Thanks for the responses.

Yes it was in Miles. He gave me a quote in the high 200's for Kms. He said the availability was next to nothing for a good 2 months in that time frame, and understandably so. I can try the Santiago search and see what I get, but like you said must be careful about missing flights and lack of protection.

As far as AA goes, I just checked and it says there is no award availability from JFK to PUQ...I guess I could keep checking? I know I read a post from a while back that someone said every day would vary with LAN, and some days you would see availability and some you wouldnt...wish there was an easier way to check for them than calling