Puerto Rico is a U.S. territory and no U.S.passport is required for U.S. citizens to travel to and from Puerto Rico. But Spirit Airlines refused to allow a 2 year old to fly to Puerto Rico from the U.S. because the two year old did not have a passport.
Spirit Airlines airline told the family they could not board an LAX flight to Puerto Rico because their child did not have a passport, CBS News reported.
Source: Spirit Airlines Apologizes: Refused to Let Puerto Rican Family on Flight
But no passport is required for U.S. citizens to fly between the U.S. and Puerto Rico (or any other U.S. territories). Spirit Airlines insisted they could not fly American citizens to U.S. territory Puerto Rico unless they presented a U.S. passport for their child.
Hertz told a resident of Puerto Rico that his Puerto Rico driver’s license was not valid to rent a car in the U.S. (In fact, it is – just a like license from any U.S. state is). The Puerto Rico resident is a retired U.S. Federal law enforcement officer.
Hertz then called the police on him! The police officer insisted he needed a U.S. driver’s license and threatened to call the Border Patrol! Moron!
(Hertz is notorious for arresting customers who had validly rented Hertz cars – and some languished in jail for months – personally, I will never rent a car from Hertz. They are an awful company managed by inept amateurs. While they now have a new CEO, it is clear their management are idiots. Hertz car rentals are a scam – stay away.)
When when it comes to geography, sadly, too many Americans are dim:
- ‘They don’t belong’: police called on Native American teens on college tour | Colorado | The Guardian
- Colorado State investigates why Native American students on admissions tour were reported to police (insidehighered.com)
- Native American Teen Brothers Pulled From CSU Tour In April Seek Changes At The School | Colorado Public Radio (cpr.org)
A dim (and probably racist) parent on the tour called the police, thinking they were from Mexico, unaware that New Mexico is an actual U.S. state, or that even if she thought they were from Mexico, residents of Mexico can attend CSU.