Gabriel:

He did coach-- he's looking to get the most trips out of the miles. He has 3 more years of school in Michigan, so he doesn't want to use them up to fast.

The biggest nuance is that you book a reservation through the partner you will travel with and put seats on hold, then contact LatinPass with the confirmation number for ticketing. At first we had a little trouble figuring it out (i.e. Copa insisted on a OnePass number) but after a few tries with Copa and Taca, we got the hang of booking the flights in the FF seat inventory-- I gather they use the same class for LatinPass as for Distancia or OnePass.

In some ways it's better to deal with individual airlines directly because I think they have more access to availability than booking through a 3rd party lilke LatinPass. Also you don't have to wait days to find availability like you sometimes do when booking partner award travel.

As far as the Copa agent wanting the OnePass number, I think the agent just wasn't familiar with the LatinPass procedure-- and I'm finding that a big element of having seasoned travelers like us using LatinPass is that we're educating the employees much better than 101 memos on how to enter LP numbers, do LP ticketing, etc. Among the lot of LP millionaires, we have had thousands of LP transactions, and we will continue to give agents practice as we book free travel.

[This message has been edited by Viajero Joven (edited 07-24-2000).]