jmgriffin

good find, the fare appears to still be available

cesarvasquezt

What tool are you using to book and which dates are you selecting. I am trying using kayak and ITA and dont get the same rates. Is it maybe because of the rates?

dcas

Use studentuniverse promo code LANTAM50 to take $50 off this fare. Flexible search on their website works well.

nsummy

I tried this on Cyber Monday and now, how are you doing the stopovers in Brazil? Every time i try, it jacks up the price to well over $1000. It seems like the TAM flights mess this up since LAN doesn't operate within Brazil. I booked the last IGU deal a few months ago and had no problems. I really need to get back to Brazil, Any advice?

odojoe

My wife and I did MIA LIM IGU last month. LAN was horrible! We drove from Orlando to Miami to catch our 1:20 Am flight to Lima. We arrived at the airport and they told us our flight was delayed until 8:40 AM. They told us we would make our connecting flight to IGU, but that was a lie so we spent another night in Lima arriving a full day late and losing out on about 40% of our time in Iguacu.

The only consideration we asked for was an upgrade on the way home on the Lima to Miami segment. Although they had 4 spaces available, they declined to upgrade us.

They could have routed us through to Sao Paulo or Rio that night and we would have arrived on schedule. They had our email and mobile info but never notified us of the delay until airport arrival. In Miami they had us stay about 40 mintues from the airport and we did not get into our hotel room until 1:15 AM for a 5:15 wake up call to go back to the airport. They had two buses full of passengers but would not depart the airport until both buses were full. You can imagine the line with just three clerks at check in.

I addressed LAN Customer NO Service and their response was sorry , give us another chance. NEVER!!!!!!!!

frank_10b

Heres my itin if it helps:

Flight 1
Depart 1:45 PM
Sun, Jun 21
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles Airport, El Segundo (LAX)
Stop 1
Stop 1
Lima
Jorge Chavez International (LIM)
airline logo LAN Airlines 601
4,181 mi 8hr 25min
No plane change. Time between flights: 1hr 30min

Depart 1:40 AM
Mon, Jun 22
Lima
Jorge Chavez International (LIM)
Arrive 5:55 AM
Santiago
Arturo Merino Benitez (SCL)
airline logo LAN Airlines 601
1,527 mi 3hr 15min
This is an overnight flight, which will arrive one (1) day later.
Flight 2
Depart 8:50 AM
Mon, Jun 22
Santiago
Arturo Merino Benitez (SCL)
Check-in online or at the airport with LAN Airlines.
Arrive 2:05 PM
Rio De Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro Int'l airport (GIG)
TAM Linhas Aeraes TAM 8205 Airbus A319
1,825 mi 4hr 15min
Flight 8205 Operated by LATAM AIRLINES GROUP S.A

Flight 3
Depart 4:25 PM
Sat, Jul 4
Rio De Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro Int'l airport (GIG)
Arrive 6:32 PM
Foz Do Iguacu, Parana
Foz do Iguacu International Airport (IGU)
TAM Linhas Aeraes TAM 3187 Airbus A320
741 mi 2hr 7min
Flight 4
Depart 7:40 PM
Mon, Jul 6
Foz Do Iguacu, Parana
Foz do Iguacu International Airport (IGU)
Stop 1
Lima
Jorge Chavez International (LIM)
airline logo LAN Airlines 2442 Airbus A319
1,736 mi 4hr 30min
Flight 2442 Operated by /AND MARKETED BY LAN PERU

Change planes. Time between flights: 3hr 50min

Depart 2:00 AM
Tue, Jul 7
Lima
Jorge Chavez International (LIM)
Arrive 8:20 AM
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles Airport, El Segundo (LAX)
airline logo LAN Airlines 600

nsummy

Thanks Frank, a couple of questions:

1. I take it you did this on cyber monday, and not with this current sale?
2. What OTA did you use and how much was it?
3. How did you break up the multi city when searching? LAX-GIG, GIG-IGU, IGU-LAX? Or did you get more specific to force this routing.

I think these TAM flights are messing this up but obviously you were able to do it.

Thanks!

fedechat

Probably on Cyber Monday, AFAIK LAX is not included this time.

nsummy

I'm sure it is, still curious though as I tried doing something similar on cyber monday and still couldn't get it to work. There might be a trick to it.

howtofreetravel

I am excited for this one as Israelis don't need a visa

frank_10b

Hi--
Yes, cyber monday. It was $515 on Orbitz ($510 on expedia). Yes as you say in question 3: I put in the advanced routing codes in ITA (LIM, SCL) to produce LAX-LIM-SCL-GIG. (There is no existing LIM-GIG flight.) GIG-IGU seemed available most any day so finding that wasn't a problem.
Hope that helps.

uptwn132

On ITA I can price this with stopover in SAO ($627) but can't seem to book it without the price jumping past $1000. Anyone still getting this to work with stopover?

Itinerary details
Itinerary
New York (JFK) to Sao Paulo (GRU) — Mon, Feb 9
Overnight flight

New York (JFK) to Santiago (SCL) — Mon, Feb 9
LAN Airlines 533
Dep: 8:00 pm
Arr: 8:25 am
10h 25m
Boeing 787
Economy (O)
Dinner, Breakfast
Layover in SCL
Tue, Feb 10
1h 30m

Santiago (SCL) to Sao Paulo (GRU) — Tue, Feb 10
LAN Airlines 760
Dep: 9:55 am
Arr: 2:35 pm
3h 40m
Boeing 787
Economy (H)
Refreshments

Sao Paulo (CGH) to Iguassu Falls (IGU) — Tue, Feb 17
TAM Linhas Aereas 3340
Dep: 1:40 pm
Arr: 3:19 pm
1h 39m
Airbus A320
Economy (Y)
Snack or Brunch
Iguassu Falls (IGU) to New York (JFK) — Thu, Feb 19
Overnight flight

Iguassu Falls (IGU) to Lima (LIM) — Thu, Feb 19
TAM Linhas Aereas 8226
Dep: 8:55 pm
Arr: 10:10 pm
3h 15m
Airbus A319
Economy (B)
Refreshments
OPERATED BY LANPERU FOR LAN AIRLINES
Layover in LIM
2h 15m

Lima (LIM) to New York (JFK) — Fri, Feb 20
LAN Airlines 2530
Dep: 12:25 am
Arr: 8:15 am
7h 50m
Boeing 767
Economy (Q)
Breakfast, Refreshments
OPERATED BY AND MARKETED BY LAN PERU
Mileage
12,637 total miles
Airport Information
New York John F Kennedy International (JFK)
Sao Paulo Guarulhos International (GRU)
Sao Paulo Congonhas (CGH)
Foz do Iguacu Cataratas International (IGU)
Santiago Arturo Merino Benitez (SCL)
Lima J. Chavez (LIM)
Cost per passenger (including taxes & fees)
$627.26
Total cost for 1 passenger
$627.26

nsummy

I'm pretty sure this deal had to be booked last week.

gotofly

It still works without the stop over.

nsummy

It might be a PIA but for what its worth, you can actually by a round trip ticket from IGU to SAO for a little under $150. Flight is a little under 2 hours.