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The owner of the blacksheep told me about a deal for flights with Satena. I went and checked it out and they are good deals. You have to buy your flights on a Wed, but you can take the actual flight any day you want. It is valid up until November.
As an example, my flight to Bogota one way will cost me 150,000 pesos including all taxes which is pretty good compared to my last flight of aroun 230,000 pesos.
If coming into and out of medellin you have the added advantage that the flight lands and takes off within the city saving the 40,000 pesos trip tothe external airport!!
By bickerss on May 13, 2008, 10:46 in Travel tips.
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Peter (Moderator) says on May 13, 2008, 10:49: Good tip, thanks! Poor but snappy 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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toneloc24 says on May 13, 2008, 11:00: Are these direct flights? Or a few stops along the way? "Don't tase me, bro!!!!" 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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ColombianoGringo says on May 13, 2008, 11:04: Easy Fly also has some really good deals. A few months ago, they were running 10.000 COP airfares. By the time taxes and other charges were added, it ended up being 80.000 each way which is still the best deal going. From a quick glance at their site www.easyfly.com.co, it appears that they are still running these deals to selected cities. Like Satena, they mainly fly to smaller cities that aren't normally serviced by the bigger airlines. I don't think they fly out of Medellin yet.
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gorgonabob says on May 13, 2008, 11:27: Easy Fly will begin flights out of Medellin in two weeks to Bogota and beyond.
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ColombianoGringo says on May 13, 2008, 11:38: I will say that in my experience, Aires has excellent customer service and is very willing to please. On several occasions, my wife or I have not used tickets that we paid for with Aires. On every occasion, we have been able to easily call up and have them give us credit for those unused flights. They've even allowed us to use the credit for other people.
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panthdave says on May 13, 2008, 11:43: I even been looking into Spirit from FLL and connect on Aires from Cartegena into the Local Medellin airport...but the times are not very good...So still on the Rio Negro bandwagon.. panthdave Miami 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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ColombianoGringo says on May 13, 2008, 11:50: Speaking of Aires, I recall that they were supposedly bidding for a Colombia - US route of some sort. Any idea how that ended up?
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bickerss says on May 13, 2008, 12:01: Just checked aires on line - thought I was onto an even better thing - price 120,000 med to Bog (via manizales) but with taxes ended up bein 231,560.00 CO - bummer. Hopefully easyfly will be med to bog by the 27th - will check that out. A 10 k ticket would be lush!!
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toneloc24 says on May 13, 2008, 12:15: "Speaking of Aires, I recall that they were supposedly bidding for a Colombia - US route of some sort. Any idea how that ended up?" "Don't tase me, bro!!!!" 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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toneloc24 says on May 13, 2008, 12:40: Yeah, I keep an eye on that site. "Don't tase me, bro!!!!" 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Gator says on May 13, 2008, 13:08: SATENA( Servicio AƩreo a Territorios Nacionales) operated by the Colombian Air Force-services mostly smaller cities and is not famous for being on time. "Brevior Sltare Cum Deformibus Mulieribus Est Vita!" . 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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bradenmiami says on May 13, 2008, 13:27: also...not impressed with the SATENA fares after researching the site. The "lovemedellin website" is a piece of crap made by some moron who has only been to Medellin once...you'd be better off reading the Lonely Planet advice from a guy who never even came here! 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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bickerss says on May 13, 2008, 14:25: I take Satena a fair bit and has not been too bad overall, although last flight was delayed an hr.
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mcheasley says on May 15, 2008, 07:51: While in Medellin in april, i was talking to a pilot for Aires in the apartment building and he said flights from MDE to Ft Lauderdale hopefully by end of summer.. That would be nice, since Jet Blue hasnt even thought about service to Col since they were awarded rights to fly South..
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ColombianoGringo says on May 18, 2008, 20:02: Oh hell bro, you got me on that one. I think they are like the Fokers and Embraers used by Aires and Satena for short hops. I just reserved a flight for my wife from Southern Colombia to Bogota for $175.000 including all taxes and surcharges. The actual fare was only 20.000.
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ColombianoGringo says on May 18, 2008, 20:12: builder,
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