Airlines

[QUOTE=Marak5]I must be doing something wrong here. Pretty much every time I cannot find a flight below 1000usd on any of the sites from ord-eze. Last May I booked a flight on Lan Pero for only about 600usd. Since that time I have found nothing even close, and I am checking flexible dates every couple of days.

I just booked a flight last week. I tried to find some of these consolidator websites but these sites were directing me mostly through Sao Paulo, and they were more expensive than booking just on the american airlines website! One quote was for like 1700usd with some shitty ass south american airline.

In the end a deal came up for 900usd on United at Yahoo Travel, but the connection from Ohare to Dulles was on some little regional jet. I have enough flying anxiety as it is, I get too nervous on those small planes. The flight I like out of Miami was just 193 dollars more so I just paid the extra.

From this point on I decided I will only fly in and out of Miami. Those extra hours flying further inland into the United States fucking kill me. 8 hours I can deal with.[/QUOTE]Try Costamer Travel [1-800-444-7171 ] I booked with them from MIA to EZE for $590,00 all inclusiv on Coppa Airline. Leaving on June 13 returning July13. Coppa Flight CM 301 leaving MIA at 4,30 pm to PTY. Leaving Panama City at 7,35 pm Flight CM 454 arriving at EZE 4,40 am. Less Time then with Lan Peru.

Good Luck

Thanks for the air info. How are you, I hope you are well. Maybe some time we will both be in BA at the same time and go to the fights together. Best wishes and stay well.

Sconjo USA

[QUOTE=Jackson]What strikes me is that you can fly NYC to Europe for approximately $400 USD, a relatively equavalent distance, at almost any time. Obviously, we need more competition on the USA-EZE routes.[/QUOTE]You can fly from almost any US city (Chicago, Dallas, Atlanta, etc) for US$400s to Europe in the off-season (approx Nov-Mar). In summer you're generally paying US$700+. You basically never get those super low fares from USA to Arg/Brasil, which is about a 5,000 mile trip just like Europe. The Europe market is, of course, MUCH larger (developed) than the South America market. Lower fares are probably due to economies of scale. Can you think of any imported product, excluding Paraguayan whoares, that is cheaper in Arg than in USA/Europe? Obviously you can reduce direct profit margins/markups with higher sales volume. The corner store usually can't compete with WalMart retail prices. When the local Arg market develops to the degree that there are nonstop flights from Atlanta to Mendoza and Dallas to Rosario, then we'll see how low fares are. Hell will probably freeze over before that happens.

The good news is that there are more carriers/routes from BA to USA than ever. Not so long ago, Miami and NYC on American/Aerolineas were the only way to get here. Such was the case again after the devaluation when most carriers cancelled their flights to BA. Now you can fly directly to Atlanta, Houston, Chicago, DC, Dallas. Aerolineas is supposed to start a nonstop to LA. Ive paid between about $600 and $1300 for my flights and have yet to see any correlation between the prices and seasons/devaluations etc. If memory serves, the lowest I ever paid ($600s) was during Christmas week, which included a 4-hour connection to the west coast. Go figure...

[blue]Hi Moore,

I concur.

Thanks,

Jackson[/blue]

Mongers,

The three different times I flew to Buenos Aires I was able to get a flight each time between $600-$700 USD. I left the USA in August, January, and April. The flights were on United (IAD) in Jan. 05 and American (JFK) in Aug. 05 and April 06. I used 1800argentina. Com each time for the flight.

Suerte,

Dirk Diggler

$600-700 has been my experience as well but prices from ORD are out of sight this year. I have not seen a "regular" ticket (I. E. Non-consolidator) under $900 this year.

[QUOTE=Punter 127]I had better luck using my Delta miles on Continental last time I came to BsAs, you can also check available reward flights on Continentals web page, if you find a flight you want just call Delta and they will book it. I think Delta charged me $10.00 to book the flight. I had to fly out of Houston. [/QUOTE]How did you do this? Continental has MANY more award seats available than Delta and they are partners. I called Delta and said - x flights are available per Continental. They told me that just because they are available for Continental doesn't mean they are available for award booking via Delta. Partners, but not seamless award systems apparently. Advice? Continental has the dates / times that I need.

I called the number on the back of my SkyMiles card (1-800-325-1551) told them I wanted to use my Delta miles to book a flight on Continental, she ask for the date, checked availability and scheduled the flight. Sounds like whoever you talked with didn't know how to do it. I did this in January and had enough miles for two flights, the first date I could get on Delta was in May, but I was able to get one on Continental in March, I booked both trips at the same time. It cost me $34.00 for the Delta flight and $45.00 for the Continental flight. I think the extra $10.00 was for Delta to schedule the flight on Continental.

Good Luck,

Punter 127

When you fly alot (ie have top tier frequent flyer status) there are extra seats available to you. This explains why I've had such a problem getting UA awards nd such an easy time getting AA awards.

The real secret though is most frequent flyer open up awards for booking 330 days in advance. Use Excel to figure out the dates and reserve promptly. In the event you need to change your plans there is on average a $100 change fee. You don't airline status for this.

Eddie

** The most important thing with getting a reward flight, is to know what partners fly there. Always ask them to check availability on partners! Most phone agents will only quote their own flights and won't bother to check partners. Many agents don't know the correct rules. So, when in doubt, call a few different times until you get an answer you like. **

I've flown one Biz class reward to EZE when they were still 70k miles. I've got one RTW Biz reward that I'm in the middle of now, and one of the last legs is a MXP-EZE (Milan-BA) later this year. I had fairly good luck finding coach rewards, but Biz class were very tight, even 6 months in advance.

I fly Northwest for domestic and Asian / European flights, but can use DL, CO, Copa and maybe one or two others to get to EZE.

I always evaluate whether to use a reward or not by a simple rule of thumb. How many miles does it cost? Multiply by 2 cents each. So if it's 50,000 miles for a coach reward, that's a basic $1000 value. Say the flight is 10,000 miles round trip, if you're elite, you'll get a bonus as well, possibly to as much as 22,500 miles with base mileage. Those miles by themselves are worth up to $450, plus going towards your elite status.

So, unless your coach ticket is $1300 or more, it's probably best to buy the ticket. Of course, if you don't have any status, this can change the equation.

Frequent flyer benefits vary. In my program (Northwest) as the highest level (Platinum) I can change reward tickets for free. I get free FC upgrades on 49/ states domestic (95% average) I get 125% bonus miles on all standard flights. I also get some upgrades on international flights (Mainly on Continental 737/757's) and companion FC upgrades for domestic flights. So if you're flying to Panama, Costa Rica, Colombia or Peru on Continental, it pays to have status.

An important thing to find out is which partners fly to the city you want to go to. You can usually mix carriers that are in your alliance. So you can fly CO to Atlanta, and then fly DL to EZE.

The nice thing about reward tickets, is that they're usually good for a year. Say you want to stay in BA for 9 months. If you buy a ticket like that it will probably cost $1500 or more. A reward ticket won't cost any extra.

If some of you guys have a lot of miles around, you may consider doing an Around The World (RTW) reward. Most airlines don't advertise these, but they are a great use of miles.

And I'm sure that there will be some sales for EZE. Wait for CO/DL or AA to fight. The last time this happened, I got sub $400 (plus tax) on DL and Copa to EZE. Some cities are much cheaper than other to fly out of. Always check the NYC area, Chicago and LAX. I flew on Delta for $389+ from LAX. If I had flown out of Atlanta (which my plane connected to), it was double the price!

A few good resources:

[url]www.flyertalk.com[/url] A frequent flyer forum.

[url]www.farecompare.com[/url] A new tool for finding low priced flights.

[url]www.travelocity.com[/url] A decent tool for finding the lowest price in a given period. However, don't trust the "Travelocity Guarantee" further than you can throw it.

[QUOTE=TheKnife]When you fly alot (ie have top tier frequent flyer status) there are extra seats available to you. This explains why I've had such a problem getting UA awards nd such an easy time getting AA awards.

The real secret though is most frequent flyer open up awards for booking 330 days in advance. Use Excel to figure out the dates and reserve promptly. In the event you need to change your plans there is on average a $100 change fee. You don't airline status for this.

Eddie[/QUOTE]The extra award seats for top tier flyers (1K) on UA are limited to domestic coach seats. Nothing international or in a premium class. Award (and upgrade) seats to EZE are hard to find because UA inventory management doesn't appear to release any seats. The prices are sky high this year so I'll be interested to see the loads when come down in June.

The 330 day tip used to be golden but inventory management has gotten much more clever the last couple of years.

I have had good success in using miles with aa (if you book early enough) It is a bargain to also go in November for only 40,000 miles vs. 60,000 miles in December on AA and I already have booked my trip to go in November.

I am returning to BA in early Septmber and have heard of a flight direct from BA to Merlo / Possibly Merlot, thus for me bypassing Cordoba. Does anyone know what airline operates this flight as my UK travel agent is unable to track anything down. Any help appreciated.

I am thinking of visiting Cuba via Argentina. Does any Anerican have traveled from BsAs to Havana?

Thanks a lot!

Strad

[QUOTE=Strad]I am thinking of visiting Cuba via Argentina. Does any Anerican have traveled from BsAs to Havana?

Thanks a lot!

Strad[/QUOTE]Strad,

I went to Cuba via the Bahamas, but that was back in 1998. Things have changed alot since then, both in Cuba, and the states. The Feds are scrutinizing the situation vis a vis travel to Cuba alot closer. You do not want your american passport stamped in Cuba, unless you are sponsored by some organization that has a waiver. AND, those organizations are harder to find, as the Bush administration has cracked down on sponsored travel. If you would like further info pm me.

Dog

Strad,

The best way to go from BA is on Copa Airlines (short connection in Panama). This is a daily flight, even Maradona flew to it to rehab. There is also a nonstop on Cubana Air on Fridays and Sundays. Dealing with Cubana seems a real pain in the ass (called them a few times, what a surprise).

Going by memory of statistics from about 1.5 years ago when I almost went, about 50,000 Americans visit Cuba illegally per year and about 500/year get nailed (1%). In every case I found, the "offender" received a bill for $7,500 in the mail from OFAC and got it immediately reduced to about $700. They then just paid the fine though they probably could have reduced it to zero if they felt like fighting. I think the max that OFAC can hit you with is $60k per the embargo violation code but I didn't see any cases like it.

Most Americans going to Cuba travel thru one of the 3 convenient gateways from USA - Toronto, Cancun, and Jamaica. It's not so hard to have the Cuban customs not stamp your passport. However, upon arriving back to USA, explaining your recent double Cancun exit/entry stamps to a suspicious US agent can be difficult. That's how people often get nailed. You're also usually required to list countries visited during your trip upon entering USA. Or the customs agent can simply ask you if he wishes. But if you're making a complete roundtrip to Cuba from BA, I would think your chance of getting nailed must be akin to your chance of being struck by lightning.

Check out the Cuba section of the InternationalSexGuide. Lots of info there.

[QUOTE=Jaimito Cartero]I always evaluate whether to use a reward or not by a simple rule of thumb. How many miles does it cost? Multiply by 2 cents each. So if it's 50,000 miles for a coach reward, that's a basic $1000 value. Say the flight is 10,000 miles round trip, if you're elite, you'll get a bonus as well, possibly to as much as 22,500 miles with base mileage. Those miles by themselves are worth up to $450, plus going towards your elite status. [/QUOTE]Id say that 1 cent is a better figure. True, a RT flight from USA to BA usually costs around $1,000 or 50,000 miles. But the fare would have to be under $500 for me to buy it instead of using miles. Miles expire, are harder to use, and can become worthless if the carrier goes bankrupt (they do). Miles - use 'em if you got 'em (assuming there are mileage seats available, often there arent). Sort of like tax loss carryforwards.

I have heard in many cases that Cuba Customs won't stemp on our passports, however, just like Moore said,

[QUOTE]upon arriving back to USA, explaining your recent double exit / entry stamps to a suspicious US agent can be difficult.[/QUOTE]Man! It is really a risk business, Sigh!

Strad

[QUOTE=Hefe]I have had good success in using miles with aa (if you book early enough) It is a bargain to also go in November for only 40,000 miles vs. 60,000 miles in December on AA and I already have booked my trip to go in November.[/QUOTE]I was about to book my July BA trip with requirement 60,000 AA miles when I found out I can fly in mid Aug. For 40,000 air miles! I was told by an AA agent should I for some reason canceled the trip, I still can use the miles within a year no penalty. If I really can't fly within a year, the miles can be transfered back to my AA memeber account for $100 dollars.

Anyway, my next trip to BsAs will be paying only taxs, 80 bucks, cool huh?

Thats part of the point Strad. Even going to Cuba from the USA via Cancun / Toronto / Jamaica, chances are very slim that you'll be caught and even if you are you're probably talking a $700 speeding ticket.

Agents watch these flights because they are very common Cuba routes for Americans.

But if you take a one week RT journey to Havana from BA now and then go back to USA 3 months later, theyre most likely not going to be "suspecting" that you were in Cuba.

Supposedly OFAC can check flight passenger lists. I doubt they check flights from BA-Havana. Miami-BA-Havana is not exactly the shortest distance between 2 points.

I am Canadian so I do not have the same issue with travelling to Cuba. My visa was on a separate piece of paper, no stamp in my passport. I was hoping for a stamp as I was trying to fill my passport before expiry. Go pretty close. The Cuban customs were a real hassle. It took forever to get our bags - I am sure that they were inspected for contraband capitalist literature Adam Smith "The Wealth of Nations" etc.

Once there it was really depressing, Havana looked worse than Beirut did 10 years ago. The people are really friendly, but you really have to speak fluent Spanish. I regularly work in Spanish and sitll found that the accent was very different.

As for hobbying, I was on business so I was being watched. One day I was on a bus going along the Rambla, a friendly guy in a suit sat next to me. Looking out the window at the sea, I saw a chica at the side of the road. The suit told me that I was really missing something on the other side of the bus - a very important government building. Ok. A minute later, another chica, another diversion. I got off the bus and lost him but I have no doubt that there was another. All in all it was not worth it, so I took a few photographs and went back to work.

[QUOTE=Strad]I have heard in many cases that Cuba Customs won't stemp on our passports, however, just like Moore said,

Man! It is really a risk business, Sigh!

Strad[/QUOTE]Strad,

When I went through the Bahamas in 1998, I worked the trip through a travel agency in Nassau that was in cahoots with a travel agency in Cuba. Obviously immigration had to be on board in both countries as well. My passport was not stamped in Cuba, or in Nassau once again upon my return. So, as I told US customs upon my return, Atlantis was very nice. Back then folks got busted for bringing back cigars, rum and the like, but no major hassles. If I were to go back to Cuba, I would look for a similar arrangement. I have been out of that loop for awhile though. As Moore pointed out, your best bet IMHO is to dig into the International Sex Forum. There are some very hot chicas there. Good luck.

[QUOTE=Moore]Id say that 1 cent is a better figure. True, a RT flight from USA to BA usually costs around $1,000 or 50,000 miles. But the fare would have to be under $500 for me to buy it instead of using miles. Miles expire, are harder to use, and can become worthless if the carrier goes bankrupt (they do) Miles - use 'em if you got 'em (assuming there are mileage seats available, often there arent) Sort of like tax loss carryforwards.[/QUOTE]Well value is of course dependent on what you use them for. The chance of the miles becoming worthless on a major US carrier is quite small. For major US airlines that have gone out of business, I can't think of one in 20 years that didn't have another airline come in and buy assets, and honor the frequent flyer plans. TWA and PanAm are prime examples.

If you don't have the knowledge or patience to study the frequent flyer program, then you may never even be able to redeem anything. I earn 300-400k miles per year, and usually when I have a ticket in mind, I'll ticket it when I reach that threshold. It's rare that miles become more valuable, so I do agree to use them and not store millions for a rainy day.

I generally redeem high value tickets. Either business class, round the world, or just plain expensive tickets. Given your one cent rule, perhaps you can tell me of an around the world trip in business class, with no change penalties, fully refundable before the first leg, 6 continent travel, one year validity, with no mileage limitations that I can buy for $2200?

If you redeem tickets from Dallas to Las Vegas, for 20k or 25k miles, then you're just pissing them away. However, to use them on a flight you need, at a good "price", then sure.

If you guys really want to get technical on the value of frequent flier miles, how to accumulate them, when the best time to use them, how to upgrade etc. You might want to head over to Flyertalk. There is a bunch of guys beating this topic as much as you guys discuss pussy.

Here is the link for American Airlines AAdvantage but there is a drop down menu at the bottom of the page to switch to any other airline.

[url]http://www.fliertalk.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=445[/url]

Hope that helps.

Penguin.

Hey all,

I'm relatively new in this site even though I've been passively shadowing everyones post here. I'm basically new in this hobby and have a lot of catching up to all of you experience mongers outhere lol:)

Not beating around the bush, has anyone travelled extensively in South America? I'm taking a corporate 1month break from work to have some "fun" in BA by August 2006.

I'm thinking about doing the Machu Pichu first and then flying to B.A- I'm quite shocked that there's no European charter flights version like EAsyjet / Ryan Air in S. America.

So if you have any ideas of charter planes / flights from Lima to B.A or B.A to Rio de Janeiro. Please PM me and I would appreciate your input on this.

Gracias

[QUOTE=Jkcm25]Hey all,

I'm relatively new in this site even though I've been passively shadowing everyones post here. I'm basically new in this hobby and have a lot of catching up to all of you experience mongers outhere lol:)

Not beating around the bush, has anyone travelled extensively in South America? I'm taking a corporate 1month break from work to have some "fun" in BA by August 2006.

I'm thinking about doing the Machu Pichu first and then flying to be. A- I'm quite shocked that there's no European charter flights version like EAsyjet / Ryan Air in S. America.

So if you have any ideas of charter planes / flights from Lima to be. A or be. A to Rio de Janeiro. Please PM me and I would appreciate your input on this.

Gracias[/QUOTE]I think Gol ([url]http://www.voegol.com.br/[/url]) is the only big low cost carrier in South America and they are focused on Brazil. But they do fly to BA.

[QUOTE=Penguin]If you guys really want to get technical on the value of frequent flier miles, how to accumulate them, when the best time to use them, how to upgrade etc. You might want to head over to Flyertalk. [/QUOTE]If you would read the messages that I've posted, you'll see a link to Flyertalk already. My post [url]http://www.argentinaprivate.com/forum/showpost.php?p=357679&postcount=209[/url] has a few good links for finding low fares, and other frequent flyer info.

[QUOTE=Easy Go]I think Gol ([url]http://www.voegol.com.br/[/url]) is the only big low cost carrier in South America and they are focused on Brazil. But they do fly to BA.[/QUOTE]The last time I checked, the BA flight on Gol was in the low $200 price range. Not a bad airline, I flew them from Sao Paulo to Rio last year. Too bad it's not like Asia with a dozen or more low cost airlines. It would easily be $100 or less there. (There may be agreements between the countries disallowing new carriers, however, and this affects pricing greatly.)

I know that I can fly to South America cheaper from the US, than from many Central American countries.

JC,

I still have a 6figure mileage balance with Delta but recently lost my platinum status. I don't fly 400k miles per year but feel fairly knowledgable of the system. Last year I used a Delta award to go from BA to USA (via Atlanta) and it went quite smoothly. This year, I tried to redeem miles for the same trip and there are available flights about every three months - the next one available is on Aug-16! There would be many more flights available if my miles were on Continental (partner) but far fewer seats are allocated to Delta for use on partner airlines. Ive spoken with Delta and Continental agents. Please let me know if I'm missing something because I would like to use miles and not pay. But if there are award seats available only once every 3 months, then they are essentially useless - zero cents per mile. On the few days that are available, the connections offered with miles suck balls. Like you arrive to Houston via the partner Continental at 6am and have to wait until noon for your connection when there are nonstops at 7:30, 9:00, 10:30 etc, but no award seats on them. I'll gladly sell you my miles for 2 cents each.

And my Delta shares for 70 cents each.;)

Well, since you say they're worth between 1 cents, and 0, I'd give you 1/2 cent each.:)

Are you looking for a coach or biz class ticket? If you'd like to see more places, I'd recommend a RTW reward. 140k for coach, or 220k for Business. When I booked one of these, they had a lot more availability (with none of the double mileage BS)

I don't fly 400k a year, but do get 300-400k a year in mileage / bonuses.

Taking a quick look on Delta.com, I see that DL, CO and AM (Aero Mexico) are possibilities. If you have CO or NW miles you can use CM (Copa) as well. I would recommend calling up and talking the the reservations people. They will sometimes have rewards in their system that isn't listed online. You *must* remind them to check out partner flights, as they will generally ignore them.

If you are a glutton for punishment, you could use your miles on Malaysian to fly to South Africa, and then get an award to the US from there.:)

[QUOTE=Moore]JC,

I still have a 6figure mileage balance with Delta but recently lost my platinum status. I don't fly 400k miles per year but feel fairly knowledgable of the system. Last year I used a Delta award to go from BA to USA (via Atlanta) and it went quite smoothly. This year, I tried to redeem miles for the same trip and there are available flights about every three months - the next one available is on Aug.-16! There would be many more flights available if my miles were on Continental (partner) but far fewer seats are allocated to Delta for use on partner airlines. Ive spoken with Delta and Continental agents. Please let me know if I'm missing something because I would like to use miles and not pay. But if there are award seats available only once every 3 months, then they are essentially useless - zero cents per mile. On the few days that are available, the connections offered with miles suck balls. Like you arrive to Houston via the partner Continental at 6am and have to wait until noon for your connection when there are nonstops at 7:30, 9:00, 10:30 etc, but no award seats on them. I'll gladly sell you my miles for 2 cents each.

And my Delta shares for 70 cents each.;)[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Jaimito Cartero]Well, since you say they're worth between 1 cents, and 0, I'd give you 1/2 cent each.[/QUOTE]We have an opening bid - 1/2 cent. They're very robust, beautiful miles that have never been used and are probably worth at least .04/each. Do I hear .035?

[QUOTE=Moore]We have an opening bid - 1/2 cent. They're very robust, beautiful miles that have never been used and are probably worth at least.04/ each. Do I hear.035?[/QUOTE].002? And since DL is in BK, maybe less?;)

I just did a little shopping on the Internet.

Carbone Travel!

The Argentine ticket consolidator was $360 dollars cheaper than anyone else from my home in sex prison round trip on the most direct flight.

Moreover Delta was almost $600 hundred dollars more as a member with 39,000 plus miles.

I intend to get even by getting one of their credit card's, (free the first year) and the 20,000 miles that goes with it. That will give me enough miles for a free ticket. Then I will cancel the credit and never fly Delta unless I have too.

"CockSuckers"

Exon

[QUOTE=Exon123]I just did a little shopping on the Internet.

Carbone Travel!

The Argentine ticket consolidator was $360 dollars cheaper than anyone else from my home in sex prison round trip on the most direct flight.

Moreover Delta was almost $600 hundred dollars more as a member with 39,000 plus miles.

I intend to get even by getting one of their credit card's, (free the first year) and the 20,000 miles that goes with it. That will give me enough miles for a free ticket. Then I will cancel the credit and never fly Delta unless I have too.

"CockSuckers"

Exon[/QUOTE]Exon,

I have used Carbone twice to set up round trips between Miami and BA on Aerolineas Argentinas. No troubles. First trip was about $650, 2nd about $700.

Dog

Good luck trying to use those miles for a free ticket. Delta has nothing, NOTHING, [b]NADA[/b] to Buenos Aires using their 50,000 mile award. 100,000 minimum if you want to use miles, and that's sitting in their tiny fucking coach seats. Those "free" 20,000 miles will also cost you an annual fee of around 140 bucks. Not worth it.

[QUOTE=Hunt99]Good luck trying to use those miles for a free ticket. Delta has nothing, NOTHING, [b]NADA[/b] to Buenos Aires using their 50,000 mile award. 100,000 minimum if you want to use miles, and that's sitting in their tiny fucking coach seats. Those "free" 20,000 miles will also cost you an annual fee of around 140 bucks. Not worth it.[/QUOTE]Didn't you read Exon's post? The Skymiles card is free for the first year.

Most Skyteam partners should have the same reward availability. I know I got a Delta segment (in coach, hopefully Biz will open up) in December on my RTW reward ticket.

Remember to *always* ask about partners (CO and AM) when requesting tickets, as they may have availability.

I've flown down twice using using Sky Class miles, its was 50,000 miles round trip.

But they delibertly try and screw you up by only confirming only one leg of the trip and puting you in standby for the other leg.

They did this to me both times.

After confirming my standby status I call them and sure enough if I wanted to pay full fare they had a comfirmed seat all the way threw for me both way's.

Exon

I'm flying down this weekend on a Delta 50,000 sky miles ticket, coach, confirmed both ways. I flew down in March on continental with Delta miles. I booked both trips in December.

My portano friend forwarded me a link with tour pakcages information:

PLAYA DEL CARMEN:

Aereo con Lan Chile desde Rosario – salida jueves.

7 Noches alojamiento en hotel RIU TEQUILA.

TODO INCLUIDO – Traslados aeropuerto / hotel / aeropuerto.

USD 1290 + impuestos.

PUNTA CANA:

Aereo con Lan Chile desde Rosario – salida viernes.

7 Noches alojamiento en hotel RIU NAIBOA.

TODO INCLUIDO – Traslados aeropuerto / hotel / aeropuerto.

USD 1125 + Impuestos.

SAN ANDRES.

Aereo con Copa Airlines desde Buenos Aires.

6 Noches alojamiento hotel DECAMERON SAN LUIS.

TODO INCLUIDO – Traslados aeropuerto / hotel / aeropuerto.

USD 819 + impuestos.

PANAMA.

Aereo con Copa Airlines desde Buenos Aires.

7 Noches alojamiento hotel ROYAL DECAMERON.

TODO INCLUIDO – Traslados aeropuerto / hotel / aeropuerto.

USD 899 + impuestos.

SAN ANDRES + PANAMA.

Aereo con Copa Airlines desde Buenos Aires.

5 Noches alojamiento en CARTAGENA en hotel DECAMERON CARTAGENA.

5 Noches alojamiento en PANAMA en hotel ROYAL DECAMERON.

TODO INCLUIDO – Traslados aeropuerto / hotel / aeropuerto.

USD 1049 + impuestos.

VARADERO.

Aereo directo a Varadero desde Buenos Aires – Salida viernes.

6 Noches alojamiento en Varadero hotel MAR DEL SUR.

TODO INCLUIDO – Traslados aeropuerto / hotel / aeropuerto.

USD 819 + impuestos.

VARADERO + LA HABANA.

Aereo directo a Varadero desde Buenos Aires – Salida viernes.

4 Noches alojamiento en Varadero hotel MAR DEL SUR.

2 Noches alojamiento en La Habana hotel COLINA.

TODO INCLUIDO en Varadero + Desayuno en La Habana.

Traslados aeropuerto / hotel / aeropuerto.

USD 779 + impuestos.

VARADERO + CAYO LARGO + LA HABANA.

Aereo directo a Varadero desde Buenos Aires – Salida viernes.

7 Noches alojamiento en Varadero hotel VILLA TORTUGA.

3 Noches alojamiento en Cayo Largo hotel VILLA CORAL.

3 Noches alojamiento en La Habana hotel Kohly.

TODO INCLUIDO en Varadero why Cayo Largo + Desayuno en La Habana.

Traslados aeropuerto / hotel / aeropuerto.

USD 1175 + impuestos.

Precios por persona en base habitación doble.

[QUOTE=Strad]I am thinking of visiting Cuba via Argentina. Does any Anerican have traveled from BsAs to Havana?

Thanks a lot!

Strad[/QUOTE]

Recently I flew back to Sex Prison. I had reserved the Continental flight from EZE-IAH using Delta miles. At about 5pm, only about 2 hours before the leaving for the airport, I checked the flight status on Continental's website. All clear. I don't usually do that but I had a shitload of bags.

At 8pm I arrive to EZE and instantly see "CANCELLED" next to my flight. What the fuck! Reason given - thunderstorms in Houston. Yeah right.

Luckily, I ended up getting on the Delta flight to Atlanta about 2 minutes before departure. The Atlanta connections are great, but the plane they fly to BA is a hunk of shit. Judging by the interior, it was probably built about the time the movie Star Wars was released. I was in coach - seats barely recline and the space below the seats is very low so you can't really stretch your legs. I think I got a combined total of 40 minutes sleep. The overhead compartments are tiny. They could use some lessons and new planes from Emirates. Now there's a real airline.

American Airlines was the same thing seats wouldn't go back broken magazine racks and mouthy flight attendents. I slept less than 40 minutes and I was exhausted.

They only gave you enough food and drink to keep you alive. I always travel with my own stuff anyway but once I'd like not to have to bring a carry on bag filled with food and drink. Winds up I'm glad I did.

I also noticed AA gives you nothing for gold status only primary check in and boarding and the courtesy to wait standby behind 2 other higher member levels in order to use 500 miles to upgrade. I'm silver on USairways and they come get me to sit in first class if there is an empty seat. Sounds as welcoming as my $10 int. Debit fee from Chase bank.

I'm almost close to a free ticket on AA then I'm moving over to Continental. Do their seats recline? Is gold pass membership worth it?