Originally Posted by Gaucho100K
Perhaps travel insurance is a good way to go, also... have you checked with your credit card company? Maybe you can get them to reverse the charge if SW doesnt provide you the service you paid for.
In any event, can you tell me what segments you have already issued on SW tickets...? Like I said, until now the affected routes have been the secondary services, so maybe you will get lucky although its really hard to tell for sure at this point.
As for border crossings.... remember that if you are on a US passport you need a visa for Brazil (if you play by the book).... so things may not be as simple as you think. Im not too sure on the times needed to cross.
Sorry I cannot be of more assistance.
Yep, that was my first thought was that I might be able to reverse the charges if SW didn't actually deliver. But that would still leave me with the nasty task of paying walkup fares on Aerolineas. So I was thinking travel insurance might actually cover the alternative flight which would be nice. I'll definitely have to check it out.
Currently we have booked IGR-AEP-MDZ, and then a return MDZ-AEP. I believe these are fairly major routes so should have decent loads and hence less incentive to cancel, especially as we're going to be there during Holy Week (and during the grape harvest season).
Regarding Brazil, we're also stopping by Rio so we'll have Brazilian visas anyway.
Anyway, thanks for your help. I think I just needed reassurance more than anything. I had a brief moment of panic when I saw your post.
Thanks for keeping us informed!