What is this $25? Is it added to the airline ticket price? I don't recall ever paying any such fee upon returning by air to the US, and I don't recall seeing it disclosed as such on the ticket price.

From the Dominican Republic it's $20, cash, American dollars. It's
collected in the Dominican Republic, and they don't accept Domincan money.

Jose
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