[Biz Class Deal Alert] LATAM business class to South America

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Routes: ATL/LIM; MIA/LIM; JFK/SCL; MIA/SCL; BOS/GRU

Airline: LATAM

Programs to book with: Virgin Atlantic, Qatar Airways

Travel timeline: March 2026 through January 2027

Cost: 39k points, 50k points, or 95k points + $55-85 tax/fees one-way before transfer bonuses depending on route and program you book with

Transfer partners: American Express, Bilt, Capital One, Citi, Chase, Wells Fargo

Summary: Fly lie-flat business class on LATAM between the US and to Brazil, Chile, or Peru.

Why I like this deal: 1) Great cost, especially after a 40% transfer bonus from Chase (~36k points one-way!!) and 2) Many dates have 2-6 seats

ATL-LIM
March: 16, 18, 23-25, 30
April: 13, 14, 18, 19, 21, 27, 28
May: None
June: 1, 11, 15, 16, 22
July: 5, 8, 12-14, 16, 21
August: 9, 24, 30, 31
September: 6, 7, 21, 26, 29
October: 4, 6, 19, 25-27, 29
November: 1, 2, 5-9, 11, 12, 15-18, 23, 24, 26-29
December: None
January 2027: 8-12

LIM-ATL
March: 5, 10, 12, 17, 18, 24, 25
April: 2, 6, 8-10, 15, 16, 21, 23, 24
May: 5, 20, 21
June: 2, 3, 10, 16
July: 9, 10, 15, 17, 18, 22, 23, 27, 29-31
August: 3, 6, 7, 12, 14, 22, 31
September: 10, 15, 24, 29
October: 1, 7, 9, 13, 16, 19, 20, 22, 23, 26, 29, 31
November: 2, 4, 5, 9, 11-14, 16, 18-20, 22, 23, 25
December: None
January 2027: 8, 10-12

MIA-LIM
March: 15, 19, 20, 22
April: 9, 10, 17, 20-22, 28
May: 5

LIM-MIA
March: 3-7, 9, 10, 30, 31
April: 9, 10, 14, 16

JFK-SCL
March: 20, 31
April: 20, 21, 27-29
May: 4, 19
June: None
July: None

SCL-JFK
March: 2, 17
April: None
May: 6
June: None
July: None
August: 1

MIA-SCL
April: 8, 14
May: 6, 19
June: 5, 9, 10
July: None
August: 5, 9-12, 17, 18, 24-26, 31
September: 1, 3, 6, 10, 12, 13, 15, 17, 22, 24, 29
October: 1, 5, 7, 11-13, 20, 24, 26-28
November: 1, 3, 4, 9, 11-13, 15, 17, 23-26

SCL-MIA
March: 4, 25, 29
April: 7, 14, 22
May: 5, 12, 19, 22, 24, 26-29, 31
June: 2, 3, 5-7, 9, 10
July: 27, 29
August: 2-6, 9-11, 12, 19, 23, 24, 26, 30, 31
September: 1-3, 6-9, 14, 15, 17, 20-23, 26-29
October: 1, 2, 4-7, 12-14, 16, 20, 22, 25, 26, 28, 30
November: 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10-20, 23-26

BOS-GRU
April: 23, 24, 29, 30
May: 7, 8, 13
June: 4
July: None
August: 27
September: None
October: None
November: None
December: 14, 27
January 2027: 1

GRU-BOS
June: 4
July: None
August: None
September: None
October: None
November: 23
December: 14, 27
January 2027: None

Virgin Atlantic: 50k points (MIA/LIM, ATL/LIM), otherwise 95k points (JFK/MIA to SCL or BOS/GRU)+ $55-85 in tax/fees. $100 change/cancel fee per ticket.
Transfer Partners: Amex, Bilt, Capital One, Chase, Citi
Tip: Chase has a 40% transfer bonus to Virgin Atlantic through 2/28

Qatar: 39k points (MIA/LIM) or 62k points (JFK or ATL/LIM) + $20-49 in tax/fees. $25 change/cancel fee before 24 hours, then $100 between 3-24 hours, then nonrefundable.
Transfer Partners: Direct from Amex & Citi, or transfer from BA (Amex, Bilt, Capital One, Chase, Wells Fargo)

Finnair: 76k points (all routes) + mystery tax/fees. €50 change/cancel fee. Need to call or chat to book LATAM.
Transfer Partners: Direct from Capital One, or transfer from BA (Amex, Bilt, Capital One, Chase, Wells Fargo)

Japan Airlines (all routes): 60k points (one-way) or 85k (round-trip). ¥3,100 change/cancel fee.
Transfer Partners: Bilt, Capital One (at 4:3 rate)
Note: Capital One has a 30% transfer bonus to JAL making it a 1,000:975 transfer rate.

It used to be very easy to use the Virgin Atlantic award calendar, but they got rid of that earlier this year…unfortunate. Another quick workaround is to use the Delta award calendar and filter for non-stop flights. This may not work on routes that also have a Delta-operated flight.

Or just use an award search tool like Seats.Aero or Roame.

Here’s the Delta award calendar trick.

1) Put in your destination, choose a random departure date, add number of passengers, check the “Shop with Miles” box, check the “My dates are flexible” box, click on “Advanced Search”, and then choose the Best Fares for Delta One. Then hit search.

2) The next screen will show a weekly calendar view. However, if you choose the “Price Calendar” option on the top left, it should pull up a monthly calendar view.

3) Once you are on the monthly calendar view, you will also need to filter for Non Stop flights on the top right. Then you will see a calendar view that should show direct flights between ATL/JFK/MIA and Lima. These are most likely going to be LATAM flights. The calendar will only show LATAM flights from JFK since only LATAM flies that nonstop route.

From Atlanta, you will have to do some more spot-checking and generally look for the “lower priced” option which is 195-200k points one-way. The 200k+ ones are generally Delta-operated flights on the ATL-LIM route instead of LATAM.

4) Once you found availability, double-check availability with the program you plan to book through, transfer your points, then book!

There are multiple layouts. The nicest one is probably on LATAM’s 767-300s. There are 20 Vantage XL lie-flat business class seats in a 1-2-1 layout. Some 787s also have this newer layout as well.

Older 787s may have a 2-2-2 layout with lie-flat seats.

Review #1: LIM-MIA on 767 (One Mile at a Time)
Review #2: SCL-MEX on old 787 (One Mile at a Time)
Review #3: ATL-LIM (Southern Points Club)

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