Originally Posted by
pmdicker
Looking to travel to Easter Island early Jan of 2026.... part of a trip to Chile & Peru
Nayara Hangaroa looks wonderful - but about 2.5x cost of other top hotels. Worth it? More than wiling to pay more as long as it's that much better.
Also.....
\Want to purchase 2 Business Class seats on the 787-9 from SCL to IPC on Sat Jan 3 and then return the next day - also in Business Class. According to the LATAM website, there are ZERO Business Class seats offered on this route as of Jan 1 onwards.... but the Seat Map for available seats starts at Row 12 with Economy Seats (consistent with info on aerolopa.com). So there are clearly Business Seats physically on the plane - this is not an all-Economy flight.
I reached out to LATAM to see if maybe these Business Class fares have not been loaded yet and was told that only Economy Cabin is available to passengers and that Business Class may be offered at some point in the future.
So a plane will take off with Business Class seats that are not offered for purchase - seats that provide more revenue/profit than the ones offered?
Am I missing something here?
Any feedback greatly appreciated!
We were on Easter Island this January, and asking DH if he recalls what we actually saw on the plane. I think it's just 3 seat row, middle seat blocked. He has no memory. If we fly economy ( which we did to Easter) if it's a 3 seat row, we try to get aisle/aisle. We know we are "different" and since we spend 24 hours away together on our extended months long travels, we don't need to be right next to each other. Wish I could recall what I saw exactly.
We really enjoyed Nayara, but it is $$$$. The only advice I can give is location.... The "downtown" area, waterfront is where all the restaurants and tour booking spots are. So, if you dont have an all-inclusive like Nayara or Explora, I would think you would want to be near-ish that area.