Buying A Plane Ticket In Cash (Blue Pesos) To Save Money?

[Rich One]

So we just went to the Aerolinas office on Corrientes and were told we had to pay with a credit card...

Anybody know if it is possible at all to pay for flights in cash in ba?

What Aerolineas Office in what Cjty? Country

 

[joemama]

Buenos Aires, Argentina. The office on Corrientes (Abasto).

 

[Fohan]

Some Aerolineas offices have never accepted cash payments. I was buying flights in Feb. and the stand in Alto Palermo wouldn't accept effectivo- they said only the offices in Microcentro and Belgrano did. Down at the Belgrano office, I paid in pesos, though they did offer me the chance to pay in dollars!

 

[glasgowjohn]

Aerolineas only accept cash at two offices in Bs As


Perú 2 , just off Florida
Cabildo 2900

The branches in the shopping centers do not have sufficient security to accept cash payments

 

[Rich One]

Most Airlines and travel agencies Do not Accept cash , instead require that the pesos be deposited in their bank account. In my experience today.

 

[starlucia]

Seems a bit counterproductive to buy a one-way ticket (which, as noted above, is usually more expensive than a r/t ticket.) If I were you, I would simply buy a r/t flight with a company that permits cancellations, and then cancel the return. Last year, I bought a r/t ticket (BA --> Madrid --> BA) with Lufthansa, then once in Europe, decided not to return to BA. Lufthansa refunded me the unused portion of my ticket (less a 50-euro cancellation fee), no questions asked.

 

[ajl1239]

Good point -- that's something to consider, starlucia.

A lot of this discussion surrounds aerolineas argentinas, but their flights seem to be more expensive than the US carriers/other Latin American carriers (eg TACA)-- does anyone know if you could pay in pesos at the TACA office? Or the Lan office? American?

Thanks!

 

[ajl1239]

Guys, also, will I be charged a 20% tax of the peso price when buying this ticket in cash?

 

[glasgowjohn]

Guys, also, will I be charged a 20% tax of the peso price when buying this ticket in cash?

yes sir ! . Tax is paid for all travel originating in Argentina by air and by sea

 

[ajl1239]

Thanks, but when I look up a price on Kayak or the airline's Web site is this 20% already reflected in the total cost? Or does Argentina tax this completely separate from the airline? (Some countries include their tax in the total fare, that's why I'm asking.)