This really does blow for Bay Area elites, because the cancellation of this route does eliminate connection possibilities for AS elites (Mexico, DCA, and other regional cities such as PRC, FLG, etc). Your biggest issue was the fact that Alaska plays a key role in allowing you to connect on AS to LAN in LAX.

I know this is frustrating, but according to this link:

http://www.airliners.net/aviation-fo....main/4593753/

LAN is intending to start a nonstop service between SFO and SCL and I hope this will relieve some [not completely] of the issues of not being able to connect on LAN via LAX.