LatinPass: Who's Really Going?
Apr 28, 2000 | 12:55 am
#466
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: Folsom, CA
Posts: 59
Hi everyone-
I am new to FlyerTalk, just joined a couple days ago. I am completely bummed I missed out on this whole Latin Pass phenomenon because I just wasn't in the know.
I wanted to just thank everybody for entertaining me immensely for the last 2 1/2 hours it took me to get through this entire string. It was better than reading a novel. I loved all your stories and I laughed, cried (well, not really) and lived vicariously through your experiences. I feel as if I stood in the lines, ate the steaks, smelled the Caracas stench, enjoyed Quito, drank the beers, saw the weary fellow FlyerTalkers and enjoyed the disbelief of all airline employees you encountered.
Just wanted to say thanks. I always knew I had no desire to go to Columbia and you all confirmed it. However, I would never in my life have ever desired to go to Ecuador and now I'm dying to with all this enthusiasm for Quito. And all your stories about the good service on the planes made me less scared about venturing off the beaten path with "unknown" airlines.
Thanks to everyone.
PuddingGuy, Gator, Rhinochaser, NaturalSpringWater....I think we need to get a Sacramento area based Flyertalk gang together sometime. It's nice to finally meet people more insanely addicted to miles than me. My co-workers think I'm a wacko, and I've done maybe 1/100th of what you've all done in the name of miles...
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Regards-
Karen
I am new to FlyerTalk, just joined a couple days ago. I am completely bummed I missed out on this whole Latin Pass phenomenon because I just wasn't in the know.
I wanted to just thank everybody for entertaining me immensely for the last 2 1/2 hours it took me to get through this entire string. It was better than reading a novel. I loved all your stories and I laughed, cried (well, not really) and lived vicariously through your experiences. I feel as if I stood in the lines, ate the steaks, smelled the Caracas stench, enjoyed Quito, drank the beers, saw the weary fellow FlyerTalkers and enjoyed the disbelief of all airline employees you encountered.
Just wanted to say thanks. I always knew I had no desire to go to Columbia and you all confirmed it. However, I would never in my life have ever desired to go to Ecuador and now I'm dying to with all this enthusiasm for Quito. And all your stories about the good service on the planes made me less scared about venturing off the beaten path with "unknown" airlines.
Thanks to everyone.
PuddingGuy, Gator, Rhinochaser, NaturalSpringWater....I think we need to get a Sacramento area based Flyertalk gang together sometime. It's nice to finally meet people more insanely addicted to miles than me. My co-workers think I'm a wacko, and I've done maybe 1/100th of what you've all done in the name of miles...
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Regards-
Karen
Apr 28, 2000 | 9:06 am
#467
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: california
Posts: 241
From the Distancia site:
"Adicionalmente, slo boletos con tarifas "Y" y "C" son vlidos para acumular millas en vuelos domsticos dentro de Per." Roughly translated this means: Only flights booked in "Y" and "C" class are eligable for mileage accumulation on domestic flights in Peru. A Distancia representative advised me I would acquire mileage with a flight booked in class W and I later found this to not be true. Fortunately it only cost me twenty dollars to upgrade the ticket but it could have cost 500,000 miles. Be very careful and if the fare has an exclusive limitation as this one does; heed the written warning.
"Adicionalmente, slo boletos con tarifas "Y" y "C" son vlidos para acumular millas en vuelos domsticos dentro de Per." Roughly translated this means: Only flights booked in "Y" and "C" class are eligable for mileage accumulation on domestic flights in Peru. A Distancia representative advised me I would acquire mileage with a flight booked in class W and I later found this to not be true. Fortunately it only cost me twenty dollars to upgrade the ticket but it could have cost 500,000 miles. Be very careful and if the fare has an exclusive limitation as this one does; heed the written warning.
Apr 28, 2000 | 10:44 am
#468
Join Date: Oct 1999
Location: Third planet from the Sun
Posts: 7,024
I think I have said this before but will say it again: Why take the risk? Booking your entire trip in full Y does not cost that much more than the restricted fare codes.
The itinerary I have booked for the one million miles will cost me $2000 in restricted coach, $2500 in full Y and $2600 in business. I am not willing to risk 1,000,000 miles for $500 in savings. Are you?
The itinerary I have booked for the one million miles will cost me $2000 in restricted coach, $2500 in full Y and $2600 in business. I am not willing to risk 1,000,000 miles for $500 in savings. Are you?