Dumb question — how do international plane tickets price in Argentina?

If an EZE-NYC round trip costs $500 USD when purchased from a US point of sale, and if the same fare is offered for both a US and an Argentina point of sale (or at least the same fare in NUC) … what will the price look like when purchased with Argentine pesos from a Buenos Aires travel agent? Will it look like it's priced at the official BRL exchange rate?

(Can I save 30%+ on ex-Argentina plane ticket prices by buying them from within the country?)

Foreigners cannot purchase airline tickets with Argentine currency.

.....unless you do it through cooperating travel agents. Happens all the time, even if it is through less than half the travel agents in Argentina.

Does it apply to Ferry Tickets as well. Earlier in the year, I made a booking on SeaCat, went to their office in the Microcenter and paid in ARG Pesos (they even asked for my Passport,USA ) No surcharge was assesed either. Mistake?
As an aside, purchased from their Uruguay Site for travel this month as the rate was far less.. Thanks and Safe Travels.

No arbitrage possible Im afraid.... too many regulations/restrictions exist for issuance of international tickets ex-EZE.

Names of these "cooperating travel agents"?

Kind of make sense:

- You pay in pesos, maybe with a few more pesos tagged on.
- Agent exchange pesos to USD, keeping the record straight.
- Agent makes a sale, and you save 30%.

Im sorry but from this post Im quoting here it is clear that there is little to no understanding of how the ForEx markets work in Argentina.

The only Dollars you can buy "freely" are the blue market ones, and these transactions do not keep any records straight nor crooked... there are simply no records to speak of. Its a "grey market" transaction, nobody will give you paperwork. To go a step further, leaving legal/paperwork issues aside, the simple mechanics of what is posted above simply doesn't add up.

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Will be arriving BsAs on Election Day. Staying at Sheraton Retero for two nights before flying to Dallas. Expecting any strikes? Riots? Or other disruptions?

Apart from some celebrating by the victors I can't see there being any problems....certainly no riots or strikes.

No booze sales during elections.

I will remember to bring a bottle with me on the Francisco!

We'll be in BA from March 13th through March 20th. This is our 2nd trip, but this time we're not super budget travelers. Any recommended restaurants that are very nice but not so expensive when considering the blue dollar rate? Made a reservation at I Latina already and that's $900 for a 7 course meal - roughly $65 with 14 peso exchange rate, which seems like a steal.

Also, I'm reading conflicting information about needing a visa for my return flight through GRU. I have to change from terminal 3 to 1, but it's all international. Will I need to get a visa? I'm a US Citizen. Wife has dual Colombian so she can just flash that passport. I read I can knock that out in a day in BA if I have to get one, is that still true?

El Baqueano
Astor Bistro

No more parallel exchange rate when you'll be there. Official exchange rate will be more similar to what the Blue would have been.

Yeah, saw that. Looks like a lot of money flooded back in once the rate became official since it was about 14.8 then dropped down to 13.3 pretty fast. Inflation will kick it back up, though.