Originally Posted by jimmac
I'm going thru SCL next year. I will arrive around 9.30 or 10 on AC from YYZ and then leave around 5 in the afternoon on a Lan Chile flight to Mendoza. Since I'm going from one international flight to another can I stay in a transit area and avoid this visa fee? Would AC check my bags to Lan Chile (which will be a separate ticket) to avoid having to pick them up? Are there any facilities in the transit area (e.g showers) if I was able to stay in transit? Its an awkward connection timewise so I'm trying to plan the best way to handle it and spending a huge fee for my wife and I to enter Chile for 4 or 5 hours seems like a waste of money. I'd appreciate advice from people with experience of SCL.
When I have transited through Santiago to Aregentine destinations I have simply had to pass through security and did not have to pass through immigraion or pay the visa fee.