fabsco --

15 minutes is not enough time for a connection in MGA. Even if you are just connecting to another flight, you have to go through immigration, and as another person has noted, the departure times seem to be merely guidelines. 15 minutes in GUA or SAL wouldn't be a big problem, but MGA is the place to allot extra time.

15 mins. - are you mad?? From my (limited) experience of air travel in Latin America, punctuality is not their strong point. I'm allowing a minimum of 2 hrs. to connect.

After reading all the posts on LP ,I'am off for the 500k run on May 6 - 8.
The one question is ,does TRIP.com charge $10 per each int'l paper ticket ,or just the $ 10 FedEx delivery ?

I was not saying that i thought that 15 minutes was enough time, just that is what the OAG book indicates. But in reality she will not be "changing flights" in the hour as it is on the same plane. Flight 514. I have never been to the airport but i believe that it is VERY small. I have also found that the book often overestimates time to connect. ie 2 hours 30 minutes for internation to domestic at lax?

MauiGirl,

With six of the airlines already in your itinerary, why bother with Taca 514/NICA?

We're going the same itinerary as you, but Taca 311 MIA-SAL 1650-1736
Aviateca 960 SAL-GUA 1825-1910

Balance of the trip is identical.

We're leaving MIA April 9th and returning the 11th to MIA.

I see that MauiGirl has lim-uio on ACES listed as a SAETA flight and it has been mentioned elsewhere on the board that this will count but I am wondering if any one hase this in writing through email etc. I am leaving on Friday March 10 for my million mile run and have a SAETA ticket that is no good if the ACEs flight counts I will work it in but I have been waiting to hear back from LatinPass to confirm that this counts. If some one does have it in writing could they forward it to my email. Thanks

Student,

Would you mind posting your 1M itinerary? I've got a nice 500K worked out but was having difficulty piecing together a good 1M... Thanks and buena suerte!

ns

As per LATINPASS, UIO/LIM or LIM/UIO on ACES will count towards SAETA segment. No other ACES flight will qualify for this segment. However, as soon as SAETA starts operating again, ACES will no longer qualify.

Can you post or E-mail me your 1M-itenerary.

Miler do you have the information on ACES in writing or did you hear it from the customer service line? here is the million mile plan assuming ACES flights count.

Flight: Taca Int'l flight 514 on a Airbus Industrie Jet From: Miami, FL (MIA) Fri., Mar10 2:50 pm
To: Managua, Nicaragua (MGA) Fri., Mar10 4:25 pm (NICA)

Flight: Taca Int'l flight 570 on a ATR Turboprop From: Managua, Nicaragua (MGA) Sat., Mar11 11:55 am
To: San Salvador, El Sal (SAL) Sat., Mar11 12:59 pm

Flight: Aviateca flight 960 on a Boeing 737-200/200c
From: San Salvador, El Sal (SAL) Sat., Mar11 6:49 pm
To: Guatemala City, Guat (GUA) Sat., Mar11 7:39 pm

Flight: Lacsa flight 641 on a Airbus Industrie Jet From: Guatemala City, Guat (GUA) Sun., Mar12 8:00 am
To: San Jose, Costa Rica (SJO) Sun., Mar12 9:35 am

Flight: Lacsa flight 691 on a Airbus Industrie Jet From: San Jose, Costa Rica (SJO) Sun., Mar12 10:40 am
To: Bogota, Colombia (BOG) Sun., Mar12 1:45 pm

Flight: Avianca flight 77 on a McDonnell Dougl MD80
From: Bogota, Colombia (BOG) Sun., Mar12 4:15 pm
To: Quito, Ecuador (UIO) Sun., Mar12 5:40 pm

Flight: Aces Airlines flight 521 on a Airbus Industrie Jet
From: Quito, Ecuador (UIO) Sun., Mar12 10:04 pm
To: Lima, Peru (LIM) Mon., Mar13 12:14 am

Flight: Aeropostal flight 925 on a McDonnell Dougla DC9
From: Lima, Peru (LIM) Mon., Mar13 3:45 am
To: Guayaquil, Ecuador (GYE) Mon., Mar13 5:30 am

Flight: Aeropostal flight 924 on a McDonnell Dougla DC9
From: Guayaquil, Ecuador (GYE) Mon., Mar13 10:30 pm
To: Lima, Peru (LIM) Tues., Mar14 12:15

Flight: Taca Int'l flight 10 on a Boeing 737-200/200c
From: Lima, Peru (LIM) Tue., Mar14 10:35 am
To: Iquitos, Peru (IQT) Tue., Mar14 12:15 pm
Flight: Taca Int'l flight 9 on a Boeing 737-200/200c
From: Iquitos, Peru (IQT) Tue., Mar14 12:45 pm
To: Lima, Peru (LIM) Tue., Mar14 2:20 pm

Flight: Aces Airlines flight 520
From: Lima, Peru (LIM) Wed, Mar. 15 6:00am
To: Quito, Ecuador (UIO) 8:10am

Flight: Aces Airlines flight 521 on a Airbus Industrie Jet
From: Quito, Ecuador (UIO) Wed, Mar. 15 10:04pm
To: Lima, Peru (LIM) Thur, Mar. 16 12:14am

Flight: Copa flight 300 on a Boeing 737-700 Jet
From: Lima, Peru (LIM) Thur., Mar16 6:00 am
To: Panama City, Panama (PTY) Thur., Mar16 9:30 am

Flight: Lacsa flight 624 on a Boeing 737-200/200c
From: Panama City, Panama (PTY) Thur., Mar16 4:05 pm
To: San Jose, Costa Rica (SJO) Thur., Mar16 4:15 pm

Flight: Lacsa flight 628 on a Airbus Industrie Jet
From: San Jose, Costa Rica (SJO) Thur., Mar16 5:20 pm
To: Miami, FL (MIA) Thur., Mar16 9:05 pm

Ticketed:
MIA-MGA with return PTY-MIA $398.80

MGA-GUA $193.00

GUA-BOG-UIO-LIM-PTY $832.80

LIM-UIO-LIM $211.22

LIM-GYE-LIM $330.40

Total: 1966.22 on travelocity

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Flying Dutchman:
[B]fabsco --

15 minutes is not enough time for a connection in MGA.

Thanks for all of your advice. Given what, to me, looked like a very unlikely chance of catching my next flight out of MGA I have added a day and rearranged my schedule a little. Pricewise it was within dollars of the other run and leaves a minimum of two or more hours between each flight. Also, ejulber, the reason I have #514 Taca (Nica) in there is that I am stronly considering adding on what I posted above at a later date and doing the million.
3/18 MIA-MGA TACA #514(NICA), MGA-GUA COPA #318
3/19 GUA-SAL AVIATECA #961, SAL-SJO TACA #623
3/20 SJO-BOG LACSA #691, BOG-CCS AVIANCA #78(there is a #76 that leaves earlier, but it was booked)
3/21 CCS-MIA, Aeropostal #500

MauiGirl,

Now the NICA segment makes sense.

If you have time at the conclusion of your run, please let us know about your hotels, etc. in GUA and CCS.

ejulber

Well I will be going this weekend. I will try to figure out real connection times for the different airports. I will be in GUA, SAL, MGA, PTY, and BOG.

1) Those who buy single tickets which include segments on different carriers should confirm with Latin Pass that this is allowable. I'm not sure but I did read a blurb on the website which suggested that "codesharing" tickets won't necessarily apply (not sure what that means but it sounds suspicious).

2) Who runs Latin Pass? I spoke to a woman at the 1-800 number and she didn't seem to know the exact rules. My impression, it's based in Latin America (which would make disputes and such next to impossible to pursue).

3) My hunch, the program is legit but if July 1 comes around and they've dug themselves into a hole they'll ditch the thing after one year's notice or partner airlines will start dropping out (eg. KLM). But that's just a guess. It's also quite possible they'll just never offer such a promotion again.

Comments?

Since this there does some to be interest someone here should get the lowdown on the precise rules and who is responsible. I wouldn't buy a split ticket on a hunch.

Is anyone overnighting in BOG any of the nights 3/21, 3/22, 3/23. or 3/24? I'll be there on a business trip and would love to connect with anyone doing the LatinPass mileage runs.

Plans are ever changing! We are looking at a run in May. Borrowing from earlier plans we have a 500,000 plan as follows.

[PLEASE see if there are any problems with this plan . . . all help appreciated]

Miami (MIA) to San Salvador (SAL)
Taca International 311
Boeing 737 4:50 pm MIA 5:36 pm SAL
Business

San Salvador (SAL) to Guatemala City (GUA)
Aviateca 960
Boeing 737 6:25 pm SAL 7:10 pm GUA
Business

Day Two

Guatemala City (GUA) to San Jose (SJO)
Copa 400
73G 6:00 am GUA 7:25 am SJO
Business

San Jose (SJO) to Bogota (BOG)
Lacsa 691
Airbus 320 10:40 am SJO 1:45 pm BOG
Business

Bogota (BOG) to Caracas (CCS)
Avianca 78
MD 83 9:15 pm BOG 12:05 am CCS
Business

Day Three

Caracas (CCS) to Miami (MIA)
Aeropostal 500
Airbus A320 May 06 7:20 am CCS 9:30 am MIA
Coach

Total Airfare (including taxes) USD 1893.80

We also like to consider a million mile run over a 4 day period, beginning and ending in MIA. Any suggestions?

THANKS http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif