{"id":19324,"date":"2024-05-21T09:02:18","date_gmt":"2024-05-21T08:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/?p=19324"},"modified":"2024-05-21T13:45:20","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T12:45:20","slug":"latam-business-sale-madrid-south-america-from-under-500","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/2024\/05\/21\/latam-business-sale-madrid-south-america-from-under-500\/","title":{"rendered":"Latam business sale, Madrid &#8211; South America from under \u00a3500"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Latam started an excellent sale a couple of days ago, as reported on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flyertalk.com\/forum\/premium-fare-deals\/2161112-la-ib-mad-bog-592-eur-643-o-w-1187-eur-1290-r-t-business.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">Flyertalk<\/a>. The deal is much more interesting than it appears at the beginning, and I&#8217;ll explain why.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Basic rules are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Tickets are issued by Latam<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Some intercontinental segments are operated by Iberia<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Applies to itineraries between Madrid and Bogota<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Valid either one-way or return, (~\u00a3500 each way)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You can route via many South American cities, such as GRU \/ UIO \/ SCL \/ LIM<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Add stopovers for free!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>As can be seen on Google Flights, availability is great from now till end of the schedule. Cheap non-stop flights are relatively more difficult to find, but they are definitely there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/la-mad-bog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">Madrid &#8211; Bogota, 01\/09<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/latam-mad-bog-outbound.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"479\" src=\"http:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/latam-mad-bog-outbound.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/latam-mad-bog-outbound.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/latam-mad-bog-outbound-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/latam-mad-bog-outbound-768x460.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/la-bog-mad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">Bogota &#8211; Madrid, 09\/10<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/latam-mad-bog-inbound.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"592\" src=\"http:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/latam-mad-bog-inbound.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/latam-mad-bog-inbound.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/latam-mad-bog-inbound-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/latam-mad-bog-inbound-768x568.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The price we see here is excellent. I flew London-Sao Paulo-Lima for just over \u00a31000 back in 2018, and I&#8217;m grateful to see the same fare to South America in the current market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The biggest selling point however, is free stopovers which can be added at seemingly all Latam&#8217;s hubs. The drawback is, Latam operates almost no business class cabins for intra-continental flights, but only premium economy. Their premium economy concept is very similar to the &#8220;business class&#8221; in Europe: blocked middle seat in the front, priority boarding and a meal. At least they&#8217;re being honest not calling it business class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Note that for multi-city itineraries, you need to choose Premium Economy instead of Business when searching. The Madrid segment will be in business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/la-mad-gru-lim-bog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">Madrid-Sao Paulo-Lima-Bogota, 18\/12<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/latam-mad-gru-lim-bog.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"304\" src=\"http:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/latam-mad-gru-lim-bog.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/latam-mad-gru-lim-bog.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/latam-mad-gru-lim-bog-300x114.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/latam-mad-gru-lim-bog-768x292.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>You can visit multiple cities in one ticket. If your final destination is Sao Paulo, building a similar trip (but with fewer stops and cheaper) and leave after the first leg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can actually create an itinerary with a different de-facto destination than Bogota, thanks to their very generous routing and stopover rules. Here is an example where you fly direct to Lima, then come back via Bogota.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/la-mad-lim-bog-mad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">Madrid-Lima-Bogota-Madrid, 25\/08<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/latam-mad-lim-bog-mad.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"299\" src=\"http:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/latam-mad-lim-bog-mad.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/latam-mad-lim-bog-mad.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/latam-mad-lim-bog-mad-300x112.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/latam-mad-lim-bog-mad-768x287.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Booking.com seems to the best travel agency to issue such tickets, and if they don&#8217;t show up on Skyscanner&#8217;s search results, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/booking-com-flights\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">visit their website directly<\/a>. Regarding miles accrual, I checked only one ticket and am not sure if all tickets have the same fare class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Business (I): BA 125% \/ DL 150% \/ AS &amp; LH 200%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Premium Economy (W): BA &amp; AS 110% \/ DL &amp; LH 150%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Caution: You will earn <strong>no<\/strong> BA tier points flying Latam.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Latam started an excellent sale a couple of days ago, as reported on Flyertalk. The deal is much more interesting than it appears at the beginning,&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,40,148],"tags":[130],"class_list":["post-19324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-americas","category-europe","category-latam","tag-flight-sale"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19324"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19324\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19333,"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19324\/revisions\/19333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}