Randy wrote a letter to LP in the latest edition of Inside Flyer and they revoked this rule. See the thread under "Only Randy Petersen."

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Cheers.

Leo.

Anybody planning a mileage run from ord? Email me if you are and maybe we can plan to fly at the same time. Open times for me are march 4/5, 11/12, 18/19.

vman: I'm considering doing the run from STL and would be interested to know your dates and itinerary.
Cheers.

Thinking about doing it here, possibly with my wife, and possibly with one of my partners and spouse also. Partner speaks fluent spanish (3 yrs. teaching in Madrid) and we have a big client in Montivideo that we might stop in to see (tax writeoff too, you say?). but haven't made final decision yet.

An update from a cafe in Bonaire: 6 down, 4 to go. Details when I return...

way to go Pudding Guy. Good luck and enjoy the trip (not just the miles)!

If anyone is considering going from LAX i have just booked a ticket that can be done in a couple of days.
3/11
LAX->GUA (lacsa)0015-0700
GUA->SAL (Aviateca)0820-09100
SAL->MGA (TACA)1348-1453
MGA->PTY (COPA)1600-1820
PTY->BOG (SAM(Avianca)1905-?
3/12
BOG->LAX (via miami)(ACES connecting to Quantas codeshare)0945-2000

The price in Business (except for SAM flight and ACES) was about 2500. The only connection that i was worried about is pty->bog the reason being that i have found different times for this flight. (1650) i booked a seperate fair from pty-UIO, UIO->bog just in case i miss the connection. if not i will send it back. An easier flight can be had as Avianca has a route BOG->LAX but it does not fly on Sundays.

Also- i think that they took the codeshare restriction off of the web site...


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Bon voyage to all the LatinPassers.


Besides the 1,000,000 miles you also may unfortunately earn the attention of US Customs. I went to Colombia on business last summer and ever since then I'm often singled out for special questioning and searches when returning from the likes of Canada and Switzerland. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/frown.gif

We didn't end up with a stamp from Columbia, since we just made a transfer there. Connections through Bogota on two different airlines seems to require you to make a long circuit out of security and back in, but they didn't require any entry/exit fees in the process. Security was tight relative to everywhere else we went. Many people checking papers and tickets, plus a full bag search and pat down. I'd recommend at least 1.5 hours for connections, we had 2 hours and I was still a little worried.

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Is there anybody in ATL who is going, I wouldn't mind some company if I end up doing this.

Tomphot:

I'm not from ATL, but my flight to Guatemala City on DL stops there. I'm thinking of leaving at the end of May.

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Cheers.

Leo.

Leo,
Do you already have an itinerary figured out? Since we are on the east coast, I was thinking about starting and ending in MIA thereby reducing the amount of connections needed outside the US. I was going to go for 500K, what about you?

Tom

I'm looking at leaving from Atlanta on May 4th. Going for the whole gazillion miles on this one. Might have a friend with me, but always looking for more company

Hey Toppshelff. I'm from Indy also (Fishers area). I've been comtemplating going for the bonus. Do you have an idea on a schedule that is cheap? I'm leaning towards the 500,000 bonus.

How safe are the airports and cities in MGA ,PTY, GUA,SAL,BOG and UIO ? I get the feeling that Central America is now ,what the Soviet Union was immediately after the breakup. That is hold on to your wallet and use alot of caution .