Originally Posted by
Eastbay1K
You also might consider a traditional travel agent. They can mix/match anything (issued on LAN ticket stock) and sometimes there have been private fares available to TAs (in the GDS) that you might not get on .com - fear not, they are published in the sense that you get credit, etc.
^ Yes. But lets talk. I have had dismal luck with TAs. You go in, they key in the data and offer you whatever it spits out, even though it is twice the price I could find myself. Not being critical. I can spend several hours over several days searching down a price/route I like. It couldn't be profitable for a TA to do that. I am sure there must be good ones, just have not found one in my home town. And I can't imagine how it would work by phone or emails back and forth for a long distance remote TA. Are there TAs that specialize in NA-SA trips? Are there some better at LAN tix than others? I think I need to be educated.