Argentina! Internal flights & trips

BlaEm

Hi guys!

I'm flying to Argentina in November, in and out of B.A. I'm strapped for time so am looking to travel round via internal flights, rather than buses, but am hoping someone will be able to help me with moneysaving.

We have a vague itinerary which involves flying from B.A to El Calafate, then El Calafate to Barioloche, then Barioloche to Iguassu (I know we need to stop over in B.A), then finally back to B.A for the flight home.

I've searched for the flights on Skyscanner etc. but wondered if anyone had any experience of alternatives (e.g. using an agent in Argentina) which they could recommend.

Of course any other MSE tips would be warmly welcome, the holiday is a real treat but we'd love our budget to take us further!

benjus

http://www.despegar.com.ar/ is the big Argentine travel website and is very popular - but to be honest I think you're better off using the standard international sites like Kayak.

Best advice for making your money go further in Argentina is to take US dollars cash and exchange it at the "blue" rate rather than the official rate (or just spend it directly - lots of businesses will take dollars at a good rate). Just be careful to look after the cash - the crime rate in BA is quite high. If you run out of USD cash you could wire some money to yourself using https://azimo.com/en/ at a rate that's better than official (but not quite as good as blue) - you'd pick it up in Pesos cash.

Enjoy, it's a great country.

Shimrod

It's 8 years since I have been to Argentina, but I booked internal flights via an Argentinian travel agency that was much cheaper than booking the flights direct (something like £80 vs £200), but having had a look that agency no longer exists. If you look on tripadvisor, you can find some alternative recommendations there, but I can't vouch for any.

richardw

If you have tesco vouchers you can get avios and spend those on Lan internal flights.

Don't forget many internal flights go from BA's Aeroparque AEP airport and not EZE.

Be careful with agents offering flights that may be residents only fares.

benjus

richardw wrote: »

Don't forget many internal flights go from Aeroparque AEP airport and not EZE.

Go for this option if you have the choice - Aeroparque is far more convenient than Ezeiza.

blindman

richardw wrote: »

If you have tesco vouchers you can get avios and spend those on Lan internal flights.

Don't forget many internal flights go from BA's Aeroparque AEP airport and not EZE.

Be careful with agents offering flights that may be residents only fares.

Wise words in all aspects.

We flew with AVIOS AEP to IGR and it was 7500 avios and £20.50 IIRC one way.

BlaEm

Thanks everyone, lots of great advice