Buenos Aires for the Weekend: Introduction

35 minutes in LGA on the way down is a little gutsy?
$900 all in is very cheap but then you have to add $ 250 and two hotel nights.
How much do you value the hotel nights?

Ben, Friends of mine are in BA @ the moment, claiming Argentinians are very unfriendly to Americans. Any truth to that or are they just being sensitive ? What was your experience ?

@ Rami -- Yes, realized after the fact that was a bit on the risky side, but it all worked out well.

In the end we were paying $1,150 for a business class ticket. To be clear it wasn't a mileage run, but a mini-vacation of sorts. So there's no "cent per mile" to this trip, but it was just a really good value.

@ nathan -- Aside from the Park Hyatt I didn't find the service culture in Buenos Aires to be especially good, though I don't necessarily think it was targeted specifically at Americans. Wouldn't say there were unfriendly, but just generally not very attentive/warm.

An imminent South American trip report? Looks like an unproductive work week coming for me! 😉

Are you ever afraid of mis connecting on two seperate tickets. What is usually done if you would have gotten in to Dallas late?

@ Peetyrd -- In this case I decided to overnight in Dallas in both directions, since I figured six continuous segments wouldn't end well.

That being said if you do misconnect they'll rebook you on the next available flight, even if it's on separate tickets. That's actually a rule that applies to all OneWorld carriers.

I lived in Argentina for 15 years and have traveled frequently between the two countries for about 25 years. Argentines are far from unfriendly to Americans. In fact, I'd say Argentines are much friendly to Americans than New Yorkers are friendly to anyone! (OK, so I'm a Texan, but you get the point)

@ Nathan

Claiming all Argentinians are unfriendly based on the ones you encounter in Buenos Aires is a little silly. It's like saying "I visited New York City, and boy, are all Americans rude and unfriendly!"

Spent a couple weeks in ARG this spring - great food, great wine, great people. The only downside is the steep 'reciprocity fee', but the 'blue dolar' economy makes up for it. Got duked around a little by LAN (using Avios pts) and had to spend an extra day in LIM on the return, but the trip was a big success.

I hope you exchamged your dollars not at official places like the airport/banks but rather every other place as the black market rate is twice as high as the official rate, no joke.

Interesting report. As a New Yorker, some of the comments about NYers being "unfriendly" are a bit much. Seems to me, us NYers work far longer days and weeks than other folks from elsewhere in the US due to "cultural differences." If we too left the office at 5:00pm like in Dallas or Houston, we NYers may be a tad friendlier, too.

@ Rich - the types of jobs that require long hours in New York also call for long hours elsewhere. I work in Houston and don't leave anywhere close to 5 pm. Generally, though, pace of life is slower in southern states and it's not quite as frantic as up north.