Being that I’m the Queen of finding flight deals, when I heard there were flights from Washington, D.C. to Santiago de Chile for $181 round trip, I jumped at the opportunity. We ended up getting our flights for a little over $200 and I reserved exit row seats on Copa Airlines for no additional fee.

I’d flown Copa before last year when I went to Guatemala for a whopping $124 so I already knew what to expect. They are part of Star Alliance, not a low-cost carrier, they just seemed to offered some extremely low fares to specific destinations every once in a while. Quick tip for if you’re seated in an exit row, be prepared for them to ask you if you speak Spanish. Even if you don’t, just say un poco (which means a little or a bit). As long as you can understand basic Spanish they usually don’t have a problem, we’ve yet to be booted from our exit row seats unlike people who flat out said they didn’t speak Spanish. Continue reading “Chillin in Chile” →