Notes on flying inside of argentina
We’re off to Argentina in November for vacation. 5 nights in BA, 4 nights in Mendoza. Since a 13 hour bus trip doesn’t appeal, we’re flying between them. Turns out, it’s not straightforward booking a flight inside of Argentina, so here are my notes on the process, in the hopes of helping someone else out.
First some notes and background you should be aware of:
- Aerolineas is the only airline I can find.
- Aerolineas does not let you book online.
- They do let you reserve online.
So the process seems to be this:
- Visit Aerolineas site and reserve a ticket, select your flight time, choose your seats, etc.
- Get your reservation number (email or confirmation page) and call them up - 800-333-0276 in the US
- Listen to the nice lady tell you to visit the web site for lower fares, and ask you to push 1 a bunch of times.
- Pay with your credit card over the phone. They don’t give you a confirmation code of any kind - your reservation number is now your ticket number.
- Fly away, enjoy yourself!
In case you were wondering, standard coach fare for us at time of writing (October 2007) is $250/roundtrip.
renee said,
October 21, 2007 @ 6:23 pm
As an alternative if you don’t mind having your flights in advance you can book the domestic flights once you get to BA. It’s what we did when we went. There is an airport ( i forget what it’s called) that is used for domestic air travel. Just go to the airport and all the different airlines have booths there where you can buy tix.