SCL-IPC tickets
Jul 31, 2014, 4:50 pm
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SCL-IPC tickets
My OH and I will be travelling to Chile by cruise ship and want to visit Easter Island from there. We have no OW miles other than some US ones.
I've also been looking at the Lan.cl website and noticed that fares on the .cl site run CLP 600,000-1,000,000 which make them as much or not more than those for foreigners (.ca/.us sites)?
We need to end up in LIM before heading home. I haven't been able to find any IPC-LIM flights in early November so is this service seasonal?
I've also been looking at the Lan.cl website and noticed that fares on the .cl site run CLP 600,000-1,000,000 which make them as much or not more than those for foreigners (.ca/.us sites)?
We need to end up in LIM before heading home. I haven't been able to find any IPC-LIM flights in early November so is this service seasonal?
Jul 31, 2014, 5:28 pm
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LAN no longer operates IPC-LIM. LAN currently offers 8 weekly flights on the SCL-IPC route and 9 daily flights on the SCL-LIM route.
Aug 6, 2014, 4:19 pm
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Bought SCL-IPC-SCL-LIM-CUZ-LIM-SCL tickets as that was the cheapest combo.
Have a question re: arrival in SCL from IPC. If the flight is turning around (SCL-IPC-SCL), is the flight into SCL considered domestic of int'l. I'd have to pay the reciprocity fee but my wife has another passport which allows her to avoid paying it.
Have a question re: arrival in SCL from IPC. If the flight is turning around (SCL-IPC-SCL), is the flight into SCL considered domestic of int'l. I'd have to pay the reciprocity fee but my wife has another passport which allows her to avoid paying it.
Aug 6, 2014, 4:25 pm
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Bought SCL-IPC-SCL-LIM-CUZ-LIM-SCL tickets as that was the cheapest combo.
Have a question re: arrival in SCL from IPC. If the flight is turning around (SCL-IPC-SCL), is the flight into SCL considered domestic of int'l. I'd have to pay the reciprocity fee but my wife has another passport which allows her to avoid paying it.
Have a question re: arrival in SCL from IPC. If the flight is turning around (SCL-IPC-SCL), is the flight into SCL considered domestic of int'l. I'd have to pay the reciprocity fee but my wife has another passport which allows her to avoid paying it.
I thought I'd heard this fee was going away, at least for US citizens...
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/south...eb-2014-a.html
You might recheck the policy for Canucks.
It is possible the flight might be regarded as Int'l since I believe it may originate in Tahiti or perhaps even further west.
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Aug 6, 2014, 4:36 pm
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It's still in effect for Canadians, and I am entering Chile by sea.
The ticket I bought on LAN.com came with this:
Though it does say TO and not "From"...
FWIW, the flights I'm booked on don't continue to/from PPT
The ticket I bought on LAN.com came with this:
Check in at the airport at least 2 hours before your flight’s departure for Easter Island, as the trip is considered an international flight.
FWIW, the flights I'm booked on don't continue to/from PPT
Aug 6, 2014, 4:51 pm
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IPC is definitely Chile, so I'd bet that the flight will be treated by customs as a domestic flight, especially since it is not a connection for somewhere outside the country.
Does Chile still charge the reciprocity only for incoming flights and not seaports? Argentina has started requiring it at all ports of entry. As of four years ago, Chile was just at airports.
Just interested, what cruise are you taking into Chile? I did Valparaiso to BsAs a few years ago - beautiful!
Does Chile still charge the reciprocity only for incoming flights and not seaports? Argentina has started requiring it at all ports of entry. As of four years ago, Chile was just at airports.
Just interested, what cruise are you taking into Chile? I did Valparaiso to BsAs a few years ago - beautiful!
Aug 6, 2014, 5:14 pm
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Does Chile still charge the reciprocity only for incoming flights and not seaports? Argentina has started requiring it at all ports of entry. As of four years ago, Chile was just at airports.
Just interested, what cruise are you taking into Chile? I did Valparaiso to BsAs a few years ago - beautiful!
Aug 6, 2014, 6:35 pm
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I flew last week from IPC to SCL and both the flight from SCL and IPC were treated as domestic flights. The only visible difference was that they closed checkin earlier than normally (60 minutes before departure?). I guess lan.com has this comment because of the aircraft type and they need more to load luggage/cargo (cars, coolers etc).
Aug 6, 2014, 8:10 pm
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I called LAN and the agent wherever it connected me to was pretty useless.
I fired an e-mail to the consulate in Vancouver who said that since I was not flying from abroad... Hope they're right. Letter is in English and not Spanish unfortunately.
I fired an e-mail to the consulate in Vancouver who said that since I was not flying from abroad... Hope they're right. Letter is in English and not Spanish unfortunately.
Aug 9, 2014, 11:24 pm
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As long you are not taking the PPT-SCL (with a technical stop at IPC) you will not have any problem. The daily flight from SCL-IPC-SCL is a domestic flight, the one a week flight (SCL-IPC on Mon, IPC-SCL on Tue) is considered an international flight.
EDIT: is not clear, now I see you have SCL-LIM-CUZ-LIM-SCL, in that case you will need to pay the fee unless you have a connection at SCL
EDIT: is not clear, now I see you have SCL-LIM-CUZ-LIM-SCL, in that case you will need to pay the fee unless you have a connection at SCL
Aug 10, 2014, 1:47 pm
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). Cheaper to buy the r/t and toss the last leg (on a 787!).
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Aug 16, 2014, 4:03 am
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I'm looking at SCL-IPC flights and my dates are flexible.
Economy return is around £423.
Business return is around £1000, although lastminute.com are selling this for around £600.
Is this price unrealistic? How likely do you think I am to sit in business class, without any extra charges changes from lastminute, if I book that ticket?
Economy return is around £423.
Business return is around £1000, although lastminute.com are selling this for around £600.
Is this price unrealistic? How likely do you think I am to sit in business class, without any extra charges changes from lastminute, if I book that ticket?
Aug 16, 2014, 6:59 am
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Booking SCL-IPC-SCL tickets through non-Chilean website is almost always very bad idea as the cheapest flights can only booked at Chilean version of lan.com. I flew last month in business class to IPC and paid ~600 euros (450 000 pesos =~ 800 usd).
Aug 16, 2014, 5:38 pm
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Did you encounter any problems buying and receiving tickets with a European address, or is it an identical process (albeit requiring a little Google translation from Spanish)