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TACA Airlines has announced that as of July 1st 2008, they will start new services from their Lima Hub to the beautiful city Rio de Janeiro. The once capital of Brazil, Rio is much more than an exciting city that never sleeps. Its a city full of culture and history.

If you find yourself planning an extensive ‘trip of a lifetime’ to Mexico, Central America, or South America, or maybe even every country from Mexico to Tierra del Fuego; it will really pay off if you research out your flight options BEFORE you begin your trip.

Exito Travel gets calls every day from people requesting a one-way ticket. When our agents ask for more details about the traveler’s exact plans, we often learn that he/she is actually planning to visit a number of countries throughout Latin America. Some people manage to speak to one of our agents BEFORE buying their one-way ticket… but others end up calling us months later when they are at the end of their wits, still 3 countries away from the city that they plan to return from. There are some very important things to keep in mind before purchasing a one-way ticket:

1. One way tickets usually cost at least 75-80% of the cost of a round-trip ticket.
2. Many countries require proof of onward travel in order to board a one way flight. Airlines may deny boarding if travelers cannot show such proof
3. One-way tickets traveling back to the US are typically much higher than traveling from the US, southbound.

Many Latin American carriers (TACA, LACSA, COPA, MEXICANA, LAN, etc) offer stopovers en route for little/no extra charge: Example:

• Traveling from Los Angles to Buenos Aires.
• TACA offers stopovers in San Jose, Costa Rica, and Lima, Peru
• The first stopover is FREE and the second one costs only $50

In this example you could visit Costa Rica, Peru and Argentina for $50 more than the cost of a ticket to Argentina alone.

For further details please call us at 800-655-4053 (M-F 7AM-5PM Pacific) and ask to speak with one of our muli-stop flight eXperts.

As part of Delta’s ongoing expansion to markets throughout Latin America, Delta is now offering non-stop flights from New York’s JFK airport.  These flights offer some competition to Continental’s nonstop service from Newark Liberty Airport.  The new routes will be added as follows:

Guatemala City ,Guatemala - Dec 14, 2007

Liberia, Costa Rica - February 16, 2008

Panama City, Panama - December 13, 2007

San Jose, Costa Rica - February 15, 2007

Besides offering many non-stops flights from it’s hub in Atlanta and New York, JFK, Delta also offers many non-stop flights from Los Angeles  International (LAX).