Hi all, a few things here so bear with me, but would appreciate your views/advice or knowledge/info you may be able to offer.
I received a flight change from Qantas saying that my Latam flight LA476 departing EZE to SCL has been moved from a night departure (LA476) to 12pm (LA420), making my stopover in Santiago an 11hr one instead of 2hs. Disappointed is an understatement. I called Qantas since I booked the flights with them (reward seats) and they said it's a Latam issue and to call them :/ LA476 has indeed been cancelled for April. The flight is a regular one and will be until 31/03 but for some reason it's not from April, losing that connection to LA801 at night. I also know that there's a flight departing AEP at 8pm LA456 (actually, my original flight before it got changed to LA476 and now to LA420 was from AEP!) but Qantas says that they cannot move me to that flight and to again, call Latam. I haven't called Latam cos they are useless and I am hesitant as well given that I didn't book my original flights with them and I am afraid they'll muck up my flights and I'll just waste my time. So I am wondering a few things:
1) Is it possible to find out if LA476 will be up and running in April? History shows as abovementioned, that it's flying and has been until now for months.
2) Is it true that I need to call Latam? Cannot Qantas reschedule my flight?
3) If indeed I cannot change the flights and we have to stay in SCL, do you have any recommendations for things to do (with an 8 year old!)? We both have Argentinian passports so not an issue to leave the airport or pay for a visa.
4) This is a bit of another question, but would like to know, if in future, we decide to purchase tickets only to SCL to avoid all these waiting times with the partner airlines and fly to Buenos Aires making our own connection, can you enter Chile with a NZ passport if you're an Australian citizen?
Not sure if anyone here would know any of these questions, but I know sometimes people have access to Expert flyer or maybe has flown recently...or maybe they got the same message with the flight change and know something.
Thanks
I received a flight change from Qantas saying that my Latam flight LA476 departing EZE to SCL has been moved from a night departure (LA476) to 12pm (LA420), making my stopover in Santiago an 11hr one instead of 2hs. Disappointed is an understatement. I called Qantas since I booked the flights with them (reward seats) and they said it's a Latam issue and to call them :/ LA476 has indeed been cancelled for April. The flight is a regular one and will be until 31/03 but for some reason it's not from April, losing that connection to LA801 at night. I also know that there's a flight departing AEP at 8pm LA456 (actually, my original flight before it got changed to LA476 and now to LA420 was from AEP!) but Qantas says that they cannot move me to that flight and to again, call Latam. I haven't called Latam cos they are useless and I am hesitant as well given that I didn't book my original flights with them and I am afraid they'll muck up my flights and I'll just waste my time. So I am wondering a few things:
1) Is it possible to find out if LA476 will be up and running in April? History shows as abovementioned, that it's flying and has been until now for months.
2) Is it true that I need to call Latam? Cannot Qantas reschedule my flight?
3) If indeed I cannot change the flights and we have to stay in SCL, do you have any recommendations for things to do (with an 8 year old!)? We both have Argentinian passports so not an issue to leave the airport or pay for a visa.
4) This is a bit of another question, but would like to know, if in future, we decide to purchase tickets only to SCL to avoid all these waiting times with the partner airlines and fly to Buenos Aires making our own connection, can you enter Chile with a NZ passport if you're an Australian citizen?
Not sure if anyone here would know any of these questions, but I know sometimes people have access to Expert flyer or maybe has flown recently...or maybe they got the same message with the flight change and know something.
Thanks