{"id":9966,"date":"2014-03-08T14:30:12","date_gmt":"2014-03-08T22:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/?p=9966"},"modified":"2014-09-03T21:47:37","modified_gmt":"2014-09-04T04:47:37","slug":"trip-report-my-mileage-run-vacation-to-mexico-city-lima-buenos-aires-and-santiago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/2014\/03\/08\/trip-report-my-mileage-run-vacation-to-mexico-city-lima-buenos-aires-and-santiago\/","title":{"rendered":"Trip Report: My Mileage Run Vacation to Mexico City, Lima, Buenos Aires, and Santiago"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today, I embarked on a crazy 5 day mileage run vacation that involves me stepping out of the airport into Mexico City in Mexico, Lima in Peru, Buenos Aires in Argentina, and Santiago in Chile. I booked a round-trip LAN MEX-EZE fare for $129 (taxes included) and used 20,000 Avios for LAX-MEX round-trip. This is pretty much a Part 2 of the crazy $129 LAN mistake fare, but with a few twists. Check out my full trip report of\u00a0Part 1<\/a> of my mileage run vacation to Mexico City and Buenos Aires<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Introduction to Mexico City, Lima, Buenos Aires, and Santiago<\/a>
\nAlaska Airlines LAX-MEX 737-800 First Class<\/a>
\nFour Points by Sheraton Colonia Roma Mexico City Hotel Review<\/a>
\nThe Sights and Sounds of Xochimilco in Mexico City<\/a>
\nThe Sights and Sounds of the Scouts of Xochimilco in Mexico City<\/a>
\nThe Sights and Sounds of UNAM in Mexico City<\/a>
\nThe Sights and Sounds of Mexico City By Night<\/a>
\nThe Various Eats in Mexico City Part 4<\/a>
\nAeromexico MEX-LIM 737-800 Economy Class<\/a>
\nLAN Airlines LIM-EZE 767-300 Business Class<\/a>
\nSheraton Libertador Buenos Aires Hotel Review<\/a>
\nSheraton Buenos Aires and Convention Center Hotel Review<\/a>
\nThe Sights and Sounds of Microcentro in Buenos Aires Part 2<\/a>
\nThe Sights and Sounds of Recoleta in Buenos Aires Part 2<\/a>
\nThe Sights and Sounds of San Telmo in Buenos Aires Part 2<\/a>
\nThe Sights and Sounds of Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires<\/a>
\nThe Sights and Sounds of Puerto Madero in Buenos Aires<\/a>
\nThe Various Eats in Buenos Aires Argentina Part 2<\/a>
\nBuenos Aires Airport LAN Airlines Oneworld Lounge<\/a>
\nBuenos Aires Airport Star Alliance Gold Lounge<\/a>
\nLAN Airlines EZE-SCL A320 Economy Class<\/a>
\nThe Sights and Sounds of Santiago Chile Part 2<\/a>
\nThe Sights and Sounds of the Downtown Santiago Chile Part 4<\/a>
\nThe Various Eats in Santiago Chile Part 3<\/a>
\nSantiago Airport American Airlines Admirals Club Lounge<\/a>
\nSantiago Airport LAN Airlines Neruda Salon VIP Lounge<\/a>
\nLAN Airlines SCL-MEX 767-300 Economy Class<\/a>
\nAlaska Airlines MEX-LAX 737-800 First Class<\/a><\/p>\n

My first leg is LAX-MEX on Alaska airlines where I will spend 18 hours in Mexico City before heading to Lima. In Lima, I will have a short 6 hour layover where I plan on heading into the city for some local Peruvian food. I will then fly Aeromexico from Lima to Buenos Aires where I will spend two nights in the city. I will then fly LAN from Buenos Aires to Santiago where I have a 10 hour layover and venture into the city. Then, I will fly LAN from Santiago to Mexico City where I will spend 24 hours and overnight before catching a super early flight back to Los Angeles on Alaska Airlines.<\/p>\n

My complete trip will look like this: LAX-MEX-LIM-EZE-SCL-MEX-LAX<\/p>\n

\"laxezemr2\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I will be earning 2,629 Delta Skymiles miles on MEX-LIM. I will earn 500 AA miles (25% intra-South America) on LIM-EZE, 500 AA miles (25% intra-South America) on EZE-SCL, and 4,085 AA miles on SCL-MEX. In total, I will be earning 7,714 (2,629 on Delta and 5,085 on AA) miles at a rate of 1.6cpm. In reality, I don’t care about Delta MQM’s, so I’m just going to be earning 5,085 EQM’s on AA at a rate of 2.5cpm which is still not bad.<\/p>\n

Factoring my 100% Delta Gold Medallion bonus, I will be earning 2,629 MQM’s and 5,258 redeemable Skymiles (worth $52.58 at 1cpm). I will also be receiving 100% bonus miles since I am an American Airlines Executive Platinum member. I will earn 5,085 EQM’s and 10,516 redeemable miles on American Airlines which I value at $210.32 at 2cpm).<\/p>\n

Basically, I spent $129 on this crazy LAN MEX-EZE mistake fare and I’ve earned back almost $262.90 worth of redeemable miles. No wonder the airline hates mileage runners.<\/p>\n

Follow me on Instagram<\/a> and Twitter<\/a> for live-updates of my 5 day journey through Latin and South America.<\/p>\n

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