Antarctica Marathon 2014: Hotels, Flights, Final Deposit, Medevac Insurance

Antarctica Marathon 2014: Hotels, Flights, Final Deposit, Medevac Insurance

Here are some background posts on my plans for Antarctica Marathon 2014 trip.

I was put on a ship that leaves a day later so I would need a hotel room a day before the trip starts. I also need a night after just in case the boat is late. I may take this time to unwind before my flight back to Boston.

Hotels:

The best option was to stay at the two Sheraton. Sheraton Buenos Aires Convention center is closer to the airport bus by a few blocks. When I am arriving into EZE, I will be staying at the Sheraton Libertador and the Convention Center on my last night. I did cash and points for both nights so it was 5k points and $55US + $15 Tax each night.

Flights

I managed to find a business seat on the way down. BOS-JFK-EZE on AA older 777. I booked a first class flight EZE-MIA-BOS for Monday morning.

Final Deposit

The final deposit was about $4000 so I cashed in a few shares of Apple stock I held onto and then sent the money in. I made a profit on it as I bought it around 200-300 a share, but not as much when it hit $700 a share. I sold it about $500 a share.

Medevac insurance

This marathon is so bad-ass that you need medevac insurance. I actually looked into it for my two week Europe/Australia trip as I had no health insurance due to changing jobs and I was running two marathons so I wanted the extra insurance. I bought medevac insurance, even though it was totally overkill as I was in major cities the entire trip, and it came out to be about $80 bucks for two weeks. It also provides for lost baggage allowance but I didn’t file the claim in time when my bag got delayed on the PEK-SYD leg of my trip.

I bought my insurance through squaremouth.com. They are a search engine for many travel insurance types and companies. It did offer great search options, especially when I was trying to get an insurance that would act as my primary as I had no insurance at the time.

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