Originally Posted by
SamGRJ
Absolutely, yeah. Just a fun trip for my wife and myself. Went to Santiago in the fall (which was awesome) and thought it would be cool to continue to explore that region, but there are a lot of fun places to go. We'll find something that's a better value, maybe on Delta, maybe on another carrier.
What if there had been no upgrade award inventory on the flights? Would you have just bought a K fare and hope that it opened up? K fares on ORD-LIM are around $1400, while Z fares can be found for $2400, so mileage upgrade award route would probably not have been that great of a deal for your miles (especially on a K fare). Business fares on AM are around $1400. While you won't get lie-flat's, you can do quite well on MQD/mileage earn on these.