Paraguay isn’t on most destination lists but with a price like this it SHOULD be!

Update 4/24/2014 @ 4:40PM Eastern – fare gone

Palacio de los Lopez – Paraguay Photo: marco bogarin, used under Creative Commons License (By 2.0)

Sample Travel Date:

• Sample with TAM
• June 2nd – 8th

Fare Availability:

• Valid for travel on the outbound from June 1st – July 16th. Must purchase by April 27th

How to Search for Availability:

• Use ITA Software Matrix Airfare Search and use the following search criteria:
  • Departing from: JFK
  • Outbound Advanced Routing Code: jj+
  • Destination:  ASU
  • Return Advanced Routing Code: jj+
  • (Click on Advanced Routing Codes link to enable advanced routing code input)
  • (For LAN, replace jj+ with la+ on the advanced routing code fields)
  • Select “See calendar of lowest fares”
  • Length of stay “0-7” (the max date range is 7 days. So 0-7, 5-12, 7-14 etc)
• Beginner’s Guide on How to Use Matrix by ITA Software
• How to Read Airfare Rules and Use It to Your Advantage

• ITA will price this as $578. We tried to book this itinerary through a few sites and CheapOair was the best at $554.

Partner Fare Class:

• LAN: Q
• TAM: N

Routing:

• JFK – EZE (Buenos Aires) – ASU (Asuncion) – EZE – JFK.

Stopover:

• Not permitted
• How to Take Advantage of a Stopover

Mileage:

• 11,889 miles or 4.7 cents per mile. LAN and TAM are members of the Oneworld alliance and American partners. This itinerary with the above routing will earn 100% mileage with American. If you take a LAN itinerary, intra-South America flights will be 25%. If you take an TAM itinerary with intra-Brazil flights, those will earn 50%.

How to Book:

• Support us by using our CheapOair link to book with dates found on ITA Software Matrix Airfare Search.

Accommodations:

For hotel bookings, we recommend that you only book using online travel agencies (Hotels.com, HotelsCombined.com or Hotwire.com) if it is a non-chain hotel. We don’t want you to miss out on earning rewards with chain hotels.

• Accor Hotels
  • Sofitel, Pullman, M Gallery, Grand Mercure, Novotel, Mercure, Ibis
• Aloft Hotels
• CheapTickets
• Four Points
• Hilton Hotels
  • Waldorf Astoria, Conrad, Hilton, DoubleTree, Embassy Suites, Hilton Garden Inn, Hampton Inn, Homewood Suites, Home2
• Hotels.com
• HotelsCombined.com
• Hotwire
• Intercontinental Group
  • Intercontinental, Crowne Plaza, Hotel Indigo, Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express, Staybridge Suites, Candlewood Suites
• Le Meridien
• Orbitz
• Preferred Hotels & Resorts
  • Preferred, Sterling, Summit
• Sheraton
• Westin
• W Hotels
• Wyndham Hotels
  • Wyndham, Tryp, Wingate, Hawthorn, Microtel, Dream, Planet Hollywood, Ramada, Night, Baymont, Days Inn, Super 8, Howard Johnson, Travelodge, Knights Inn

Car Rentals

• Avis – US and Canadian Rentals
• CarRentals.com
• Fox Rent A Car
• Hotwire
• Orbitz
• Payless Car Rental
• Sixt Car Rental – Good Agency for Rentals in Europe

Background Information:

• Visa: US Citizens – Required prior to arrival. Other nationals, check the TIMATIC Visa Database
• Currency: Paraguayan Guarani (PYG) $1USD = 4,449 PYG

Tips for saving when using credit cards at international destinations:

• No Foreign Transaction Fee Credit Cards to save on international purchases
• Don’t get hit with Dynamic Currency Conversion
• Get your taxes refunded when shopping
• How to Avoid International Data Roaming Charges

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