Miles to Argentina
 

Does anyone know which airline offers travel to Argentina for the fewest frequent flyer miles. I will be using miles to bring a friend from Argentina to the NE US (so probably a Buenos Aires-NYC route), with a departure in July and a return in December? I believe its 60K on American and 50K on Delta but I can't find information for other airlines, particularly ones which are partners of US carries and would therefore take miles in a US carrier account. I have miles in Diners and in Amex which I could convert as needed. Thanks.

UA is a very good deal in C (80K) or F (100K).

50K in Economy for United. I think its the same amount for American.

35 on CO to Brazil, Argentina is probably the same.

Not exactly. AA award to Argentina in coach in July requires 60K miles (PlanAAhead award) or 100K miles (AAnytime award). It's only 40K for PlanAAhead award from March 1 through May 31 and from August 16 through November 30.

Business class requires 90K miles and first requires 125K miles.

DL is an even better deal in J (Business Elite), for only 75K miles.

I believe AC is also 75K for J

CO does not service Argentina. They are the cheapest to Brasil as LemonThrower astutely points out.

Welcome to FT!

Even though CO doesn't offer service to EZE, you can still book a code share flight w/a CO airline partner, Copa for 35K miles.
You'll definately have to transfer in Panama City to a CO flight, because Copa doesn't have a route to EWR/NYC.

CO flies from all over the U.S. to Rio and Sao Paolo via Houston, EWR, and Chicago. Maybe you could get a cheap/easy flight from Rio or SP to Argentina.

But cnc won't have to spend any money if he connects through PTY using Copa, which is a CO airline partner and can be booked as a code share flight when redeeming miles.

Just bought a ticket from Oakland, California, to Buenos Aires on Delta for 50000 miles.

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This topic discussion pointed me in what seems like the right direction. I was able to book a COPA/Co combination from Buenos Aires to Burlington, VT, with plane and airline changes in Panama City and again at EWR. One downside is that the timing of the once-a-day flights means that one has to overnight in Panama City each way. The person taking this routing to come here is from Argentina, and he does not need a visa for Panama (those of us from the US need visas) so the overnight won't be a problem. The lowest fare I could get was around $900 and that only got him as far as JFK. Maybe there are better angles, but 35K is remarkably few miles considering the distance involved.