Per this FlyerTalk thread, American has published a ~$900 all-in business class fare between New York and Santiago, Chile, valid for travel on American and LAN (though only on LAN in conjunction with an American Airlines codeshare). I’m not sure if this is a legitimate fare sale (given that we’ve seen several fare sales to South America in the past week) or a fat finger mistake, but I’d definitely get in on this as soon as possible. It seems to be valid for travel through early June.

The best place to look up availability is on ITA Matrix. Enter the origin and destination, your date flexibility, and select business class, and it will return options in a calendar view.

Then just select your preferred dates/flights, and you should be able to book them on aa.com. While there’s lots of routing flexibility with this, all flights need to either be on American or be an American codeshare. This means you can fly LAN in many cases, and I’d highly recommend booking them in business class between Miami and Santiago over American, as LAN has fully flat seats in business class while American doesn’t. Unfortunately I haven’t found a way to route this through Buenos Aires or Sao Paulo on American in order to get on a three cabin plane (and use a systemwide upgrade to further upgrade to first class), as American doesn’t codeshare between those gateways and Santiago.

C’mon folks, let’s book this!

Posted on February 15th, 2013 by lucky
Filed under: American, Great Deals | 43 Comments »

  1. February 15th, 2013 at 10:10 pm

    progapanda said,

    Done and done, and already have a reeceipt with a ticket number!

  2. February 15th, 2013 at 10:11 pm

    Nathan said,

    Holy smokes, did you see adding in IPC for 1009 all in?? I wish I could pull the trigger!

  3. February 15th, 2013 at 10:29 pm

    AdamH said,

    If I book on Travelocity do i have 24 hours if I need to cancel?

  4. February 15th, 2013 at 10:30 pm

    lucky said,

    @ AdamH — You sure do.

  5. February 15th, 2013 at 10:45 pm

    Sean said,

    Lan is also promoting JFK o Santiago on their website but for $3,499!

  6. February 15th, 2013 at 10:46 pm

    Alonso A. said,

    I can see your face thinking of Santiago and its showers :) . Anyway, thinking of stopping by Lima?

  7. February 15th, 2013 at 10:54 pm

    Bob said,

    Going to IPC over Memorial Day weekend. SCL-IPC-SCL is in Y.

  8. February 15th, 2013 at 10:54 pm

    mark said,

    Thoughts on holding the rez on aa.com? want to check my schedule in the am to make sure everything is ok with the days I chose.

  9. February 15th, 2013 at 10:56 pm

    Bob said,

    Can you use points/miles to upgrade a revenue based ticket?

  10. February 15th, 2013 at 11:03 pm

    lucky said,

    @ Bob — Given that it’s already in business class and none of these planes have three cabins, I’m not sure which you’d upgrade. Or you mean you’re in coach on a segment and want to upgrade?

  11. February 15th, 2013 at 11:09 pm

    Bob said,

    @lucky – Yes, I meant the latter for SCL-IPC. Can you use AA miles or Avios points to upgrade from Y to J, and if so, would it be worth it? Thank you.

  12. February 15th, 2013 at 11:18 pm

    Chase said,

    Booked for May, thanks for the heads up!

  13. February 15th, 2013 at 11:22 pm

    MilesFromBlighty said,

    If you book through to IPC, you can get both legs MIA-SCL-MIA on Lan with their better business class.
    Great deal for 680 BA Tier Points

  14. February 15th, 2013 at 11:51 pm

    SamOH said,

    Wow… this is a super sweet deal for folks who qualify for AA EXP on POINTS if you do multiple of those ….22689 EQP a pop (15126 miles x1.5) JFK-MIA-SCL-IPC-SCL-MIA-JFK…

  15. February 16th, 2013 at 12:03 am

    Max said,

    I’m seeing select dates showing up in LAN J all the way through, even SCL-IPC-SCL.

  16. February 16th, 2013 at 12:24 am

    Max said,

    Seems tough to get the LAN J long-haul segments, but apparently adding just about any Chilean domestic flight on aa.com will automatically trigger the LAN MIA-SCL J legs at just ~$920ai. Try Calama (CJC) (for a unique desert trip) or Puerto Montt (PMC) for a glance at Chile’s incredible lakes region. As stated above, IPC prices out $100 or more above that but it will also triggers the LAN MIA-SCL J legs.

  17. February 16th, 2013 at 12:31 am

    Max said,

    Plus, note that if you’re on a LAN discount economy fare code (G N Q S) SCL-IPC you’ll only accrue 25% of the total mileage to your AA account, despite the flight being around 2300nm.

  18. February 16th, 2013 at 1:06 am

    Mark said,

    Headed to IPC on Avios last weekend in April…. Anyone else going?

  19. February 16th, 2013 at 1:15 am

    David said,

    Any one way avail?

  20. February 16th, 2013 at 2:15 am

    Fábio Vilela said,

    I never find any mistake fare or good deal originating in Brazil :/
    I wish I’d live in the States.

  21. February 16th, 2013 at 3:23 am

    ed said,

    Fabio, we’re still accepting applications. ;)

  22. February 16th, 2013 at 4:30 am

    Jetstream007 said,

    Thanks a lot, just booked a € 670 (EU site worked better) return, April 25-29. Great deal!

  23. February 16th, 2013 at 6:24 am

    Philipp said,

    DONE! Short 1 day stay in SCL, I know just what restaurant I am going!

    Thanks!

  24. February 16th, 2013 at 7:23 am

    Ace said,

    @Lucky – thanks, just got in on this madness, w/ a semi-MR to IPC, 1 night stay, & approx ~ 18,889 total miles earned with CoS bonuses for only $842!!

    Total price was $1042 – $200 in Amex Plat AA gift cards = $842…approx 4.4cpm.

    Have been to IPC before, it’s a mysterious/wonderful place. I don’t normally eat fish on airplanes, but on the way back to SCL from IPC, the very friendly crew (they were all from IPC, ‘Isla de Pascua’ is where IPC comes from), said the fish had just been caught that morning, in the waters outside Easter Island. It was delicious, along with the bottle of wine we drank!:)

  25. February 16th, 2013 at 7:57 am

    jennette said,

    Can someone please let me know how to add IPC to the trip without price jumping up to $6000? Thank you!!

  26. February 16th, 2013 at 8:18 am

    Be Ready When Deals Come Up For Your Top 3 Destinations or I’m Going to Easter Island! said,

    [...] because I woke up, checked my email and saw View from the Wing and One Mile at a Time had posted about a $1,000 biz class fare to Easter Island. (Btw, have you signed up for an email [...]

  27. February 16th, 2013 at 8:45 am

    Brady said,

    Booked all the way through to IPC! First time I’ve scored on one of these C or F — thanks for posting this!

  28. February 16th, 2013 at 10:56 am

    Rick said,

    I’m doing 5/2-5/6. Anyone else?

  29. February 16th, 2013 at 11:08 am

    Rick said,

    progapanda, how did you get the receipt with the ticket #? I haven’t gotten that yet…

  30. February 16th, 2013 at 11:16 am

    David said,

    Just looked.. availability is has dwindled significantly. Nothing works for me =(

  31. February 16th, 2013 at 11:28 am

    Erik J said,

    By the time I saw this opportunity the price had crept up to $1,070 with a two night minimum, but I happily jumped on anyway.

    Just booked JFK-IPC and will be staying on Easter Island the nights of April 29 and 30. Mark – is that when you will be there?

    BTW, the 24-hour hold option on AA was not available so I had to ticket right away. Lucky – is this normal if other airlines operate part of the itinerary?

  32. February 16th, 2013 at 12:48 pm

    Jason said,

    I just booked 3 business tickets from DFW-EZE via MIA for $936 each! Amazing deal.

    Does anyone know if the LAN portions are credited to Aadvantage account if you get full miles and mileage bonus if Elite with AA? I may do a status match to AA if so.

    Thanks in advance.

  33. February 16th, 2013 at 12:52 pm

    Hobo13 said,

    I thought everyone already went to ipc on BA miles?

  34. February 16th, 2013 at 12:56 pm

    Amazing Deal Alert: Business Class NYC to Santiago, Chile for $901 Total Roundtrip on American/LAN | The Points Guy said,

    [...] Amazing Deal Alerts, American, Lan, Mileage Runs Per Lucky and TheBOSMAN on Flyertalk, American is offering incredible roundtrip business class fares to Chile [...]

  35. February 16th, 2013 at 1:31 pm

    Corey said,

    Thanks for posting! Just booked for 28may – 3june for an awesome 5 night stay on Easter island. Should be incredible!

    Jason- thanks for the heads up dfw>eze via mia. Taking a look at that now

  36. February 16th, 2013 at 3:49 pm

    ehche said,

    Corey – I am booked NYC-IPC May 31st – June 3rd. Will only be there for 2 nights this time, but I was there for 5 nights back in 2006. It is indeed incredible!

  37. February 16th, 2013 at 10:46 pm

    Tony said,

    @Rick…I also got in on May 2-6. Might run into you on the flight.

  38. February 17th, 2013 at 4:57 am

    Rick said,

    @Tony – It will be me and my 9 year old daughter so I should be easy to pick out.

  39. February 17th, 2013 at 5:21 am

    Mark said,

    @ Erik J – Cancelled my Avios booking to IPC and booked thru this fare sale so my dates changed to 4/20-4/26

    Now I need to decide if I should use this to AA status challenge to PLT… I never fly oneworld, not sure if I should do it.

  40. February 17th, 2013 at 9:33 am

    Katie @Mile Bucket said,

    I cannot wait until I switch careers and can take advantage of deals like this!! :)

  41. February 17th, 2013 at 1:34 pm

    Jason said,

    I booked JFK-IPC last night for $1040. I’ll be on the island May 2-4

  42. February 17th, 2013 at 3:49 pm

    Brit said,

    5/5-5/11 SAN or SNA-EZE on AA/LAN for $1,659 in business ai. At least there is a west coast option for those of us out here. Not as good as <1k though!

  43. February 18th, 2013 at 3:25 pm

    Kevin said,

    Does not seem to be there any longer. Fares are now in $1,300 – $1,500 range.

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