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  1. #967

    Damn I am getting old

    Quote Originally Posted by BigMic  [View Original Post]
    This AA.com/American Airlines deal with Red Cross supports a worthy cause to raise funds for disaster relief but works out to 10 cents a mile, more than 5 times the recognized value.
    I can't tell the difference between cents and dollars. It is becoming even more dangerous to do things in my head. When I was working always used a piece of scratch paper to make sure my units were correct.

  2. #966

    NEW American Airlines nonstop from US West Coast

    Starting mid-December American Airlines starts daily nonstop 787 Dreamliner service from the Left Coast; Los Angeles to EZE.

    12 hour Dreamliner Flight departs LAX at 2:30 p.m. And arrives EZE at 7:30 a.m.

    Return 789 service departs EZE 10 p.m. And arrives LAX at 6 a.m.

    Hopefully this new AA route will stick as it greatly reduces travel time from California.

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  4. #965

    Good cause but poor value

    Quote Originally Posted by BigBossMan  [View Original Post]
    AA is currently giving 10 miles for each dollar donated up to $1000. Miles are usually valued at 1.8 cents so buying at .10 cents is a good deal. It might be less if you are able to deduct charitable giving on your taxes. From the West Coast, I find AA the best for Brazil and Argentina. For Colombia and Central America I use Copa. Frankfurt and Madrid are also good on AA especially since they bought the Charlotte and Philadelphia hubs from US Air. You can find some business class flights for low points every once in awhile.

    https://www.redcross.org/donate/cm/americanairlines-pub.html/
    This AA.com/American Airlines ‘deal’ with Red Cross supports a worthy cause to raise funds for disaster relief but works out to 10 cents a mile, more than 5 times the recognized value.

  5. #964

    American Airlines Points for donating to Red Cross for Michael relief

    AA is currently giving 10 miles for each dollar donated up to $1000. Miles are usually valued at 1.8 cents so buying at .10 cents is a good deal. It might be less if you are able to deduct charitable giving on your taxes. From the West Coast, I find AA the best for Brazil and Argentina. For Colombia and Central America I use Copa. Frankfurt and Madrid are also good on AA especially since they bought the Charlotte and Philadelphia hubs from US Air. You can find some business class flights for low points every once in awhile.

    https://www.redcross.org/donate/cm/americanairlines-pub.html/

  6. #963

    Question of luck

    Never had problems with them and honestly speaking they have improved over the years.
    Talking abour Airlines, in my experience Avianca is the worst among the big south-american companies and there is no sign of improvement.

    Quote Originally Posted by Tres3  [View Original Post]
    Another confirmation of my earlier post to avoid Aerolineas unless you have no other choice.

    Tres3.

  7. #962
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    Posts: 577

    Another Confirmation

    Quote Originally Posted by Doppelganger  [View Original Post]
    Booked a flight on Aerolineas Argentinas with a departure and return from AEP (down town airport - 20 minutes from my apt) for a 07:40 flight in their Premium Economy/Club Condor class (that is First/Business Class for us Americanos).

    Two days before I depart I get an email telling me my flight is now at 06:10 and out of EZE (the international airport out in the boonies - 1 hour from the apt) and the return flight is to EZE as well.
    Another confirmation of my earlier post to avoid Aerolineas unless you have no other choice.

    Tres3.

  8. #961

    Aerolineas Argentinas AVOID

    Booked a flight on Aerolineas Argentinas with a departure and return from AEP (down town airport - 20 minutes from my apt) for a 07:40 flight in their Premium Economy/Club Condor class (that is First/Business Class for us Americanos).

    Two days before I depart I get an email telling me my flight is now at 06:10 and out of EZE (the international airport out in the boonies - 1 hour from the apt) and the return flight is to EZE as well.

    Well I'm a bit pissed as this adds about 1 1/2 hours travel time.

    But it gets better, my ticket shows Premium Economy and I get access to the premium lounge but when I board the aircraft guess what, it is all economy seating.

    So what is the Argie answer to this you may ask?

    Why they put me in the isle seat, leave the middle seat open and put the other passenger in the seat next to the window.

    The seating chart for my original flight showed only two rows with a total of 8 seats in First/Business, as you would expect.

    Asked the flight attendant about this and was told with a smile this was "Premium Economy" and to shut up and sit down or get off the plane.

    Just got the email for the return flight and guess what, now I am moved up 4 hours earlier, the seating chart shows it's all economy again so it appears I am getting Argie First again.

    My experience has been this airline almost never runs on time or keeps the ticketed itinerary, and their pilots are not competent to fly in the rain (IFR) but what do you expect from a county as Fu*ked Up as Argentina.

    For all the mineral and agricultural wealth this country has due to their political corruption, ineptitude and greed they will never amount to anything under their socialist government. Well that's OK Venezuela, Brazil and Argentina are drowning in their social spending debt and will collapse in the near future. Venezuela will go first and it's a toss up between Argentina and Brazil in the next couple of years.

    End of rant - got to boogie to the airport for my new departure time.

  9. #960

    One Way Considerations (continued)

    Keep in mind that while Spirit and Jet Blue sell one way international flights, proof of return travel is required to leave/return to the US. If using Spirit one has to be able to produce a paper copy of the Spirit 'ticket' for as the pariah of the industry, hated by everyone, Spirit is on their own and there is no recognized clearinghouse ticket number for their 'eticket'; this means there is no return ticket number to put into the computer system of the outgoing airline/TSA so it is essential to be able to produce/surrender a paper copy.

  10. #959

    One Way Options to at least consider

    In a pinch, there are some one way options utilizing the sometimes dirt cheap fares of one of the worlds worst airlines, Spirit, which has one way deals from Panama City and Lima and others. Jet Blue also has one low way fares. In addition to a 'free' layover in Peru or Columbia you can cobble together a trip and stretch a low number of miles as the airlines jack up the numbers from the U S to BA where close to 100k is becoming the norm. For instance, 20k can get you a one way within central/South America with Copa/United. Combine this with a cheap one way fare and a low mileage one way mileage award and you've got the trip closer to the mile level you were promised by the airline. This is an option to look at when your miles can only get you to/from BA in one direction for a reasonable amount of miles.

  11. #958
    Another weird airline quirk is that one way tickets are in most cases more expensive then a round trip.

  12. #957
    Quote Originally Posted by Tres3  [View Original Post]
    Take a look at a one way fare on any airline coming to BA. It may be less than the change fee. I just bought a one way ticket from Florida to New England for substantially less than the change fee, and will just be a no show (no cancellation fee) on my original ticket. Change fees are complained about more in the USA than checked baggage fees.

    Tres3.
    I did do that but no one else flies one way non stop that I ever found and the layovers were very long and she only speaks Spanish (and nobody in Spain could fucking understand her argie ass anyway ha ha), and only $100 or so would have been saved.

  13. #956
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    Posts: 577

    One Way Fare

    Quote Originally Posted by Dickhead  [View Original Post]
    My travelling companion had to change her flight on Aerolineas and the change fee was more than the original ticket cost. Like about 30% more, just to change the return half. A bunch of Cock Suckers.
    Take a look at a one way fare on any airline coming to BA. It may be less than the change fee. I just bought a one way ticket from Florida to New England for substantially less than the change fee, and will just be a no show (no cancellation fee) on my original ticket. Change fees are complained about more in the USA than checked baggage fees.

    Tres3.

  14. #955
    My travelling companion had to change her flight on Aerolineas and the change fee was more than the original ticket cost. Like about 30% more, just to change the return half. A bunch of Cock Suckers.

  15. #954

    What a difference a day makes!

    I am thinking of doing the the Sao Paulo Buenos Aires South America circuit this year. The real is now favorable again to the US dollar after many many years. Yesterday I was looking at a combination of paid fare and airline points. Today all of a sudden there is a fare saver special on the flight from LAX to GRU. I can do the whole trip on airline miles. As the Grateful Dead once sang, "Sometimes the light is all shining on me, other times I can barely see.".

  16. #953

    Hitch a ride

    Hey maybe next time you could hitch a ride with her majesty Christina, bet she does not wait line for the Argie Air Force 1.

    These guys are totally Fuck3d. I usually try to fly TAM from BsAs to Rio or Sao Paulo when I go over to Brazil.

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