Many of you have flown and plan to fly Taca flights within central america. I received an email from Taca Distancia suggesting that only Taca flights connecting to OUTSIDE central america count towards the promotion. This suggests that one needs a MIA-MGA (or vice versa) flight for Nica --AND-- a MIA-MGA (or MIA-SAL etc; or vice versa)flight for Taca.

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LASTIMOSAMENTE NO ACUMULA PORQUE ESTE VUELO AUNQUE ES ENTRE DOS PAISES CENTROAMERICANOS, ES CONSIDERADO COMO VUELO DOMESTICO, Y ESTA PROMOCION SOLO APLICA PARA VUELOS INTERNACIONALES.

I asked about Taca 141 GUA-SAP and Taca 142 SAP-GUA. I was told by two Taca phone agents that the flights accrued miles. While this may be true, the Distancia email message clearly states the flights are not eligible for the bonus. Note that this conflicts with the definition of international flights posted by Latin Pass. And raises the question of why an international segment is different for Taca than for other Taca Grupo flights like Lacsa etc.

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What is an International Flight Segment?
An international flight segment is any flight from one country to another country which
requires a separate flight ticket coupon.

Has anyone received written confirmation from Taca/Distancia that their intra-central america Taca flights count towards the bonus?

[This message has been edited by flymetothemoon (edited 03-25-2000).]