Other North & South America Frequent Flyer Programs - Aerolineas Argentinas - any recent experience?

I need to travel Buenos Aires to Sydney in January 2013 and they are by far the cheapest for Business Class but seem to have a terrible reputation for seats, food, service, the lot. Has anyone had a good experience with them recently?

they were bad 10-15 years ago and have gone downhill since....

how much more does the 2nd lowest bidder cost?....

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Aerolineas Argentinas is one of the world's worst airlines and is to be avoided at all costs, especially on a long haul. Their business class product is outdated by at least twenty years. They are notorious for work stoppages, mechanical delays, and hemorrhaging money. LAN, on the other hand, is a well run operation that has an extensive intra-Argentina network (though not as extensive as Aerolineas Argentinas). If you are based in and or will be traveling extensively to/from EZE OneWorld is your best bet with AA, IB, and LAN all have many daily flights.

I flew on them back in October 2009 and they were fine. It was just a 4 hour flight, but everything was on time, the bags came out quickly after the flight, and I didn't have any problems. Granted, had it been a longer flight or something things could have been worse...

Based on some of the horrors I have read, I would also second Rock's comments. I'm not sure of the price and your budget, but I would look at EZE-SCL-SYD on LAN and Qantas.

Has anyone had any experiences flying intra country from AEP? I'm wondering about on time performance from AEP.

Has anyone had any experiences flying intra country from AEP? I'm wondering about on time performance from AEP.

http://www.aa2000.com.ar/

You can always go here and look up AEP and see the daily disaster board.

http://www.aa2000.com.ar/

You can always go here and look up AEP and see the daily disaster board.

Thanks and it is a disaster!

Hi there,

I haven't been able to find the redemption rates for Aerolineas SkyTeam awards (only for some of the airlines).
Does anyone know if they are already available?

Thanks
ph