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Old May 17, 2023 | 11:52 pm
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Originally Posted by travelmad478
My elderly (80 and 78) parents are traveling to EZE this fall en route to Ushuaia for an Antarctic cruise. I haven’t been down there since 2016 so my familiarity is rusty, plus it appears that EZE itself has been going through some changes lately. A couple of questions:

- What’s the most comfortable business class flight (starting in EWR, so a connection in MIA, IAH, ATL, or PTY, it seems)? Any with lie-flat seats? They don’t want to pay up for F, but they will do business.

- Suggestions for a greeter service to pick them up at EZE? They’ll be staying a night in BsAs before heading to AEP for their flight to USH. I might even suggest that they hire someone to accompany them to AEP. They are not travel novices by any means, but my mom is a very anxious person in general and also in early stages of cognitive decline, so I’d like to make the way as smooth/guided as possible. (When I did the same trip in 2016, I got to AEP only to discover that my Aerolineas Argentinas flight had been rescheduled to two hours earlier, with no notification, and I had to do some negotiating at the counter to get on a later flight that day—that sort of experience would send my mom into a tailspin.)

Thanks in advance for any help you can provide!

First question, who is the cruise with? When we did a couple Expedition cruises ( Antarctica & Galapagos) the little leg ( for your parents the AEP-USH) was a charter flight set up by the cruise line. They had us all "herded" to the airport together, so that might be the case with this cruise for them? That might eliviate one worry if that is the case.

What hotel will they stay at in BA? Maybe if you spring for the Four Seasons they can arrange smooth pick ups? Or maybe the Park Hyatt or Alvear palace?

I think there is a native BA here on FT that might could chime in with some contacts..
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