info & help needed for an unacompanied minor traveling across the country!?
I'm 15 and am traveling from Indianapolis to Chicago and the final destination is Beijing, China by American Airlines. I am also fluent in English so I can communicate with the AA faculty. My sister is 22 and she is picking me up at the Beijing airport and she is fluent in chinese. My parents are not coming with me but they will put me on the unaccompanied minor plan. Also, AA changed my flight time so now i have a layover for like about 10-11 hours at the chicago O'hare airport . Any suggests on what to do there? When I get to Beijing does the faculty from AA still escort me or am I on my own? What DOes my sister need to do when she is picking me up from Beijing airport? I know this is a lot to ask but i am freaking out here!!
China - 3 Answers
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They should escort you to your sister, if they don't then you should ask them to. Tell them you need their assistance.
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1. You can read about American Airlines unaccompanied minor service here: http://www.aa.com/i18n/travelInformation/specialAssistance/childrenTraveling.jsp This is the specific paragraph about your sister meeting you in Beijing: Procedures - Picking Children Up From The Airport "The adult designated to pick up the unaccompanied minor at the destination airport should plan to arrive at the arrival gate 20 minutes before the flight's scheduled arrival time. Because airport concourses are secured to ticketed passengers only, the designated person should allow additional time to obtain the required boarding pass from the airport ticket counter to clear and proceed through the security checkpoint. After verifying identification and forms at the gate, the American Airlines employee will release your child to the designated individual." O'Hare is quite a large airport with lots of shopping and restaurants. I'm not sure if you will be limited in some fashion due to your unaccompanied minor status. You may want to call American Airlines directly to ask them. You can reach their reservations and customer service at (800) 433-7300.
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Your parents need to be doing the preparations for your trip. A valid passport and Chinese visa are needed. Travel alone is permitted for a minor, but an adult must meet you at Customs when you arrive in China. The Chinese authorities will not allow a 15-year-old to enter the country alone.
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Why can't I stop crying? I feel so silly. Make me feel better
Why can't I stop crying? I feel so silly. Make me feel better?
I live with my boyfriend. We've lived together almost a year and we are really really close. We do everything together and I was so excited to have our first Thanksgiving living together. He got a call a couple days ago that his grandpa died unexpectedly and his parents wanted to fly him to Indianapolis (his hometown) for the funeral. They scheduled it for Friday and Saturday this week so he had to leave today. I was kind of upset about them making his flight for the morning of Thanksgiving because I've been his girlfriend for a long time and I felt kind of overlooked by his parents and I felt like they could have easily made it for tonight. We hurried up and got everything ready for Thanksgiving so we could do it the day before and we had an awesome Thanksgiving yesterday. But I'm all alone in Florida today thru Sunday morning. I feel fine with it but after he left at 6am this morning I started crying. I have no one down here. My family lives in Missouri and so do my friends. I'm 19 and for the first time I'm completely alone. We rent a room in a house with a bunch of people and they all kinda creep me out (a few are oldish men) so I'm just hanging out in the bedroom playing video games while my boyfriend texts and calls me every once in awhile. He's been sending me adorable texts all day but every time he texts or calls I cry. I shouldn't feel so alone right? I have an anxiety disorder so maybe that's it. I really don't like being 1,000 miles away from everyone I know. Make me feel better? He left only 10 hours ago and if I'm feeling like this I don't know how I'm going to make it until Sunday morning.
Friends - 2 Answers
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Hang in there. The key to pushing through adversity is managing how you overcome it. It may seem like an eternity but try to get through it one day at a time. If you try and set a routine or agenda to keep you active the less you'll focus on he's away and how much you miss him. It would completely unrealistic to say this would make you forget his absence, but I can assure you by keeping yourself busy it will take your mind off things. I have to say for being 19 you are a very adventurous for living that far away from friends and family by your own free will. The important thing is that despite the distance and family emergency he's tending to he's making an active effort to communicate with you. Remind yourself of this and how much he cares about you. Since I'm a glass-half-full kind of guy think of this experience as a building block to strengthening your guys relationship. Since this probably won't be the first or last time this happens it's good to think how you'll handle and prepare for them when they occur. I'm not sure how much it would make you feel better, but just know that having someone out there no matter the distance, it's temporary and a lot of people don't have what you do. It will only be for a couple days, try and keep yourself busy and think how happy the two of you will be when he returns.
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marry him, dear
I live with my boyfriend. We've lived together almost a year and we are really really close. We do everything together and I was so excited to have our first Thanksgiving living together. He got a call a couple days ago that his grandpa died unexpectedly and his parents wanted to fly him to Indianapolis (his hometown) for the funeral. They scheduled it for Friday and Saturday this week so he had to leave today. I was kind of upset about them making his flight for the morning of Thanksgiving because I've been his girlfriend for a long time and I felt kind of overlooked by his parents and I felt like they could have easily made it for tonight. We hurried up and got everything ready for Thanksgiving so we could do it the day before and we had an awesome Thanksgiving yesterday. But I'm all alone in Florida today thru Sunday morning. I feel fine with it but after he left at 6am this morning I started crying. I have no one down here. My family lives in Missouri and so do my friends. I'm 19 and for the first time I'm completely alone. We rent a room in a house with a bunch of people and they all kinda creep me out (a few are oldish men) so I'm just hanging out in the bedroom playing video games while my boyfriend texts and calls me every once in awhile. He's been sending me adorable texts all day but every time he texts or calls I cry. I shouldn't feel so alone right? I have an anxiety disorder so maybe that's it. I really don't like being 1,000 miles away from everyone I know. Make me feel better? He left only 10 hours ago and if I'm feeling like this I don't know how I'm going to make it until Sunday morning.
Friends - 2 Answers
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1 :
Hang in there. The key to pushing through adversity is managing how you overcome it. It may seem like an eternity but try to get through it one day at a time. If you try and set a routine or agenda to keep you active the less you'll focus on he's away and how much you miss him. It would completely unrealistic to say this would make you forget his absence, but I can assure you by keeping yourself busy it will take your mind off things. I have to say for being 19 you are a very adventurous for living that far away from friends and family by your own free will. The important thing is that despite the distance and family emergency he's tending to he's making an active effort to communicate with you. Remind yourself of this and how much he cares about you. Since I'm a glass-half-full kind of guy think of this experience as a building block to strengthening your guys relationship. Since this probably won't be the first or last time this happens it's good to think how you'll handle and prepare for them when they occur. I'm not sure how much it would make you feel better, but just know that having someone out there no matter the distance, it's temporary and a lot of people don't have what you do. It will only be for a couple days, try and keep yourself busy and think how happy the two of you will be when he returns.
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marry him, dear
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Has anyone had their young baby or child go through surgery and if so how did you cope with your worries
Has anyone had their young baby or child go through surgery and if so how did you cope with your worries?
I had my first baby, a daughter, on 10/14/08. During my pregnancy I was told she was completely healthy and when she was born I was told the same thing. The very next morning, I was woken up to here that she had been moved to the NICU awaiting a flight crew from Riley's Children's Hospital to pick her up and take her away immediately. They told me that she would need surgery within 24 hours. My husband and I were so worried. I discharged myself from the hospital even though I was extremely ill. (I was induced due to severe preclampsia I had over 40 lbs of excess water that built up in a matter of days before I delivered at 37 weeks.) When we arrived in Indianapolis and saw our daughter she was in the NICU at Riley. We talked to a surgeon who told us that they were waiting on surgery and thought that she should be bigger before they operated and that things weren't as bad as they had thought. (She was born 5 lbs, 12 ounces and 18 inches long.) She had a week of testing done before we were able to bring her home. We were told she had an imperforated anus with a rectovaginal fistula. Basically instead of poo coming through an anus it was coming through a fistual located just under her vagina. Now, she's going to be 3 months next Tuesday on the 14th. We have to take her up on Sunday for admission and Monday morning on the 12th they will operate on her bottom to correct the problem. Then she'll be normal if all goes well with just one surgery. The hard part is during her hospital stay which could be a week or more we won't be able to hold her and they will not feed her for 5 days and she'll only get calories through a port they will place in her for IV fluids. :-( IF she were to get infected or show any signs of redness they will do another surgery immediately and place a colostomy bag on her for 6 weeks before closing it up and then she'd be fine and perfectly healthy. I'm just so worried about her surgery. She's still very small. Just about 9 lbs and tiny for her age. I didn't know if any other parents have gone through a similar situation or have success stories of small children being operated on and being just fine. Also, I didn't know how you were able to deal with the emotions you were feeling before surgery and during. Thanks for all the answers in advance!
Newborn & Baby - 7 Answers
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the first thing is to put the issue in perspective: you have a healthy baby and this procedure, as procedures go, is not very high on the scale of things - it could be open-heart or brain surgery. i know it's your baby and you're frightened for her, but she'll be FINE. second, trust your medical team. look at all the testimonials and talk to other parents at the hospital you'll be having it done at. meet the surgical team, tour the recovery ward, and look at all those children bursting back to good health and a normal, happy life and just think: you baby will be one of them in no time! i was operated on for hare lip and cleft palate when i was a baby - and now i have three supremely lovely daughters with nary a cleft in sight!
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I don't have any kids but...just remember that those doctors know what they're doing, and that the surgery is the best thing for her. My youngest brother had to get heart surgery a month ago. He's 10, so he's much older than your daugher...but I was still really worried because it was his heart they were operating on of all things. I couldn't help but think that one tiny wrong move would be disaster. I had to remind myself though that the doctors knew what they were doing, that is what they did for a living, and that we were also at one of the best children's hospitals in the country....if anybody could do that stuff right it was those guys! I'm glad to say everything went perfect. I'm sure your daughter will be fine :) Good luck to you guys
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First off I must say, if you believe in this kind of thing - which I do - praying is very important. God will be there no matter what our feelings are. I have a 2 month old boy and could not imagine what my feelings would be. I can only guess. Our 5 year old has had one surgery and about to have another one on his "down there" part due to a tick bite that got WAY outta hand. The infection has come back and therefore we are in for another surgery. We can only hope and pray that they get it all out this time. This has been going on since the tick bite which was in September of 2007. I know my feelings for him, because he did have to be put completely under, were horrifying. I was so scared because he has a history of seizures and he has asthma. The doctors and nurses were wonderful though. They knew exactly what they were doing and he came back to us with no complications what so ever. Of course, I know I will feel the same way with his second one. Even though I know what they are doing, I will still be nervous as everything. They are our children and I worry if we didn't feel so strongly about it. Just have faith and trust in God and the doctors and nurses. I'm not sure if there is anything specific to do about the feelings, just breath slowly. I keep to myself and get very quiet when I'm nervous. This helps me personally. My husband is there for me as I am for him too. Good luck and I will keep you all in my personal prayers.
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lm so sorry for family, my son had surgery when he was 2 years of age and it was nothing like what your child is going through. I wish I had some magic words for you,I remember asking the Lord to be with him, I knew he would be okay and he was. I will pray for you, and your family.
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I was born with a spinal deformity, and have had 12 surgeries to date, the first when I was 10 weeks old (I'm 18 years old now). And I'm perfectly fine...I still have a messed up spine, and it will be forever, but I survived all those surgeries, many at a young age, and each with a week or more in the hospital after. I've asked my mom how she coped with me having surgery that young before, and she said you've got to have faith in the doctors and focus on the positive, rather than the negative. This operation is a necessity and will make the quality of life in the future so much better for your daughter. Think about the good that you are doing for her and don't harp on the possibilties of what could happen, remember that they are small chances. Best of luck to your family.
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You know what i dont think there is a way to cope with this kind of issue. Yours is a little different but in the same time is same. When i was pregnant, everything was fine according to the docs and team, but around 20hrs after birth ( and birth was normal except for them putting a mask on my mouth to help brethe and some anesthesia) they rushed into the room and stated that they need to take him. I was currently beastfeeding one the first side and didnt even let me empty the other one saying that it was an emergency that they rush him in the ICU. very painful to hear. i felt like i failed in mother hood because i couldnt even have a normal baby. anyway i finally got over this after months with family and friends help. It started by just being a heart murmur to tatrology of fallot. He had surgery at 6 months old and i could not handle that. Open heart surgery for my baby. No way. i cant allow it. but be honest with the doc and team and tell them what you are worried about and any little concern because you will get an answer. they called it a minor procedure but to me it was huge. i was never going to bring my son but for some reason i felt good in my heart about this and we ( my husband and family) prayed. I fainted when i seen my son after. he was still on all the drugs and when he opened his eyes he didnt recognize us. it was really sad. he was sort of hypertensive for a few weeks and was on high blood pressure medication. now my son is going to be 11 months on the 29th and is starting to walk. so have faith and be honest with the medical team. tell them everything on your mind and tell them to be honest. it will help you. all info that you can get will help. ask them to tell you the procedure. anyway best of luck. I never hope surgery on anyone or anyones children even if it would be my enemy. its very painful and if you have not gone through it you will not know. hope this helps and God Bless you guys and the little one.
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I am a new mom of a 3 1/2 month old baby boy who just had to have double hernia surgery a month ago (so at 2 1/2 months old). The hernia on the right side of his groin popped in and out so the pediatric urologist we saw was very concerned about his bowels popping out with it and causing a bowel obstuction (which would require a more serious surgery) so he wanted to do surgery a week and a half after seeing my son! It's not a super serious surgery but as a new mom I was absolutely terrified of the thought of my tiny new baby going under the knife and not to mention anesthesia for such a young baby! So I was a nervous wreck for that whole week and a half let me tell ya! On the day of surgery when I had to hand over my poor little guy I lost it completely :( But they did the surgery and it went way quicker than I thought and everything is just fine now! They reassured me that babies heal SO fast and there are newborn babies that have to get heart surgery when they are a day old that make it out just fine so that helped me alot. We also went to church the day before and had the minister say a special prayer for him and that helped ease my mind too. You'll get through it and your baby will be just fine....it will be over before you know it--I promise :) Good luck!
I had my first baby, a daughter, on 10/14/08. During my pregnancy I was told she was completely healthy and when she was born I was told the same thing. The very next morning, I was woken up to here that she had been moved to the NICU awaiting a flight crew from Riley's Children's Hospital to pick her up and take her away immediately. They told me that she would need surgery within 24 hours. My husband and I were so worried. I discharged myself from the hospital even though I was extremely ill. (I was induced due to severe preclampsia I had over 40 lbs of excess water that built up in a matter of days before I delivered at 37 weeks.) When we arrived in Indianapolis and saw our daughter she was in the NICU at Riley. We talked to a surgeon who told us that they were waiting on surgery and thought that she should be bigger before they operated and that things weren't as bad as they had thought. (She was born 5 lbs, 12 ounces and 18 inches long.) She had a week of testing done before we were able to bring her home. We were told she had an imperforated anus with a rectovaginal fistula. Basically instead of poo coming through an anus it was coming through a fistual located just under her vagina. Now, she's going to be 3 months next Tuesday on the 14th. We have to take her up on Sunday for admission and Monday morning on the 12th they will operate on her bottom to correct the problem. Then she'll be normal if all goes well with just one surgery. The hard part is during her hospital stay which could be a week or more we won't be able to hold her and they will not feed her for 5 days and she'll only get calories through a port they will place in her for IV fluids. :-( IF she were to get infected or show any signs of redness they will do another surgery immediately and place a colostomy bag on her for 6 weeks before closing it up and then she'd be fine and perfectly healthy. I'm just so worried about her surgery. She's still very small. Just about 9 lbs and tiny for her age. I didn't know if any other parents have gone through a similar situation or have success stories of small children being operated on and being just fine. Also, I didn't know how you were able to deal with the emotions you were feeling before surgery and during. Thanks for all the answers in advance!
Newborn & Baby - 7 Answers
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1 :
the first thing is to put the issue in perspective: you have a healthy baby and this procedure, as procedures go, is not very high on the scale of things - it could be open-heart or brain surgery. i know it's your baby and you're frightened for her, but she'll be FINE. second, trust your medical team. look at all the testimonials and talk to other parents at the hospital you'll be having it done at. meet the surgical team, tour the recovery ward, and look at all those children bursting back to good health and a normal, happy life and just think: you baby will be one of them in no time! i was operated on for hare lip and cleft palate when i was a baby - and now i have three supremely lovely daughters with nary a cleft in sight!
2 :
I don't have any kids but...just remember that those doctors know what they're doing, and that the surgery is the best thing for her. My youngest brother had to get heart surgery a month ago. He's 10, so he's much older than your daugher...but I was still really worried because it was his heart they were operating on of all things. I couldn't help but think that one tiny wrong move would be disaster. I had to remind myself though that the doctors knew what they were doing, that is what they did for a living, and that we were also at one of the best children's hospitals in the country....if anybody could do that stuff right it was those guys! I'm glad to say everything went perfect. I'm sure your daughter will be fine :) Good luck to you guys
3 :
First off I must say, if you believe in this kind of thing - which I do - praying is very important. God will be there no matter what our feelings are. I have a 2 month old boy and could not imagine what my feelings would be. I can only guess. Our 5 year old has had one surgery and about to have another one on his "down there" part due to a tick bite that got WAY outta hand. The infection has come back and therefore we are in for another surgery. We can only hope and pray that they get it all out this time. This has been going on since the tick bite which was in September of 2007. I know my feelings for him, because he did have to be put completely under, were horrifying. I was so scared because he has a history of seizures and he has asthma. The doctors and nurses were wonderful though. They knew exactly what they were doing and he came back to us with no complications what so ever. Of course, I know I will feel the same way with his second one. Even though I know what they are doing, I will still be nervous as everything. They are our children and I worry if we didn't feel so strongly about it. Just have faith and trust in God and the doctors and nurses. I'm not sure if there is anything specific to do about the feelings, just breath slowly. I keep to myself and get very quiet when I'm nervous. This helps me personally. My husband is there for me as I am for him too. Good luck and I will keep you all in my personal prayers.
4 :
lm so sorry for family, my son had surgery when he was 2 years of age and it was nothing like what your child is going through. I wish I had some magic words for you,I remember asking the Lord to be with him, I knew he would be okay and he was. I will pray for you, and your family.
5 :
I was born with a spinal deformity, and have had 12 surgeries to date, the first when I was 10 weeks old (I'm 18 years old now). And I'm perfectly fine...I still have a messed up spine, and it will be forever, but I survived all those surgeries, many at a young age, and each with a week or more in the hospital after. I've asked my mom how she coped with me having surgery that young before, and she said you've got to have faith in the doctors and focus on the positive, rather than the negative. This operation is a necessity and will make the quality of life in the future so much better for your daughter. Think about the good that you are doing for her and don't harp on the possibilties of what could happen, remember that they are small chances. Best of luck to your family.
6 :
You know what i dont think there is a way to cope with this kind of issue. Yours is a little different but in the same time is same. When i was pregnant, everything was fine according to the docs and team, but around 20hrs after birth ( and birth was normal except for them putting a mask on my mouth to help brethe and some anesthesia) they rushed into the room and stated that they need to take him. I was currently beastfeeding one the first side and didnt even let me empty the other one saying that it was an emergency that they rush him in the ICU. very painful to hear. i felt like i failed in mother hood because i couldnt even have a normal baby. anyway i finally got over this after months with family and friends help. It started by just being a heart murmur to tatrology of fallot. He had surgery at 6 months old and i could not handle that. Open heart surgery for my baby. No way. i cant allow it. but be honest with the doc and team and tell them what you are worried about and any little concern because you will get an answer. they called it a minor procedure but to me it was huge. i was never going to bring my son but for some reason i felt good in my heart about this and we ( my husband and family) prayed. I fainted when i seen my son after. he was still on all the drugs and when he opened his eyes he didnt recognize us. it was really sad. he was sort of hypertensive for a few weeks and was on high blood pressure medication. now my son is going to be 11 months on the 29th and is starting to walk. so have faith and be honest with the medical team. tell them everything on your mind and tell them to be honest. it will help you. all info that you can get will help. ask them to tell you the procedure. anyway best of luck. I never hope surgery on anyone or anyones children even if it would be my enemy. its very painful and if you have not gone through it you will not know. hope this helps and God Bless you guys and the little one.
7 :
I am a new mom of a 3 1/2 month old baby boy who just had to have double hernia surgery a month ago (so at 2 1/2 months old). The hernia on the right side of his groin popped in and out so the pediatric urologist we saw was very concerned about his bowels popping out with it and causing a bowel obstuction (which would require a more serious surgery) so he wanted to do surgery a week and a half after seeing my son! It's not a super serious surgery but as a new mom I was absolutely terrified of the thought of my tiny new baby going under the knife and not to mention anesthesia for such a young baby! So I was a nervous wreck for that whole week and a half let me tell ya! On the day of surgery when I had to hand over my poor little guy I lost it completely :( But they did the surgery and it went way quicker than I thought and everything is just fine now! They reassured me that babies heal SO fast and there are newborn babies that have to get heart surgery when they are a day old that make it out just fine so that helped me alot. We also went to church the day before and had the minister say a special prayer for him and that helped ease my mind too. You'll get through it and your baby will be just fine....it will be over before you know it--I promise :) Good luck!
Friday, April 1, 2011
How do I buy a plane ticket
How do I buy a plane ticket?
how do I get a plane ticket from indianapolis,In to juarez mexico? When I do it online they want me to pay online i don't want to do that. Where do i get a passport? How does a round trip ticket work... just go for a couple of days and come back? When I choose for a flight online....do i just go to the airport... what happens if theres not a direct flight to juarez? I have a guy i can stay with and is going to pick me up from the airport? can someone just give me the process also i have a verizon cellphone can i use my cell phone in mexico or will it not work?
Air Travel - 3 Answers
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Get passport at the Post Office. Buy the ticket on-line, because you need to use a credit card anyway. Cell won't work without international service. I doubt you have that already. But you might get reception if you are near the border. Round trip ticket has the return day, or you can keep it open. Keeping an open return means that you may need to make the return reservation a few days in advance. Take the bus. Less hassle.
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U can contact a reputed travel agent dealing with air travel. He will nicely plan the complete trip with all details, and timing of flights neatly written so u don't miss a flight. U can use your cell phone in mexico, most cell phone r meant for travel.
3 :
If you don't want to pay online, you can pay over the phone. Call the airline directly with your flight information. You can also go to a travel agency, where they'll handle all of your concerns. It's their job. Or you can purchase your ticket at the ticket counter of the airport. If you do buy your ticket online, they'll give you a code and a page to print out (called an e-ticket) that you take to the airport, where they'll give you your boarding pass. If there's no direct flight to where you want to go, you'll have a layover or two. So you'll fly to say, Texas, change planes, and then fly to Mexico. All that being said, if you don't know how to do this already, why on Earth are you trying to go to Mexico? How old are you? Are you running away from home? Are you following some child predator pervert? Please be careful and just stay home where you'll be safe.
how do I get a plane ticket from indianapolis,In to juarez mexico? When I do it online they want me to pay online i don't want to do that. Where do i get a passport? How does a round trip ticket work... just go for a couple of days and come back? When I choose for a flight online....do i just go to the airport... what happens if theres not a direct flight to juarez? I have a guy i can stay with and is going to pick me up from the airport? can someone just give me the process also i have a verizon cellphone can i use my cell phone in mexico or will it not work?
Air Travel - 3 Answers
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1 :
Get passport at the Post Office. Buy the ticket on-line, because you need to use a credit card anyway. Cell won't work without international service. I doubt you have that already. But you might get reception if you are near the border. Round trip ticket has the return day, or you can keep it open. Keeping an open return means that you may need to make the return reservation a few days in advance. Take the bus. Less hassle.
2 :
U can contact a reputed travel agent dealing with air travel. He will nicely plan the complete trip with all details, and timing of flights neatly written so u don't miss a flight. U can use your cell phone in mexico, most cell phone r meant for travel.
3 :
If you don't want to pay online, you can pay over the phone. Call the airline directly with your flight information. You can also go to a travel agency, where they'll handle all of your concerns. It's their job. Or you can purchase your ticket at the ticket counter of the airport. If you do buy your ticket online, they'll give you a code and a page to print out (called an e-ticket) that you take to the airport, where they'll give you your boarding pass. If there's no direct flight to where you want to go, you'll have a layover or two. So you'll fly to say, Texas, change planes, and then fly to Mexico. All that being said, if you don't know how to do this already, why on Earth are you trying to go to Mexico? How old are you? Are you running away from home? Are you following some child predator pervert? Please be careful and just stay home where you'll be safe.
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