Cheapest Airlines to Latin America

Question

Did anyone travel on Air Madrid? They had amazingly low ticket prices - however, they were just so inefficient that they went broke and stranded thousands of people. I travelled with them several times and delays of more than 12 hours were quite normal. Once, they put me in a hotel in Bogota (because of a delay) and they gave me a $10 voucher for a meal in the hotel. The cheapest thing on the menu was $15.

I was just wondering if there were any charter companies that don't show up on "search engines". I have heard that Spirit Airlines have cheap tickets from USA.

Answer 1

It really depends on exactly where you are going, since the cheaper airlines don't service all of the countries in South America. Also, some flights are only once a week.

Also, when comparison shopping make sure the prices include the taxes, fees, and surcharges. On flights from here to Ecuador, that is almost half of the price, and some websites initially quote the ticket price without them.

By the way, what would be your airline of choice to fly to Equador? - Janice, Nov 1, 2009

I am flying on American Airlines in two weeks. Round trip from LAX to Quito was around $650. - lorenzo9, Nov 1, 2009

Answer 2

My daughter flies with Spirit Air from Bogotá. She was married in Cartagena this last May and many people from the US flew - some to Bogotá, some directly to Cartagena - from US east coast states. There are good fares from Atlanta, Fort Lauderdale, Miami, all stopover destinations. I flew with them, had to change destinations and found everything very easy.

But I am not sure they fly to Latin America from Europe as Air Madrid probably does.

I mean that I had no trouble changing my tickets for a different destination from the one I had origianlly booked...NOT that I had to stopover, which, ps, I did..and that was easy, too. - Janice, Nov 1, 2009

Thank you very much. I will have a look at their site. - 00515f39, Nov 1, 2009

Answer 3

I was curious about Air Madrid because my daughter and her husband will be flying at Christmas.

Me sobrecoji a darme cuenta de que para esa aerolinea todo parece indicar que !no existe más!

Del sitio de red de Internet www.airmadrid.com

Madrid, 15 de Diciembre de 2.006

SEGUNDO.- No obstante lo anterior, la Dirección General de Aviación Civil, decidió incoar expediente de suspensión de la Licencia de Air Madrid y comunicó a la misma las discrepancias señaladas por el Servicio de Inspección.

No, it went broke. I was in Brazil when it happened and had to buy another ticket out of the country. A pity, it was incredibly cheap! - 00515f39, Nov 1, 2009