Cheaper to buy EZE-GIG tickets in BA?
I'm coming to BA soon, but I'm thinking about taking a sidetrip to Rio for a couple of days. Is it cheaper to buy it from a travel agent in BA or cheaper on Travelocity? It's about $300 for the roundtrip on Travelocity right now.
Under $800 with 3 nights hotel stay
Expedia has a package deal with RT ticket from my hometown in the east coast to EZE connecting in Chicago on United over Memorial Day weekend (leaving on THUR 5/26 and returning on MON 5/30). The package costs about $800 including 3 nights stay at Hyde Park Hotel, $830 at Dazzler Hotel, $840 at Wilton Hotel, or $860 at Rochester Hotel, tax included. There are few other hotel package choices for under $900. The initial prices when you put in the travel dates are about $80 higher. But when continue with the booking process the prices go down to the prices I mentioned.
This deal is available to other dates around that timeframe too.
I have two other trips scheduled between now and Memorial Day Weekend already, otherwise I would seriously consider this offer. I hate to waste a long weekend just sticking around at home.
AA has a special too. No need to fly through Chicago
[QUOTE=Sportsman]Expedia has a package deal with RT ticket from my hometown in the east coast to EZE connecting in Chicago on United over Memorial Day weekend (leaving on THUR 5/26 and returning on MON 5/30). [/QUOTE]
The AA trip is a bit under $700 with taxes, and you can pick your own apartment. See my other post. You can also stay up to 10 days. 1 long weekend is NOT enough time in BA.
Website for Southern Winds
[QUOTE=Stormy]Does anyone have an internet site for Southwinds airline? Thanks.[/QUOTE][blue]Stormy,
If you meant Southern Winds, the Argentine airline that flies domestically throughout the country, plus to Miami and Madrid, then the web address is:
[url]http://www.sw.com.ar/en/home.jsp[/url]
Thanks,
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Continental to start IAH-EZE service November 1
Continental has applied to begin non-stop service between Houston and Buenos Aires starting November 1.
United dropping Chicago to BA nonstop
The last United Chicago to BA nonstop will be June 6. It seems that United was not able to negotiate a new deal with the company who leases them the aircraft
so they (United) have to give the airplanes back. There will still be service on United through Washington. This was according to the Chicago Tribune today.
I really enjoyed that nonstop.
They did the same thing last year
For the past two years United has gone to one flight a day from IAD in our summer/BsAs winter due the sharp decline in demand at theat time of year. The last two years they said it was because of low pax count. This year I think they said it was due to losing the planes so they can fuck us again in court. I'm pretty sure they will add it back again in Sept/Oct. Right now we are filling up the planes to the Orient, Viet Nam mostly.
I recon I am a little bitter about the pay cuts. What any of you Republicans on this board should be pissed about (us fiscally conservative Dems are pissed allready) is that the court wouldn't allow the Union to take over and administer the pension at no cost to the taxpayer. The court seemed to think that a better idea was to put a 6 billion dollar burden on the tax payer with other airlines to shortly follow suit.
As far as Jamito's suggestion of using the hidden city to get a reward flight I would really advize against it. The airlines have managed to get that activity included in interstate fraud and will, not can, but will cancel your return and charge you 100% of the full fare for your return. I'm not totaly sure they can do that on an international flight but I will check at work today and get back to you guys. I've seen this happen many, many times domesticly and people are always ever so suprised when they find out their return will cost them $2000.00 or more for a flight that cost them $99.00 on the outbound. Airlines really suck and have many, many lawyers.