Airlines

[QUOTE=Easy Go]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]I will be using Delta miles.

I am primarily interested in outcall services but feel the need to visit the termas and other incall facilities that have been discussed here.

I speak some Spanish, no Portugese.

The trip will probably be about two weeks.

My flight will originate from the Midwest US.

Hope this helps Thanks

I forgot to add that for several years I traveled extensively throughout Europe, Israel and Turkey. Although married I did take advantage of this time to monger in every country I visited. Due to a job change in 2002 my travel stopped, along with the mongering. Interestingly enough it also was the beginning of the end of my marriage.

I am sure Dr. Phil would have a field day with this!

I'm not a Delta frequent flyer, but believe their coach reward is 50k miles. I flew coach LAX-ATL-EZE and while not great is was acceptable.

If you're flying out of ORD, you may also want to look at buying your ticket. You'll pay about $600 with taxes if you pick a non peak time. AA and Lan have this pricing right now. Delta is considerably higher.

If you fly LAN or AA, you'd want to sign up for the AA Challenge, which would allow you to become an elite member (and get extra miles and upgrades) with just one long international trip.

I generally try to get 1.5 to 2 cents per mile of value out of my FF miles. If you used 50k for a flight from the US on Delta it would be about 1 cent per mile. I think the Biz class reward is 80-90k. You'd have to ask Dickhead about the comfort level, since I've never flown DL Biz.

[QUOTE=Regular Trave]I will be using Delta miles.

I am primarily interested in outcall services but feel the need to visit the termas and other incall facilities that have been discussed here.

I speak some Spanish, no Portugese.

The trip will probably be about two weeks.

My flight will originate from the Midwest US.

Hope this helps Thanks[/QUOTE]Unless you have a lot of flexibility, don't assume that you are going to be able to get a Saver ticket. Saver award tickets can be tight. An unrestricted award coach seat to southern South America is 100K on Delta.

The Delta schedule says that Delta will be flying ATL-GIG (Rio) direct starting 1 October. My recomendation would be a week in Rio and a week in BA. While in Rio, you might consider visiting Buzios or another beach town for part of the trip. Definitely try to hook up with some of the regular mongering crowd especially in Rio where local course knowledge really pays off.

In BA, pay attention to the recommendations on the boards. Unless you want the adventure of discovery, you'll do a lot better than picking girls at random from either the clubs or Internet sites. Girls in Roxana's and Silvina's sections are pretty reliable performers as are girls you might meet at the Mansion. If you go to an apartment, don't forget that most of the girls are available for takeout.

In Rio, termas are great. You can get phone numbers to hook up later but be discrete about it as the girls can get into trouble sometimes. I've had good luck at Help but it is a major crapshoot. Rio is much better for overnights if that's your interest.

I've never used agencies in either city so have no recommenation there.

Good luck, EG

You also might want to check the Delta section on flyertalk. Com for insight into award travel on Delta.

You can fly an open jaw (ORD-GIG and EZE-ORD) on an Delta award ticket. But GIG-EZE one-way can be expensive. I think I paid around $US385 last time I did it.

You can get a one way fare on Gol for $180-$250 from either SP (cheaper) or Rio (higher) GIG / EZE or GRU / EZE. They are a bit difficult to buy tickets on, since you must have an AMEX card to buy the ticket from abroad, or pay cash in country (or use a Brazilian Visa / Mastercard)

UA's Latin America service has been cut way back.

They are down to 1 flight a day and it always sold out. Saw lots of people running to make connection only to have UA slam door in their face (I missed my leg day 1 as I was waiting for co-traveller)

Coming back Sunday night was better - plane was not full. Its only a matter of time till they close the Red Carpet club in BA and end service to Latin America.

[QUOTE=ChicagoBoy23]UA's Latin America service has been cut way back.

They are down to 1 flight a day and it always sold out. Saw lots of people running to make connection only to have UA slam door in their face (I missed my leg day 1 as I was waiting for co-traveller)

Coming back Sunday night was better - plane was not full. Its only a matter of time till they close the Red Carpet club in BA and end service to Latin America.[/QUOTE]UAL will resume their ORD-EZE route on 15 Dec. At least according to their booking website.

Not going anywhere. Trip down the drain. Supposed to have left weekend of the 18th of July for 3, 4 weeks in Argentina, but due to a cold or reaction to insect bite missed the plane. When I was able to fly without sneezing and coughing tried reserving a seat on AA from JFK to EZE and was told overbooked, oversold, poor for standby, and the flight has a couple of standbys already. Lowest regular fare to be found was $1200 which was out of the question since I still have my original standby ticket and had to eat some other costs as well. Myself and co-workers have flown this route many times and never had this problem so this came out of the blue. Jackson tried to accomodate me with lodging if I could ever get there which did not happen. Thanks alot Jackson, next time better planning and luck on my part I hope. Now I'm stuck here in this disgusting 90 degree weather. Main reason for trip was to get some cold weather as well as the pussy.

Agent on phone said "after June 1st everyone who hasn't flown since 9-11 decided to get on a plane and fly", and "don't even try to go to Europe this summer". Just saw an ad from United where flights to EZE from major US cities between 8-15 and 11-22 are around $800, lucky me.

So to wrap it up no casa de chicas, Orleans Cafe, Isenbeck, alfajores, cold air, Triangle, and many other things that are too hard to think about right now. I will continue to live vicariously through the adventures of supermongers who bang different chicks every nite while cooking exotic dishes, mongers who develop sexual infatuations with different chicks in different bolliches, and mongers who hang out at Orleans all afternoon. Think of me in the local Starbucks getting dagger-like stares because I happened to glance in a broads direction and be happy you are in BsAs.

Thanks guys for all the quick responses and PM's.

I will be making plans and continue to review the posts. Without a doubt I will be contacting Roxana and Silvina for assistance. As this will be my first venture to BA, why take any risks.

[QUOTE=ChicagoBoy23]UA's Latin America service has been cut way back.

They are down to 1 flight a day and it always sold out. Saw lots of people running to make connection only to have UA slam door in their face (I missed my leg day 1 as I was waiting for co-traveller)

Coming back Sunday night was better - plane was not full. Its only a matter of time till they close the Red Carpet club in BA and end service to Latin America.[/QUOTE]I don't think United will close BsAs as a city (Christ I fucken hope not) the load factors are ok and labor there is low. Unlike Santiago and Lima BsAs has a city pair with Montevideo.

I predict the second ORD flight will resume before December. I know it's not showing yet but I predict late October. I've been looking at the loads for August and they are dropping towards the end of the month and September is empty at this point. Tons of NC upgrades available from the 27th August.

Thanks for using Daddys travel service.

I rarely think more than two weeks in advance without going back and changing my plans.

However, after being confronted with a $8000 (Dollars, not Pesos) ATL-EZE in business I was forced to go coach, and still paid over $1000 for the privelege of sitting next to an aging portena who had to get up every 15 minutes to relieve herself.

Delta is now offering $2100 business class ATL-EZE with 50 day advance (same basic rate from many markets) so if you are thinking about a spring time trip, book it now and cash it in for something else if the trip falls through.

Worth a look.

I'm planning to spend Thanksgiving in BA and have been monitoring UAL airfare to EZE for November past few weeks. Today I found an UAL R/T ticket in Orbitz. Com from my hometown in the NE to EZE via IAD for $545 tax included. There is an additional $21 fee for paper ticket and FEDEX delivery (There is no choice in those matters). The catch is the return flight is not direct from EZE to IAD. First leg is EZE to Sao Paulo on TAM, then connecting from Sao Paulo to IAD on UAL. It is at least $200 cheaper than direct EZE to IAD return route. The connection is not too bad. The TAM flight from EZE to Sao Paulo leaves at 6:00 pm instead of 9:30 pm for UAL direct flight. With 3 hours layover in Sao Paulo, the connecting UAL flight leaves San Paulo at 12:30 am and arrives IAD at 7:20 am. I believe it is worth the $200 plus savings.

Thats a hell of a fair. If I ever actually bought tickets I think I would jump on that. One VERY minor consideration, a Yanqui pig needs a visa to enter Brazil, since you are connecting on an international flight no visa will be required. However in the worst case (I do work for the airline after all and think worst case all the time) if the flight cancels in GRU I'm pretty sure you couldn't leave the transit area unless you currantly hold a visa for Brazil. It's a VERY minor consideration and certainly wouldn't stop me from buying that fare.

To put it in perspective I pay around $US 110.00 or so to fly round trip standby including taxes but not airport fees.

United is adding a second Sao Paulo to IAD flight beginning on Oct.30 and it is the flight you are connecting to in GRU. I will be very surpirised if UAL drops service to BsAs and GRU, because of loads and other considerations.

I will also be surprised if they add the ORD-EZE flight before Dec. Because of a lack of available lift, but hey I could be wrong.