General Info

[Exec Talent]

It might be easier buying our ticket and getting better customer service there.

Partnership ended in early 2020.

https://pro.delta.com/content/agency...ip-to-end.html

LATAM is the new partner.

https://www.delta.com/us/en/airline-partners/overview

https://www.delta.com/us/en/skymiles...rline-partners

[One Eyed Man]

It's incredible that GOL and LATAM manage to sell tickets to foreigners. I also had problems with them not accepting foreign cards, telling me to change country which was impossible, login not working anymore etc. The worst was GOL that changed the date when trying to pay for the ticket.

It might be easier buying our ticket and getting better customer service there.

[Hobbying]

Which areas of the city are considered the best for AirBnB? Basically the equivalent of Ipanema, Leblon and Copacabana in Rio.

Jardins is old money.

Itaim Bibi is new money.

[Nounce]

I recently bought a ticket on Latam on site orbitz.com, I had no problems at all.....

That maybe because you are not dealing with LATAM's system.

[Mr Enternational]

Which areas of the city are considered the best for AirBnB? Basically the equivalent of Ipanema, Leblon and Copacabana in Rio.

Check out Morumbi.

[OJeito]

Which areas of the city are considered the best for AirBnB? Basically the equivalent of Ipanema, Leblon and Copacabana in Rio.

I like to think of São Paulo on a bullseye map with the nicest wealthiest neighborhoods being the jardins at the center of the bullseye. The further away from the bullseye you get, the less appealing the Airbnb options get, speaking solely from a security perspective.

[Sun08]

Which areas of the city are considered the best for AirBnB? Basically the equivalent of Ipanema, Leblon and Copacabana in Rio.

[Mr Enternational]

I recently bought a ticket on Latam on site orbitz.com, I had no problems at all. I learned recently latam is a result of merging with Tam which I flew once,

LAN merged with Tam years ago. The other week ago on a flight from Bogota to Lima the flight attendant said welcome aboard Latin American. I have never heard the company refered to as that.

[Rio Bob]

LATAM's phone didn't even stay connected for me. I had to wait an hour to talk to an agent, and the line got disconnected before we finished. I could not get thru by phone again. The online system let me go to payment step then told me it won't accept the US card. I went to the airport to make change.

I recently bought a ticket on Latam on site orbitz.com, I had no problems at all. I learned recently latam is a result of merging with Tam which I flew once, the Brazilian flight attendants were absolutely beautiful especially compared to flight attendants on American Carriers.

[Sperto]

LATAM's phone didn't even stay connected for me. I had to wait an hour to talk to an agent, and the line got disconnected before we finished. I could not get thru by phone again. The online system let me go to payment step then told me it won't accept the US card. I went to the airport to make change.

I tried two of LATAMs call centers. If you choose English language you'll get disconnected. You can get in contact with LATAM by opening a case.

It's incredible that GOL and LATAM manage to sell tickets to foreigners. I also had problems with them not accepting foreign cards, telling me to change country which was impossible, login not working anymore etc. The worst was GOL that changed the date when trying to pay for the ticket.

[Nounce]

These mfs! ...

LATAM's phone didn't even stay connected for me. I had to wait an hour to talk to an agent, and the line got disconnected before we finished. I could not get thru by phone again. The online system let me go to payment step then told me it won't accept the US card. I went to the airport to make change.

[Nordico]

Sometime I wished I would have accepted a domestic bank account when I got my CPF. Buying an airline domestic ticket should be done in minutes.

All these problems are due to GOL migrating from their old reservations system (Amadeus?) to Sabre.

[Sperto]

These mfs! I had a lot of problems today on Azul (where all my points are) and Gol.

Sometime I wished I would have accepted a domestic bank account when I got my CPF. Buying an airline domestic ticket should be done in minutes.

[Mr Enternational]

SteveG75 also had problems buying flight tickets. As I mentioned GOL site is really hopeless. LATAM site is almost as bad. I did manage to buy some domestic tickets for my upcoming trip with LATAM. All tickets were payed online, received confirmation emails etc. What is strange that not all tickets were charged on my account. I contacted LATAM and asked if these tickets were paid for and everything OK. They told me all the tickets were paid for and ready to go and sent me electronic ticket receipts. Maybe I will travel for free? I'll know when I'll check in.

These mfs! I had a lot of problems today on Azul (where all my points are) and Gol. Azul has my Azul number in the space where CPF goes so it says invalid CPF, but is blocked out so I can not change anything. I was on 1 hour with the agent typing. Well not dealing with the issue but a lot of waiting and dead air and switching to another person for who knows why. Finally the 4th person I was connected to told me I had to call a number. Called the number and they said this is only to make a booking.

I went to the Gol site and did not use my log in. They wanted a Brazil address but I was able to manipulate through the system. I did have to put in my CPF. Both sites charge like $5 more for payment in $ vs reais. I think I had to change my VPN to Brazil to pay in reais on the Gol site to avoid the extra $5.

[Nordico]

Tickets from Europe to Brazil are much more expensive than they used to be. I pay about 1400 euro, high season / December. I bought my ticket a bit late, in mid-October. The ticket prices have gone up a lot since September. Tickets in January-March are cheaper.

I think the reason for the higher ticket prices is that people have vouchers for their cancelled flights and the airlines want to get some extra cash for carrying the people now when the situation is better. Also the people won't feel so bad paying few hundred for the ticket price difference. I paid less than 2000 euros for my Air France / KLM business class ticket, but I bought it in the middle of the pandemic. Now they are asking 2700 for the same stretch. I think we are going to see higher ticket prices whole 2022, until the vouchers expire.