Turbulence Sends Passengers to Hospital
Oct18

Turbulence Sends Passengers to Hospital

I’ll never get tired of saying it. Wear your goddamn seat belt at all times when you’re at your seat, and here’s why. You never know when your plane will hit turbulence. That’s exactly why they ask you to wear it at all times even if the sign is not illuminated. And yet, people don’t pay the slightest bit of attention. Well, an Aerolineas Argentinas flight today en route from Miami struck severe turbulent...

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Double Miles on Aerolineas Argentinas’ Club Condor
May24

Double Miles on Aerolineas Argentinas’ Club Condor

Aerolineas Argentinas, the national flag carrier of Argentina, is offering perhaps their most generous promotion so far. This comes after the airline got pretty close to winning a few of the categories they were nominated for during the Freddie Awards. Any Aerolineas Plus members traveling between Buenos Aires and Miami or Buenos Aires and New York have the chance to get double the miles if they fly in Club Condor class –...

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Aerolineas Argentinas Subasta Upgrades a Club Condor
Dec15

Aerolineas Argentinas Subasta Upgrades a Club Condor

Aerolíneas Argentinas anunció este lunes pasado su nueva política de subasta de upgrades, por medio de la cual aquellos pasajeros que hayan comprado su pasaje en clase turista podrán acceder a la posibilidad de viajar en una cabina premium.

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Real Life ‘Catch Me if You Can’ gets Caught
Oct25

Real Life ‘Catch Me if You Can’ gets Caught

Argentine man cons his way into 30 free flights, earns elite status and, incidentally, also some jail time.

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Don’t question this airline – you’ll get BLOCKED!
Sep01

Don’t question this airline – you’ll get BLOCKED!

Customer service seems to be a lost art in many businesses.  I can’t even tell you the amount of times that I’ve called a business and faced the dreaded “we’re experiencing a heavy call volume, your call will be answered in 90 minutes…” Has it ever happened to you that you’ve called that company and the person you got wasn’t the one who could help you, so you were transferred to someone...

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AR2295 – Rio to Buenos Aires, No Class
Aug29

AR2295 – Rio to Buenos Aires, No Class

I had high expectations for this flight since I had flown Aerolineas Argentinas multiple times in economy class but never before one of their premium products. I couldn’t have been more surprised! We booked our Club Condor class tickets through Delta at 25K SkyMiles SkyPesos each ticket one way for our friend Bruce and myself, and Jon paid $500 for his – yes, I CRINGE as I type that out but it was the...

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Una bofetada a pasajeros con demora
Jun17

Una bofetada a pasajeros con demora

En el último, y probablemente uno de los más bizarros episodios de ‘¿Y ahora por qué está Aerolíneas Argentinas en las noticias?’, llegan reportes de que al menos 3 vuelos fueron cancelados y otros 10 se vieron retrasados, aunque los periódicos locales ya reportan que las operaciones están retornando a la normalidad. ¿Cuál fue la razón? Un pasajero que estaba llegando tarde a su vuelo intento hacer su check-in, ayer a las 6:18am en su...

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Passengers “slapped” with delay after incident
Jun16

Passengers “slapped” with delay after incident

In what is the latest episode and perhaps one of the most bizarre ones of ‘What is Aerolineas Argentinas in the news for today?’, news broke out this morning that at least 3 flights were cancelled and 10 others were delayed, although local newspapers are now reporting operations are going back to normal. The reason? A passenger who was late for his flight attempted to check-in today at 6:18am for a flight departing...

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Aerolineas Argentinas turns 65

Happy birthday, Aerolineas Argentinas! 65 years ago today, Lieutenant General Juan Domingo Peron created Aerolineas Argentinas as a state run company by nationalizing various smaller private regional carriers. To celebrate, the airline published the following video to their social media page:   I have to say it’s a pretty cool video intended to cause nostalgia for what it once was as an airline which brought prestige to the...

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¿Una nueva esperanza para Aerolíneas Argentinas?
Dec02

¿Una nueva esperanza para Aerolíneas Argentinas?

Con el anuncio de una nueva CEO para la estatal Aerolíneas Argentinas, se asoma la esperanza de que la aerolínea sea administrada como una empresa seria y deje de representar una pérdida de dinero. This post is available in English here. Isela Costantini, que se desempeña como Presidente y Directora Ejecutiva de General Motors para Argentina, Uruguay y Paraguay desde marzo de 2012,...

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