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Michelle Kloberdanz · Joined: 16 Jun 2005 Posts: 1 Location: Tempe, Arizona

Hi, I am going to be teaching English in Buenos Aires for a year and am planning on arriving on Sep. 1. I don't know anyone else going, but I am going with a "volunteer" program that sets me up with my job and a family to live with, and instead of getting paid from the school I just get a monthly stipend from the program. I would love to meet any others who will be down there at that time.

If anyone still needs to buy their ticket I may have an option you'll like. I work for STA Travel and I actually bought my own ticket from here. We have a great contract with Lacsa/TACA that allows you to make unlimited stopovers on the way to your destination. So, for example, fly Los Angeles to Buenos Aires and stop for a week in San Jose, Costa Rica then fly to Quito, Ecuador for two weeks and then Lima, Peru for a week and continue on to BA (and there are several other choices for stops). That ticket from LAX in Sep/Oct costs about $900 and it is valid for an entire year. The date change fee is only $25 so it allows you to be pretty flexible. You can also fly on this type of ticket from ORD, MIA, and SFO, although they will cost more. If you may be interested let me know.

I am going to do all of my stopovers on my way home next year.

sheena maclean · Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 3:59 pm Post subject: air tickets to BsAs

Hi
On the subject of airline tickets, if anyones coming from Europe there are great deals with air Madrid. You have to book online at www.airmadrid.com. They fly from Madrid (yes I know that seems obvious!!) but you do have to take your own food or pay the expensive prices they offer on the plane.
Bye for now
Sheena

Neil Patrick Harris · Joined: 08 Mar 2005 Posts: 8

Hello, I live in Los Angeles and was wondering how much will a ticket like that with just one stop in Brazil(Final destination BA) would cost to depart early August? Thank you.

ElNota · Joined: 28 Mar 2005 Posts: 123 Location: Buenos Aires

I just bought a one way from LAX through Lima to Buenos Aires for $411.00 including tax and service charge. I got it directly from the Lan website.

snielz · Joined: 05 Apr 2005 Posts: 165 Location: Buenos Aires

Also,
Check www.brol.com
When I was coming, I found a one-way ticket from Raleigh-Durham to BA for $375 (taxes and charges added about $100 more, though). I had layovers in Miami and Lima but the whole trip took about 16 hours...not bad from a small airport like RDU.

martyn madrid · Joined: 13 Jul 2005 Posts: 9

Any websites to check out for a return Madrid Buenos Aires in August? Anyone heard of Air Madrid? Thanks.

michelle ashley · Joined: 28 Jun 2003 Posts: 22

Check this out:

www.rumbo.es

matttheboy · Joined: 01 Jul 2003 Posts: 854 Location: Valparaiso, Chile

try www.aerolineas.com.ar www.lanchile.com www.iberia.es

JonnytheMann · Joined: 01 Dec 2004 Posts: 337 Location: USA

SNIELZ, you have snielzed the dealz for me!!! Thank you so much for that website. The fares from Nashville to Buenos Aires are incredibly cheap. I am very happy. Muchas gracias.

snielz · Joined: 05 Apr 2005 Posts: 165 Location: Buenos Aires

OH DEAR LORD! You can�t know how happy you have made me. You used snielz the dielz exactly as I would, even though it doesn�t mean a thing...Oh yeah, and I guess I am glad to help out too. Hehehe, see you in a bit amigo.

houston23texastech · Joined: 20 Nov 2004 Posts: 7 Location: Lubbock/houston ,tx

i found some in houston for 650 w/o taxes. with tax it was 810. roundtrip w/ changeable dates

Malyson1 · Joined: 30 Jul 2005 Posts: 8

Hi Michelle,
This sounds like a great deal! I'm planning on coming to BA in the middle of October with some stop-overs on my return back home next spring so this would be great for me. Is that $900 a return flight? Can you tell me how much a ticket from MIA to BA would be?

I sent you a PM but I thought I might as well post my question too!

snielz · Joined: 05 Apr 2005 Posts: 165 Location: Buenos Aires

I think you should be able to get from MIA to BA for $500 US or less, and those huge taxes that airlines tack on that always makes me underestimate the price. Round trip should be less than $1000 US, depending on time of year and how far in advance...

vivaBarca · Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2005 10:00 pm Post subject:

If you can swing a student fare (i.e. have an e-mail address with .edu, have an ISIC card/expired university ID, or can just con your way into it) try www.studentuniverse.com or www.statravel.com. I've seen really good fares for all over Latin America through both of these sites.

nomadamericana · Joined: 18 Dec 2004 Posts: 146 Location: Minneapolis, MN

Right now my favorite from the states... especially Miami is cheap.... so, here are some sites... Round trip from Miami to Buenos Aires is less then $600 (includes taxes)

www.brazilspecialist.com and www.argentinaspecialist.com