Airlines

Looks like LAX-ORD has been substituted to LAX-IAD - Hmmm; This is Expedia or UA? Normally an Airline will not drastically change a routing this far in advance. Check the buzz on flyertalk on such occurances.

[QUOTE=CityDude]Looks like LAX-ORD has been substituted to LAX-IAD - Hmmm; This is Expedia or UA? Normally an Airline will not drastically change a routing this far in advance. Check the buzz on flyertalk on such occurances.[/QUOTE]I think that it was mentioned on FT that they are discontinuing the direct flight from ORD. I'm not sure if this is a temporary (seasonal) change or not.

The ORD- EZE flight on UA was cancelled for the North Americian summer, it is scheduled to return in December. If they had not rerouted you thru IAD you could not have traveled on United to BsAs. I am not sure what changes you made, but I do know that they IAD-EZE portion is exactly the same aircraft your new itenerary was changed to, I am sure the only change is the LAX-IAD portion. Just want to pass along a small piece of advice, if you don't travel a lot to the east coast in the summer. I would not schedule a tight connection for myself late on a summer evening in IAD (or any hub east of the Mississippi) if there is only one flight to my destination (ie. UA flt 847 IAD-EZE is the only UA flight to BsAs) If your flight from LAX encounters weather problems trying to get to IAD, I would be shocked if the flight to BsAs will wait for your arrival, especially traveling on an Expedia ticket.

But hey I could be wrong!

If you are leaving from the west coast you should try Groupo Taca or one of the Lan's (Lann Chile etc.) I have found them to be cheaper and much faster. AA through DFW is not bad either. At all cost stay away from AA through Miami. The airport is torn up, customs & Immagration is overloaded and when you miss your flight they tell you to beso mi coulo! In April I did Lax / SJO (8 hr layover in San jose for a little fun (my idea)) EZE $459! And Groupo Taca is having a promotion for the summer, no overweight charges. Saved me a small fortune.

Gandolf50

I have an E ticket (not a paper) so there is no fare value on the bottom.

As Sky Rider said, UA changed there flight to BA so it goes through IAD. It does suck since it is alot easier to go through ORD. I have about 3 hrs between the time I arrive in IAD and when I have to depart. Should be good. I havent had any problems in the last few years with Expedia but there is always a chance. Last year got a ticket from Expedia to Uruguay and it was all good.

For the last two years UAL hasn't operated ORD-EZE in N America summer. This ear they said it was due to losing a lease on a plane. I think it's more about load factor. The flight is showing back in December but if past years are an example service should resume around Sept. Oct. The change is due to UAL not expedia.

For us non-revs this fucking sucks as I couldn't get on the fucking plane last night and had to spend the night in DC. Daddy's not happy. Will be trying again tonight.

Since UAL canceled the ORD / EZE route, the IAD / EZE flights I took two weeks ago were completed full. Not an empty seat in the plane in both directions. Sorry, more bad news for Daddy Rulz.

I got out on Sunday night, though due to an exceptionaly large group of longtime employee I had to fucking ride in coach. Oh the horror.

Greetings Gentlemen,

I am to work in Campana at the end of September for three - four weeks and hope to meet up with like-minded gents who know the scene and don't mind a newbie hanging on!

Any accommodation suggestions / offers would be greatly appreciated, especially if there are any of my homelanders out there!

There's an airline called LANCHILE hat has a flight from LAX to EZE with a 3 hour stop in Santigo Chile, it leaves at 2:00 pm and arrives at EZE at 11:30am.

[QUOTE=Hans25]There's an airline called LANCHILE hat has a flight from LAX to EZE with a 3 hour stop in Santigo Chile, it leaves at 2:00 pm and arrives at EZE at 11:30am[/QUOTE]That's a bit more time than the Copa flight that stops in PTY. I'm pretty sure it's a more direct flight as well, with a 2 hour or less stopover. All the LAN flights I've seen are pricing higher too.

Has anyone purchased ticket from onetravel. Com and airfare. Com? Are they legit and are their tickets eligible for airline miles? The tickets I'm looking at are about $80 - $100 cheaper there than most other mainstream online travel sites like Travelocity, Expedia, and Orbitz for the same flights and date. With the ability to earn up to 23K miles for each RT ticket, I will only purchase tickets that can earn me miles.

Thanks.

I recently had my ball and chain removed (along with a goo portion of my wallet) I am planning on a celebration trip in November around Thanksgiving. I have enough air miles for a US to South America trip. I would like to make the most of my first trip here and spend some time in Buenos Aires. Rio and Sao Paolo.

I need some help with choosing the right gateway city for my international trip and also some recommendations on reliable and reasonable airlines between the cities.

Thanks in advance. I look forward to contributing detailed trip reports shortly.

[QUOTE=Regular Trave]I recently had my ball and chain removed (along with a goo portion of my wallet) I am planning on a celebration trip in November around Thanksgiving. I have enough air miles for a US to South America trip. I would like to make the most of my first trip here and spend some time in Buenos Aires. Rio and Sao Paolo.

I need some help with choosing the right gateway city for my international trip and also some recommendations on reliable and reasonable airlines between the cities.

Thanks in advance. I look forward to contributing detailed trip reports shortly.[/QUOTE]We need more information.

1. Which airline are your miles on?

2. What are your mongering priorities?

3. How comfortable are you in other countries?

4. Do you speak Spanish or Portuguese?

5. How much time do you have?

6. Where are you flying from?

[QUOTE=Regular Trave]I recently had my ball and chain removed (along with a goo portion of my wallet) I am planning on a celebration trip in November around Thanksgiving. I have enough air miles for a US to South America trip. I would like to make the most of my first trip here and spend some time in Buenos Aires. Rio and Sao Paolo.

I need some help with choosing the right gateway city for my international trip and also some recommendations on reliable and reasonable airlines between the cities.

Thanks in advance. I look forward to contributing detailed trip reports shortly.[/QUOTE]I did this through American FF miles. Good thing is they are partner with TAM. My routing was dallas - BA (AA) BA - sao polo - Rio (TAM) Rio - Miami -dallas (AA)

Entire trip covered by the FF miles. Good thing it was less FF miles than the normal requirements since it is off-peak. I had a blast in both the locations.