Spoke to UA today who tell us we can get C reward tix on Varig from Brazil to Santiago, having us arrive into SCL midday Sunday August 11.

Qantas tell us we can redeem QF miles on Lan Chile SCL-Easter Island same day, arriving there 8.10pm. Note - they only fly TWICE a week on that route - on Thursdays and Sundays. (767/300)

Flights back IPC-SCL Thursday August 15th also are OK with QF reward points, leaving 10.50 am and getting us there 5.30pm. The next Varig flight to Brazil is at 2.30pm on Friday August 16th, which connects nicely with our UA flight GRU-MIA-IAD-SEA, where after 20+ hours in airports/planes we will be partying at SeaDooFour if we are indeed still awake.

Three questions:

1. Jon NYC Are these dates from SCL good for your schedule?

2. And if they are, is Jim_B up for dinner on the evening of August 15? We missed connecting last year, so fingers crossed.

3. Does ANYONE have an idea of costs and where to book for the on-island few days?

4. Is there anyone else out there up for this?

For us to get to SCL in time to make the Sunday flight, we need to cancel out our already upgraded Washington and Miami incoming flights, and a day of sightseeing there, and fly without stopping DEN-ORD-GRU-SCL to get there by Sunday. So if we go with this we can't unravel it easily. But being August want to lock in something REAL soon so reward tix do not evaporate.



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~ Glen ~