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[Premium Fare Gone]:Avianca/: Business - Various USA-various South America $1200-1699

Old May 10, 2018, 8:51 pm
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Airline?
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Old May 10, 2018, 9:13 pm
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Thats an awesome fare. Its often hard to come by for even economy. And Avianca is a decent airline too. Thanks for sharing.
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Old May 11, 2018, 8:37 am
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Originally Posted by MSPeconomist
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(From thread title)
AV = Avianca
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Old May 11, 2018, 8:43 am
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Originally Posted by FLA77
And Avianca is a decent airline too.
Many would dispute that.
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Old May 11, 2018, 9:11 am
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Avianca/*A: Business - JFK-LIM-JFK $699 JFK-UIO-LIM-JFK $768


https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/premium-fare-deals/1907588-business-jfk-lim-eze-bog-jfk-avianca-1350-a.html
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Old May 27, 2018, 7:06 am
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Originally Posted by br2k
Now, they just swapped the flights (Avianca doing the AV20/21 as of today) and the first day did not go well. Hope they don't swap back because of that :/
Flew both AV 20 and AV 21 this week - both were on Dreamliner. Seems wamos is gone from this route.
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Old May 27, 2018, 8:48 am
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Originally Posted by ani90
Flew both AV 20 and AV 21 this week - both were on Dreamliner. Seems wamos is gone from this route.
I thought the Wamos operated flights were AV244/245. Not totally sure but I checked the schedule for this week ad AV244/245 show A330 and AV20/21 show B788.
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Old Jun 4, 2018, 10:38 am
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The B787 seems to be gone again from JFK. As of June 1st AV20/21 (JFK-BOG) is back to the Avianca A333 and AV244/245 (BOG-JFK) is the Wamos A332. That's what shows on flightradar24.com
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Old Jun 4, 2018, 10:53 am
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I can confirm that B788 is gone from the JFK flights.

AV20/21 is now operated by AV's ex-TransAsia A333, with angle flat seats
AV244/245 is operated by Wamos

Avianca is a terrible airline, my recent trips with AV came with frequent long delays, mostly due to technical issues, I would be cautious of flying AV as I wonder if it's even safe to fly...
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Old Jun 4, 2018, 8:04 pm
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Originally Posted by newflyer530
I can confirm that B788 is gone from the JFK flights.

AV20/21 is now operated by AV's ex-TransAsia A333, with angle flat seats
AV244/245 is operated by Wamos

Avianca is a terrible airline, my recent trips with AV came with frequent long delays, mostly due to technical issues, I would be cautious of flying AV as I wonder if it's even safe to fly...
I've had totally different experiences on Avianca. I've flown short haul on them tons of times, medium haul a handful of times, 319 from BOG-IAD was pretty miserable, 787 from BOG-SCL was just fine with the lie flat seats, no delays. My only complaint on that flight was the food was absolutely horrible.

Are any of these available from the West coast? They only really fly from LAX as I recall, but these fares are always EX-JFK, such a bummer. UIO always seems pricey to get to from YVR (or anywhere nearby) except AM once in a while.
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Old Jun 15, 2018, 11:31 am
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Just an FYI. I took the $699 Avainca deal to LIM and indeed the plane was switched to Wamos. However my booking was "Avianca", not "Avianca operated by Wamos".

I didn't receive credit, but I appealed the missing credit to United and United credited me for the flight. If you ended up in this situation, be sure to appeal to missing mileage credit. (This is probably only going to work if your ticket never mentioned Wamos at purchase.)



Overall the Wamos flight was fine, about the same quality as a mainland China carrier, but more friendly. Cheers!

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Old Jun 15, 2018, 1:36 pm
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Originally Posted by drvannostren

Are any of these available from the West coast? They only really fly from LAX as I recall, but these fares are always EX-JFK, such a bummer. UIO always seems pricey to get to from YVR (or anywhere nearby) except AM once in a while.

I haven't seen any for West Coast. They do however, also fly from SFO 2x a day to SAL.
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Old Jul 6, 2018, 7:26 pm
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For those who bank miles toward other *A carriers and got Wamosed, did anyone get miles from their respective carriers?

3 months after my flight (BOG-JFK), got 3752 miles posted to my TK account by surprise.
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Old Jul 6, 2018, 7:43 pm
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Yes, I got them posted on UA after about a month as well. I had to contact UA to get it sorted out.
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Old Jul 8, 2018, 10:30 pm
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It all goes back to the tale: "you get what you pay for."
Avianca doesn't want to outsource their flights. They have to because of defective engines on the 787. That's likely more of a safety issue than Wamos' older aircraft.
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