Harvey - do you mean Latin Pass advised KLM of this, or the other way around?

I see in the FD brochure page 51 (English version page 52 anyway!) that there is an award 'Sth America Area #1' Zone J - which means I think 15,000 FD points for Y class and 30,000 for business class each way.

Joh and I have tickets booked to Rio in early August. We spent New Year's Eve there, so would rather visit elsewhere this visit. Page 59 says "Area 1" covers Brazil - and Bolivia and Peru are 2 others in area #1.

1. Does anyone know WHICH carrier (one of the Latin Pass crowd I guess?) flies say Bolivia to Rio on KLM award tickets?

2. Do KLM awards allow open-jawing - i.e. if we fly into La Paz Bolivia can we fly back to Rio out of Cuzco etc if we make our own way overland? (It may well be 2 different LP airlines involved here I imagine?)

3. Does this current 10% discount on FD awards apply to Latin awards from non KLM airlines? i.e. would this cost 60,000 less 10% for the round trip in August?

4. Most important - has anyone had experience with whether awards are hard or easy to redeem? Especially at this time of year i.e. August 10 - 18th say.

5 ... are there "blackout" zones via the Latin Pass carriers?

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~ Glen ~