Originally Posted by
Eastbay1K
The good news is that LAN has a great on-time record. I had a 1 hour connection @ SCL 2 days ago and it was just fine, and had a 1:30 connection a few days' prior and had at least 1/2 hour lounge time.
Not on this route they don't. It is often hours late. On really bad days they simply drop AKL-SYD-AKL tag legs to make up 12 hours worth of delay. Fine if you are doing AKL-SCL (or SCL-SYD as plenty of QF flights to switch to). Not so good for SYD-SCL as no guarantee you can get to AKL on QF in time, depending on when LA decides to cancel the trans-tasman flights.
That said - I haven't been paying as close attention to reliability on this flight. Maybe it is better this year. Last year it was fairly bad.