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Roundtrip Ticket to Buenos Aires for Under $100

January 13, 2019 by Laurie Deppa Leave a Comment

How do you get a roundtrip ticket to Buenos Aires for under $100?  Let me tell you how.  I was in desperate need of a retreat from the impending cold of January.  I had been to Argentina twice before (along with Uruguay) and greatly enjoyed them both.  I researched Google Flights and found flights to be about $1100US to Buenos Aires – I knew I could do much better with points.  Google Flights is a great tool for research but you cannot book on the site.

Google Flights

After finding flights on United’s website for only 30,000 points each way, I knew I had my “ticket to sunny skies”.  We had some Chase points through use of the Chase Sapphire and Chase Ink and they are so easy to transfer to partner airlines (including United).  I called Chase and because I am an authorized user on my husband’s card, they quickly transferred 48,000 points to my personal United account.  I had accrued the other 12k points through the United MileagePlus Shopping portal.   It really is the easiest way (apart from sign-up bonuses) to accrue airline and hotel points.

United’s website

I personally like to call the airlines to be sure there are no partner flights I missed online and found a decent flight in the Miles Saver category for 30k each way – quite a good deal.  January/February is high season in Argentina/Uruguay because it is their summer. The usual price in points is 60-70k each way.  I booked the round-trip ticket to Argentina for $94.73 in taxes and fees and 60,000 points.  I even found some business class seats for 60k one-way but decided to save points for another trip.

Less than $100 to Buenos Aires!

So why are you complaining about that cold, snowy weather?  Book a roundtrip ticket now to Buenos Aires for less than $100 and you’ll be soaking up the sun in no time!

Shopping in Buenos Aires

 

Filed Under: South America, Travel Tips, United Airlines

Muito Bom

February 2, 2015 by Laurie Deppa Leave a Comment

hospitality-stay-Barbara-Rubens-05January 2015
Very excited for my guests Barbara and Rubens to arrive.  We have been writing back and forth for some time and seem to have a lot in common.  They are coming for a work conference in DC and are extending their trip 10 more days with us to practice their English.  They wanted to exchange but the timing wasn’t good, so I offered them a hospitality stay.  If we get along then we can go visit them in Brazil!

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Filed Under: Hospitality, South America

A Travel Companion and More

January 28, 2015 by Laurie Deppa Leave a Comment

hospitality-guest-Maria-02I received an email back in the fall about a woman (Monica) from Albacete, Spain who wanted to do an exchange in Nov 2014.  I was going through a lot and it was not convenient to go to Spain then – so I offered a hospitality exchange.  Monica was coming for a conference at NIH and offered to bring her friend Mamen along for some R&R.

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