Taca Distancia Miles Purchase - This Deal is HOT!
Sep 10, 2007, 8:09 am
#31
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 7,901
http://www.taca.com/eng/oth/oabo/oaboroumap.asp#
Also, TACA confirmed by email that I cannot fly IB business using Distincia:
"You can redeem your miles for a ticket flying with Iberia but only on Coach Class. The mileage required for an award ticket that you request from Boston to Madrid is 65,000 DISTANCIA miles for Low Season in Economic Class and 75,000 DISTANCIA miles for High season on flight operated by Iberia.
Last edited by rrgg; Sep 10, 2007 at 2:41 pm
Sep 10, 2007, 3:17 pm
#32
Original Member
Join Date: May 1998
Posts: 2,505
On a previous visit to Costa Rica, my S.O. and I were given a flight home plus a $500 credit each for volunteering to be bumped to Taca flights that got us to San Francisco via San Salvador only 15 minutes later that originally ticketed via Taca and American through Miami.
Sep 10, 2007, 4:09 pm
#33
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Circle City
Posts: 3,568
For those who haven't found it yet, there's an interactive route map here:
http://www.taca.com/eng/oth/oabo/oaboroumap.asp#
Also, TACA confirmed by email that I cannot fly IB business using Distincia:
http://www.taca.com/eng/oth/oabo/oaboroumap.asp#
Also, TACA confirmed by email that I cannot fly IB business using Distincia:
http://www.tacaairlines.co.uk/taca/n...ccs=156&cs=548
Sep 10, 2007, 4:20 pm
#34
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: BOS
Posts: 3,534
I followed your UK TACA website link and see what you mean, they list business redemption amounts. On the US .com site there is no table on the Iberia page. They do instruct you to call the TACA Call Center which I just did to ask about business class redemptions on Iberia. At least my phone rep said 'yes' so this may be a useful business class option for those still considering this program. However this is definitely a Caveat emptor situation.
Sep 10, 2007, 6:57 pm
#36
Join Date: Nov 2002
Posts: 1,236
I threw away $1000 in Denied boarding credit because TACA required each passenger and denied boarding voucher holder to personally got to the airport to redeem them. Even though their closest airport office is 300 miles from where we live.
Sep 10, 2007, 7:01 pm
#37
Join Date: Nov 2002
Posts: 1,236
Taca has been around and many of us LatinPass runners redeemed numerous awards with the airline over the past seven years. I had a good experience redeeming LatinPass miles for international business class tickets between San Francisco and Buenos Aires, Santiago, and Quito with TACA Airlines in 2005. I dealt with TACA agents repeatedly and there was no problem getting award flight reservations and making changes on travel dates after the award tickets had been issued.
Sep 11, 2007, 3:43 pm
#41
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: CLE
Programs: UA GS+LT UC, AA EXP+LT PLT, Fairmont LT PLT, Marriott PLT, Hilton DIA, Hyatt Glob, Avis CHM
Posts: 4,671
Sep 12, 2007, 10:13 am
#42
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: BOS
Posts: 3,534
Sep 12, 2007, 10:15 am
#43
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: CLE
Programs: UA GS+LT UC, AA EXP+LT PLT, Fairmont LT PLT, Marriott PLT, Hilton DIA, Hyatt Glob, Avis CHM
Posts: 4,671
Sep 12, 2007, 9:44 pm
#44
Join Date: Nov 2002
Posts: 1,236
If you call on Monday, Thursday and Friday the answer is yes you can go to HNL for 25K. If you call Tuesday or Wednesday the answer will be no. If you call Saturday or Sunday ... well you get the idea.
Sep 13, 2007, 4:02 am
#45
Original Member
Join Date: May 1998
Posts: 702
Another LatinPass runner here. 
This could be a very good deal, but my advice is to remember that you aren't dealing with an American company and the rules may change several times before you're done. Don't spend any money that you can't afford to lose.
This could be a very good deal, but my advice is to remember that you aren't dealing with an American company and the rules may change several times before you're done. Don't spend any money that you can't afford to lose.