And, if you want to be a clever little outlier traveler you can purchase a tourist card for about $25 from cubismo.com, in the UK. Try using itat the airlines; it might just work. Mine did at Jet Blue in December. It does have a green color, not a favorite color of the Cuban embassy in DC. They love pink.
Trap
Can't tell if you're making a joke or if there's something i'm not seeing? That's a web site of some band...? ;)
Mine was green also, I haven't seen pink and I flew Delta out of JFK.I'm just wondering if the airlines will give you a hard time for not buying it from them.
My advice to you is if you have a choice to fly out of Chicago on American Airlines,Delta or Spirit(which you should avoid like the plague) fly Delta if the flight takes the same time as American Airlines.Delta has this Cuba travel thing down very well and will answer all of your questions and sell you the Cuban tourist card for $50 either on the phone or at the check in counter on the day of your flight.I only advise against American because if an airline can't give you definitive answers about the operations of their own flights you should probably avoid flying with them.
Thanks - I find all of American airlines pretty awful tbh. Spent the last 3hrs comparing dates, airlines, bullshit fees and all that... Delta is indeed at least upfront about what's going on. The AA rep on the phone didn't seem to understand what a 'visa' even was, not mentioning having any info on it. I also tried getting info from the Cuban Consulate to see if it's any cheaper but after half hour of failed attempts to reach someone there I gave up... endless phone tag - typical.
Trap is not joking - but others have reported being forced to buy a "pink" tourist card if they tried using a green one. He means http://www.cubavisas.com which is part of Cubaism.
Apparently this is was the pink ones look like - https://cubavisaservices.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Tourist-Card-full_sample.jpg
AA have outsourced the visas to Cuba Travel Services so they don't need to get involved with understanding about them. That seems a logical business decision to me.
Over on Tripadvisor there was a report from someone who did try buying a tourist card direct from the Cuban consulate in Washington - (post 56 here - https://www.tripadvisor.ca/ShowTopic-g147270-i91-k9247304-Communication_with_the_Cuba_Embassy_in_DC-Cuba.html ) - they said they could not issue one same day, and directed her to a nearby agency. She said it cost $70. (I don't know if she could have got it for the basic $50 if she had been willing to go back to the consulate another day to collect it. Also, I have heard that there are extra fees at the consulate if you also want to buy a tourist card for someone else.)
AA have outsourced the visas to Cuba Travel Services so they don't need to get involved with understanding about them. That seems a logical business decision to me.
Given that their website plus the link to CTS is perfectly clear on all the details not sure what the problem here is for the OP.
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