Well at least we are in the aeropuerto in Santiago. We´ve had a bit of an epic flight situation yesterday and today. We´re about 24 hours and $700 extra into a trip that should have taken much less time. We got a "great" deal from cheaptickets.com (please do not use them for any international travel). Maybe it was a bit too great. Anyway, they booked us on Cayman Air ticket stock, which LAN would not honor due to a codeshare situation. American Airlines stepped up to help, but could do so partially.
We had to buy a couple extra tickets from LAN for the Santiago-Mendoza-Santiago flights. We could have taken the 11 hour bus, but there are other factors involved that made us choose flying instead.
Anyway, check it out, we´re at the LAN V.I.P. lounge waiting out a 6+ hour layover before boarding to Mendoza. It´s really nice here, so all´s not bad.
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I noticed the pictures are sized a bit large. Sorry for the scrolling.
We´ll get the sizing figured out (pretty sure 800x600 mp is the way to go).
Chau!
You know, coming home from my Texas Christmas vacation I experienced about 4 hours of delays because of plane mechanical problems. I wrote a detailed, non-threatening, non-whiny email to American Airlines asking for some sort of compensation for my trouble, and they gave me 5,000 bonus miles. By my calculations, you'd be in the 30,000 mile range by now, which is enough for a free flight to Utah to come see me and the fam. I'm expecting you this summer.
Sorry to hear that your travel was disturbed and that further investment into your travels was required. This will likely end up being a small price to pay in the big picture. It is not clear who LAN is, based on your writing.
Also, the pimp in Idiocracy is named Upgrayed. This is in reference to our mind blank from two nights ago.
Best of luck to you!!!
Upgrayed! That´s right. Thanks Bob. And as for Logan I am interested in what qualifies as a non-whiny letter. Is it possible for me to send a letter to Cheap Tickets with a punch in the mouth inside?
Come to think of it - that might not help.
Can't wait for Sammy to see this. Just think of what she has in store for her next semester in Santiago, if the lounge looks like this, what does the rest of the city look like???? Glad you made it safe and sound. SOOO happy for the blog, XXOO MOM
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