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There are two airports you can fly out of Buenos Aires, the smaller and more regional, AEP, is what we ultimately chose for our flight to Iguazu Falls. One, the prices were far cheaper. Two, the airport is closer and easier to get too. Three, there are far more flights between AEP and IGR than EZE and IGR. We ended up on lowcost carrier Andes Lineas Aereas. This was a brand new airline to try and prices are amazing: roughly $50 or less if you book far enough in advance. Even last minute we were able to score under a $100 flight. With that said…forget about your knees because if you’re over 5’6 you won’t be feeling them anytime soon after the flight.
Flight Details:
- When: November 2019
- Where: Buenos Aires to Iguazu Falls AEP to IGR
- Airline: Andes Lineas Aereas
- Cabin: Economy
- Flight: 570
- Flight Time: 1h 45mins after delay
The Seat situation:
We were late taking off and as a result sat on the runway for a while. Thankfully the captain opened up the cockpit for pictures. I always like to be tickled before handling a 737 from the captain’s chair.
Back in the economy cabin…this is how much legroom you’ll have if you’re roughly 6′ tall. Hold your breath. I couldn’t physically sit with my legs straight forward while fully seated. Thankfully, no one showed up in the middle seat and Dave moved to the aisle. Both of us, Dave at 6’2, sat angled for the duration of the flight.
Service
The crew was very friendly and midway through the flight we had our choice of coffee, tea, or a soda.
Overall:
Would I fly this again? Man…I’m not sure its worth the discount if you had a full row and are roughly 6′ tall because where would we put our legs? If I knew we’d have 2 people in a row? I’d probably do it again, in fact, it may even be worth buying the middle seat if the price is cheap enough. One cool thing about landing at IGR is the walk to the terminal.
The Chase Sapphire Preferred is a great starter card that earns Premium Ultimate Rewards that can be transferred into over a dozen partners many of which are US based.
Welcome Offer
60k Points after $4k spend in 3 months
80k offer in branch currently – I think this should be online soon
Annual Fee
$95
Points Earned
Transferrable Chase Ultimate Rewards
Super solid welcome offer.
If you carry this card alongside Chase’s cashback cards like the Chase Freedom Flex℠and Chase Freedom Unlimited® or the business versions: Ink Business Cash , Ink Business Unlimited you can combine the points into Preferred account and transfer into hotel and airline partners
Annual fee is quite low at $95 a year + you get a 10% anniversary bonus on points + $50 hotel credit in Chase travel.
- 3x on dining
- including eligible delivery services for takeout
- 3x on select streaming services
- 3x on online grocery purchases
- (excluding Target, Walmart and wholesale clubs)
- 5x on all travel purchased through Chase Ultimate Rewards – Chase Travel Portal
- $50 Annual Credit on hotel stays purchased via Ultimate Rewards/Chase Travel
- The begins immediately for new cardmembers and after your account anniversary for existing cardmembers
- 10% Anniversary Bonus
- Every year you keep the card, your total spend will yield a 10% points bonus. If you spend $10k in a year, you’ll get 1k bonus points
- Chase Sapphire Preferred® continues to redeem at 1.25c in the Chase Travel Portal and the slew of other benefits remain in tact including primary rental car insurance, purchase protections, etc.
- Points are transferrable to 13 Ultimate Rewards partners
- Redeem in the Chase Travel center for 1.25 cents per point
- No foreign transaction fees
- Suite of Travel and Purchase Coverage
- Primary rental car coverage is my favorite
There is currently an 80k offer after $4k spend in 3 months available in branch, and up to 90k after $6k spend in 6 months. I suspect some version of this will be online soon if you don’t want the hassle of going into a branch.
We keep an up to date spreadsheet that lists the best ever offers: You can find that spreadsheet here.
Historically 60k is a very, very good offer. In 2021, we saw the offer hit an all time high of 100k. Who knows if that will ever come back. .
Main Cast:
Cards that earn flexible points and should be used on the bulk of your purchases.
Supporting Cast:
Cards that earn fixed points in the currency of the airline/hotel and can not be transferred at attractive rates. These cards yield benefits that make it worth keeping, but not necessarily worth putting a lot of your everyday spend on.
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