adult non- months) length of stay. It can bags. On smaller domestic or
residents are permitted to also be difficult to alter dates of sightseeing flights on light
bring in a limited number of flights after purchase, and you aircraft, only one piece of hand
duty-free goods. These include should consider insuring luggage is accepted. Size
0.2 gallons (1 liter) of alcohol, yourself against any potential restrictions apply on most airlines,
200 cigarettes, 50 cigars, and delays or cancellations. so check before you travel.

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