LA532 Change planes in SCL???
Sep 29, 2011, 11:42 am
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LA532 Change planes in SCL???
I have searched but can not find a definitive answer to this question and LAN has given me two different answers (surprise!):
LAN532 flies EZE-SCL-JFK with a two hour stop in SCL. Now the question is do you actually change aircraft in SCL even though the flight number does not change?
Thanks to any of you who have done this routing; I am sure I have in the past but I don't remember how what happened at SCL. I would much rather stay in my seat --- even for two hours than board twice.
LAN532 flies EZE-SCL-JFK with a two hour stop in SCL. Now the question is do you actually change aircraft in SCL even though the flight number does not change?
Thanks to any of you who have done this routing; I am sure I have in the past but I don't remember how what happened at SCL. I would much rather stay in my seat --- even for two hours than board twice.
Sep 29, 2011, 11:52 am
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Sep 29, 2011, 12:31 pm
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Then NO SCL STOPOVER FOR YOU. And if you do, NO LOUNGE ACCESS 
If there's a crew change, you have to disembark. SCL/EZE is usually served by a SCL/EZE/SCL crew, which also seems to be SCL RT catered. You also might or might not end up on the same aircraft. Also, there is no US-bound security provided for XXX/SCL/USA flights on the XXX/SCL segment. (Note the difference with the SCL/LIM/USA flights where you have the same crew, and you have a gate security check @ SCL).
If there's a crew change, you have to disembark. SCL/EZE is usually served by a SCL/EZE/SCL crew, which also seems to be SCL RT catered. You also might or might not end up on the same aircraft. Also, there is no US-bound security provided for XXX/SCL/USA flights on the XXX/SCL segment. (Note the difference with the SCL/LIM/USA flights where you have the same crew, and you have a gate security check @ SCL).
Sep 29, 2011, 12:38 pm
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Sep 30, 2011, 7:07 am
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Sep 30, 2011, 9:18 am
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- besides, "pareja" takes the theme of the post away, especially if (s)he is drinks a nice cold schop during the connection process at SCL on this "thru flight." - See, easy to keep on topic. While (s)he might be traveling from the city to EZE on the autopista during the innocently-called hora pico, (s)he better not refer to the crowded evening hour at SCL by the same term.
Oct 1, 2011, 3:46 pm
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Oct 1, 2011, 4:37 pm
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Oct 27, 2015, 5:54 pm
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Then NO SCL STOPOVER FOR YOU. And if you do, NO LOUNGE ACCESS
If there's a crew change, you have to disembark. SCL/EZE is usually served by a SCL/EZE/SCL crew, which also seems to be SCL RT catered. You also might or might not end up on the same aircraft. Also, there is no US-bound security provided for XXX/SCL/USA flights on the XXX/SCL segment. (Note the difference with the SCL/LIM/USA flights where you have the same crew, and you have a gate security check @ SCL).
If there's a crew change, you have to disembark. SCL/EZE is usually served by a SCL/EZE/SCL crew, which also seems to be SCL RT catered. You also might or might not end up on the same aircraft. Also, there is no US-bound security provided for XXX/SCL/USA flights on the XXX/SCL segment. (Note the difference with the SCL/LIM/USA flights where you have the same crew, and you have a gate security check @ SCL).
2) If this has changed, is there an airside lounge and what is the best restaurant airside?
3) What's to prevent me from entering SCL, turning around and going through security so that I can access a lounge, or find something to do OTHER than sit in a plane for 2:20?
Thanks in advance - Jamie
Oct 27, 2015, 9:39 pm
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1) Has this changed? Do you really mean to tell my I have to sit for two hours and twenty minutes on a plane that sits on the ground?
2) If this has changed, is there an airside lounge and what is the best restaurant airside?
3) What's to prevent me from entering SCL, turning around and going through security so that I can access a lounge, or find something to do OTHER than sit in a plane for 2:20?
Thanks in advance - Jamie
2) If this has changed, is there an airside lounge and what is the best restaurant airside?
3) What's to prevent me from entering SCL, turning around and going through security so that I can access a lounge, or find something to do OTHER than sit in a plane for 2:20?
Thanks in advance - Jamie
You will disembark. You will go through transit security. If you have lounge access, you can visit a lounge. I've never eaten in any SCL restaurant on the int'l side. You may or may not get on the same aircraft you left. You will have a new crew.
Oct 28, 2015, 3:20 am
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You may have misread my post, or at least the humor in it.
You will disembark. You will go through transit security. If you have lounge access, you can visit a lounge. I've never eaten in any SCL restaurant on the int'l side. You may or may not get on the same aircraft you left. You will have a new crew.
You will disembark. You will go through transit security. If you have lounge access, you can visit a lounge. I've never eaten in any SCL restaurant on the int'l side. You may or may not get on the same aircraft you left. You will have a new crew.
Safe travels, Jamie