Originally Posted by honu
Interesting (if conflicting) info. We'll be entering Chile in Jan. from IPC, does anyone know if they have CC-enabled services over there? Also, we'll be entering Argentina at one of the southern land crossings (not sure which, somewhere in Patagonia, though): can they handle credit cards there?
The Argentinian tax is an "Exit" tax... there is no entery tax... and the Chilean 100$ is not a tax per-say. it is a fee that the Chiliean government imposed on US passport holders just as the US government imposed a 100$ visa issuence fee for chiliean passport holders. so in a nutshell
Chile = To enter pay 100$ / To exit FREE
Argentina = to enter FREE / To exit pay 18$ tax