We were surprised by the cost of the airline tickets from Lima to Cusco. We checked all four of the recommended airlines. I read somewhere that a travel agent may be able to get you a better deal. Has anyone tried this? If so, who did you use? (I also want to make sure that the travel agent doesn't book us the Peruvian resident fare causing problems with our boarding. LAN now checks residency at check in and charges a big fee if you book a Peruvian rate and are not Peruvian.) Thanks!

Try one of the alternative airlines, Star Peru, TACA or Peruvian Airlines. They are cheaper than the LAN Base Plus fares which a travel agent or yourselves may be able to book on the LAN Peru version. You do not qualify for BASE fares, A travel agent should not book you the BASE fares either. However be careful and do not use an intermediate website (such as traficoperu) or you may wind up with the ineligible airfares.

Another option, do you have AA frequent flyer miles? The can be used on LAN.

We do have credit card points that convert into AA miles. I will check into that. It will be the best option for us. Thanks!

you can try with Star Peru, TACA or Peruvian Airlines

www.peruvianairlines.pe

www.starperu.com

www.taca.com

generally tend to be cheapest

LAN triple charges tourists always sky high...AVOID

RT usually cheaper than 1 way

www.traficoperu.com www.despegar.com cheap comp sites

FF miles cheapest of course if you can make those work...

Peruvian currently $99 each way best high season deal...

they do tend to go back down in the fall...

LAN is the only one

that charges the rip off $178.50

"non-resident" fee careful there

No worries with any of the others...

Have fun,