iahphx

Thanks. I need to buy tickets to Punta Arenas from SCL in a few months, and I'm kind of dreading the experience. Any experiences with JetSmart yet? And has anyone had any recent success redeeming for LATAM award seats within Chile from their partner airlines? I'm wondering if a Punta Arenas flight might make sense to use miles in some program (probably not, but I'm still wondering!).

Viajero Perpetuo

That flight can be had on LATAM for less than a hundred USD, IMO not a good use of miles, but you would earn some for the price/distance.

iahphx

Right, I've had good luck finding cheapo domestic Chilean LATAM tickets, but for my last flight they weren't so cheap and I had to fly Sky. Not horrible (well, actually pretty bad, but so is domestic Chile LATAM these days), but everything else equal, I'd pick LATAM. Are there any ways to spot LATAM "sales," or should I just watch Sky's website and look for LATAM to discount at the same time? Also, any experience with JetSmart?

This trip is pretty far, and I need 3 tickets, so it's worth my time to try to get the best price.

Viajero Perpetuo

I have not flown JetSmart yet. Guess you could try reviewing all notification options on each site as LATAM Chile occasionally sends me instant sale (like Happy Hour, or 24 hour) notifications.

And then there is the exchange rate which is now working against you. That $96 dollar PUQ flight was $79 when I booked it six monhs ago at a much more favorable exchange rate.

iahphx

Good idea, I guess I should sign up for LATAM-Chile emails. I'll see if I can do the same for Sky and JetSmart. I did notice that the dollar seemed to be worth about 10% less against the Chilean peso from my last visit a few months ago. That's not as bad as some currencies: in 10 weeks the dollar declined 20% against the South African rand! Some travellers are going to be shocked. A shame about Chile, though, because even at 670 pesos to the dollar, Chile often didn't seem like a great deal for Americans (when you consider the relative economic conditions of each country). Now it might feel expensive! I did see some crazy LATAM fares to Punta Arenas at off-peak times, though: like $88 roundtrip. Not yet loaded for the days I wanted to travel, though, and some of the flights were at 2 am!

iahphx

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geosch

For the record: I did not have any problem booking domestic flights through both Sky's and LATAM's websites using a foreign Mastercard for payment and a foreign passport as an ID. I chose prices in CLP throughout the process. Booking was done in Spanish. Final prices per person for SCL-ZCO one-way were CLP 12,990 with Sky and CLP 7,900 with LATAM (plus taxes plus CLP 7.990 or CLP 9.990 respectively per checked piece of luggage). No need for any masquerading.

Dselvan

Hi all.
New to the Chilean forums. Got our first ever trip to Chile next year. Have been going through the forums for advice on booking internal flights and also to IPC. I assume these are point of sale tickets, so not linked to Chilean citizens, unlike some other South American countries I have travelled in before.
Tried a dummy booking on LATAM Chile website and went all the way to payment page from the UK without any trouble. So will try to book it next week hopefully. Prefer LATAM since I am Oneworld Emerald but it appears that privileges vary in Chile!!
Not sure if anyone from the UK have done this booking before and any advice on booking will be greatly appreciated.

Stenk75

Wow it's Cyber Day and LATAM offer great prices.
SCL - PUQ for only $42058 (65USD) return in high season and many more.
You can bye it from Chilean site.

iahphx

As I think I posted a few weeks ago in another thread, domestic airfares in Chile (when purchased on the Chilean sites) are now crazy cheap most of the time. I booked Santiago-Punta Arenas tickets for about $80 roundtrip on LATAM. And I didn't go for the cheapest flights!

mohrpj

Trying to book Biz tickets on SCL-IPC (easter island). Oddly EF says there is J-class available as do seat maps (787 equipment). For some reason the LATAM chile site does not show any possible biz bookings. Google flights also shows no availability, nor do the Chilean TA sites suggested earlier on this forum. But oddly on momondo and priceline I can book Biz on the US site for substantially more. Anyone run into this issue where biz class does not show any availability on the Chilean site?

shd9

mohrpj

So interestingly it does show now for an hour or two a day. I could kick myself for not booking yesterday, but by the time I had all my info together it was gone. Came back online for about a half an hour today at higher prices, but now all gone again. So strange.

email2markt

Use the "See Offers" button from this page and the tickets always show:
https://www.latam.com/en_uk/flights-destinations/

I've noticed accessing the booking process from other links is hit and miss.

milwaukeeclassic

Another data point after a very aggravating experience trying to book SCL-IPC tickets. I eventually had luck with www.atrapalo.cl. Hope this helps someone.