Originally Posted by Bostom
The way the phone rep was talking it was BOS then either MIA or DFW or JFK to EZE (and he said it didn't matter as they calculated it by the BOS-EZE mileage; as if we had non-stops...???) all of which were available then LAN from EZE to SCL but nothing from SCL to IPC or back for the 40 or so days he looked at.
Are you saying go to Papeete from Santiago then turn around, come back, and stopover on Isla de Pascua then back to Santiago? That's legal? Or am I getting ahead of myself? AA rep definitely said there's no way on a OW award to go PPT to NZ or Oz
I might go for it; I suspect my better half might not - thinks I'm crazy as it is. Also thinks we can only sit in the front of the plane, too, but that's another story...and an extra 12 hours or so to get there, and the ground time in PPT...dunno...
I had no problems getting IPC as part of my OW award last March.
TPA-mia-gru-GIG/open jaw/GRU-EZE-SCL-IPC-scl-LIM-scl-mia-TPA
I do realize that the info does not help you, but I'm surprised that there was no availibility for 40 days???
I had to adjust my IPC trip by a day or 2 at most.
This is a long shot, but is it possible the agent was only checking certain days of the week? That flight is scheduled for 3 or 4 times a week only. Maybe you told the agent that you want to travel on Wednesday or something similar and that's the only days of the week s/he checked? When I was booking my trip I ran into a similar situation. I didn't care about dates, I cared about certain days of the week. At first the EXP agent was not finding anything until we figured out why. I wanted to go there on the wrong day of the week. It's a long shot, but who knows?
I also agree that 3 nights is about enough for IPC. I had a great time, loved the island and met some great people, but the island is 15 x 10 miles TOTAL!
The one thing that did surprise me about it was the fact that it is a big diving destination. I suppose if you are a diver then a longer stay maybe be worth it. I'm not and after 2 full days of driving the rented dunne buggy around, hiking and seeing every possible corner of the island, I was ready to go back.
Anyways, good luck with the award and have a great trip!