KICKING INTO HIGH GEAR. WE WANT
TO BRING IN DAVID SLOTNICK
SENIOR AVIATION BUSINESS TRIP
ORDER AT THE
POINTS GUY. HI GOOD
MORNING. SO THAT'S HOW BADLY DO
AMERICANS WANT TO TRAVEL
INTERNATIONALLY.
>> WELL IT SEEMS THAT THEY
REALLY IN TALKING TO SOURCES
THE DIFFERENT THEY SAY THE
TRAVEL SEARCH
DATA IS BASICALLY AT ALL-TIME
PEOPLE REALLY WANT TO GET ON
VACATION, THEY WANT TO GET OUT
OF HERE. I KNOW CELEBRATE BEING
ABLE TO
TRAVEL AGAIN. IT IT'S JUST WHEN
THINGS FULLY REOPEN ONE PEOPLE
START GETTING OUT THERE.
>> FOR INSTANCE IN THE CASE
OFFENSE WILL LET VACCINATED
AMERICANS TRAVEL THERE IF THEY
GET A TEST.
ONCE AMERICANS GET THEIR CAN
THEY EXPECT MORE RESTRICTIONS
TO THEIR DAILY LIFE AND WHAT WE
EXPERIENCE HERE IN THE U.S..
>> ALSO IT'S GOING TO BE
DIFFERENT EVERYWHERE WE GO IN
FRANCE, SPECIFICALLY INDOOR
DINING ACTUALLY HASN'T STARTED
ITS REOPENING ABOUT TODAY IS.
BUT EVEN SO IT'S NOT GOING TO
BE QUITE THE SAME MUSEUMS ARE
STILL REOPENING. LISA'S HAVE
THEIR OWN RESTRICTIONS AND
RULES. THE EIFFEL TOWER FOR
INSTANCE IS AN EVEN REOPENING
UNTIL
JULY 16. SO YOU KNOW YOU CAN GO
TO PARIS RIGHT NOW BUT YOU'RE
NOT GOING TO ABLE TO SEE ALL
THE SAME ATTRACTIONS IN THE
SAME WAY. THE PLUS SIDE I THINK
IS THAT IT GOING TO BE A LOT
LESS CROWDED THAN IT NORMALLY
SO IT'S REALLY AN INTERESTING
TIME TO GET OUT SO IN SOME WAYS
A ONCE IN A LIFETIME
EXPERIENCE.
>> IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU COULD BE
VERY SPOILED BEING THERE.
MORE LONELY RIDE IN
CERTAIN PLACES AND NOW IT IS
COMPLICATED TRAVELING TO THE EU
RIGHT NOW WHAT ARE THE VIRTUAL
COVID-19 CERTIFICATES THAT
THEY'RE GIVING TO TRAVELERS
THERE.
>> SO IT'S A COMPLICATED
I U YOU KNOW THE OVERALL
EUROPEAN UNION HAS DEVELOPED A
COVID-19 VACCINE CERTIFICATE
PHYSICALLY RECEIVED ACCIDENT.
IT'S LIKE THE VACCINE PASSPORTS
WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT.
BUT IT'S UP TO EACH COUNTRY
WHETHER TO ACCEPT THAT WERE
TEENS THEIR OWN SYSTEM.
RIGHT NOW THERE'S A HANDFUL OF
COUNTRIES ACCEPTING IT BUT
THOSE COUNTRIES ARE NOW OPEN.
ON THE OTHER HAND THERE ARE
SOME COUNTRIES THAT ARE OPEN
LIKE FRANCE, AREN'T REALLY
USING THAT PATH SO THEY'RE JUST
USING YOUR VACCINE CARD YOU
KNOW LITTLE ONE THAT YOU GET
THE CDC WHEN YOU. GOING GET
YOUR COVID-19
SHOT SO YOU KNOW IT IT'S STILL
A VERY FRAGMENTED SYSTEM.
EACH MEMBER STATE WITHIN EUROPE
IS REALLY DEVELOPING ITS OWN
SYSTEM.
>> IT SOUNDS QUITE CHAOTIC,
BUT DO WE KNOW IF PEOPLE ARE
FAKING THESE C D C
CARDS NOT ONLY SEE THE SEASON
THE U.S. BUT ALSO IN EUROPE
PEOPLE TAKING THEM BECAUSE THAT
COULD BE A PROBLEM.
>> IT DEFINITELY SOUNDS LIKE IT
COULD BE A WHAT I
HAVE TO IT SEEMS THAT BECAUSE
THIS IS SYSTEM ARE USING ITS
CONSIDERED LOW-RISK ENOUGH.
FOR PLACES TO BE WILLING TO
REOPEN BASED ON THEM.
YOU KNOW IT'S OBVIOUSLY NOT
IDEAL AND I IMAGINE THAT
THEY'RE PREPARED FOR SOME
DEGREE OF FRAUD. A LOT OF
COUNTRIES ARE STILL REQUIRING
NEGATIVE TEST EVEN IF YOU ARE
VACCINATED SO I THINK THAT'S
ONE WAY THAT HOPING TO REALLY
MITIGATE THE RISK FROM THAT.
>> DO YOU SUPPORT A POTENTIAL
SYSTEM WITH A VACCINE PASSPORT.
WELL ALL I CAN TELL YOU IS I
REALLY WANT TO TRAVEL AGAIN AND
WHATEVER THAT IS YEAH
SOMETHING.
YEAH, ABSOLUTELY AND HOW MUCH
TROUBLE ARE WE SEEING INTO THE
CARIBBEAN TO COUNTRIES LIKE
COSTA RICA FOR INSTANCE.
YES, THAT'S ACTUALLY WE'VE SEEN
REALLY RECORD AMOUNTS OF TRAVEL
AND NOT JUST DURING
THE PANDEMIC THIS IS YOU KNOW
WE HAVE MORE FLIGHTS TO CANCUN
I THINK TOO.
OTHER PLACES IN LATIN AMERICA
THAN WE HAD IN TWENTY-NINETEEN
TRAVELS AT ITS ALL-TIME HIGH.
SO IT'S REALLY REMARKABLE BE
PART OF THAT IS ACTIVE PEOPLE
CAN'T. WE'RE WE'RE WORRIED
ABOUT GOING ON SUMMER VACATION
IN EUROPE, SO THEY THOUGHT WHAT
IS A MUCH CLOSER TO HOME.
AND YOU KNOW THEY'RE TRAVELING
TO THE CARIBBEAN INSTEAD
EX-COACH TO DIFFERENT PARTS OF
LATIN AMERICA.
>> YEAH AND A QUESTION IS
THERE. WE HAVE A
LIST OF TRAVEL BANS IN
COUNTRIES WHERE AMERICANS COME
FROM THOSE COUNTRIES THEY CAN
ENTER THE COUNTRY OR NOT
AMERICANS BUT THERE IS A TRAVEL
RESTRICTIONS RIGHT. NOW THAT WE
SEE NEW SURGES IN DIFFERENT
PARTS OF THE WORLD.
DO YOU THINK THAT LIST OF
RESTRICTED COUNTRIES COULD
BECOME LONGER POTENTIALLY.
>> I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE
A DYNAMIC SITUATION CHANGES
PRETTY
IT'S ALWAYS POSSIBLE THAT A
PLACE OPENS AND CLOSES.
ONE ADVANTAGE THAT WE HAVE IS
THAT A LOT OF
THE AIRLINES GOTTEN RID OF
CHANGE. SO YOU CAN CHANGE YOUR
FLIGHT INCLUDING YOUR
DESTINATION WITHOUT ANY KIND OF
PENALTY THE SITE'S THINK MAYBE
A FARE DIFFERENCE IF ONE
EXISTS. SO I THINK THAT'S THE
BEST WAY TO MITIGATE IT YOU
KNOW JUST BOOK MAKE SURE THAT
EVERYTHING THEY'RE DOING IS
CHANGEABLE AND REFUNDABLE AND
THEN YOU KNOW EITHER
MAKE YOUR VACATION LEADER WHEN
THINGS REOPEN IF THERE'S ANY
KIND OF AN ISSUE OR CHOOSE TO
GO SOMEWHERE ELSE THAT'S YOU
KNOW SAY FOR THE MOMENT.
>> AND WHERE DO YOU THINK THE
BEST DEALS ARE FOR
INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS RIGHT
NOW.
>> THERE'S STILL A LOT TO BE
FOUND IN YOU'RE STILL SUMS BE
FOUND TO THE LATIN
AMERICA REGION. REALLY IT'S ALL
AROUND I MEAN WE'RE TRACKING
PLATES AND DEALS ALL THE TIME
AND IT'S JUST YOU KNOW THEY POP
UP AS AIRLINES WANT TO
STIMULATE DEMAND AS THEY WANT.
YOU KNOW GET INTO THE MARKETS.
SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN DIFFICULT
TO SWALLOW I SEE A LOT OF
PEOPLE ARE GOING THERE NOW AND.
I CERTAINLY GETTING MORE
EXPENSIVE BUT I MEAN IT'S WHY