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Gol celebrating Rosario’s anniversary with free flights
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Brazilian airline Gol celebrates the anniversaries of the cities it flies to by offering free tickets to its passengers. Rosario in Argentina is celebrating its anniversary in October and if you are planning to fly to or from the city you might as well have a look at the promotional deal.
- Dates of the free flights: 5, 6, and 7 October. Subject to availability.
- Purchases between: 5 and 22 September.
- Flights with origin or destination: GOL hasn’t updated details yet.
Gol will have three daily flights from the Aeroparque in Buenos Aires
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Gol airlines has announced that from 15 August it will have three daily flights from the Aeroparque de Buenos Aires to Brazil. The company will continue using the Ezeiza airport in Buenos Aires. Gol joins a series of other airlines with flights to Brazil departing from the Aeroparque airport in the centre of Buenos Aires.
Gol wants to fly to Puerto Rico
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Brazilian airline Gol has just requested permission from the US transport authorities to fly from Brazil to Puerto Rico.
The flight would take place twice a week from 2011. The airline would use a B767-300 or a B737-800NG. The flight would depart from Guarulhos airport in São Paulo, make a stopover in Bogotá (Colombia) and continue on its way to San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Gol celebrating Asuncion’s anniversary with free flights
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Brazilian airline Gol celebrates the anniversaries of the cities it flies to by offering free tickets to its passengers. The capital of Paraguay, Asuncion, is celebrating its anniversary in August and if you are planning to fly to or from the city you might as well have a look at the promotional deal.
- Dates of the free flights: 17 and 18 August. Subject to availability.
- Purchases until: 3 August.
- Flights with origin or destination: Buenos Aires (Ezeiza), Curitiba, São Paulo (Guarulhos), Rio de Janeiro (Galeão)
fly more using less miles with Gol/Varig and Tam’s frequent flyer programs
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Both the frequenty flier programs of the main Brazilian airlines are running similar promotions right now.
With Gol/Varig’s Smiles you can issue domestic tickets using 4,000 miles (Fernando de Noronha is, as usual, excluded from the promotion). International tickets from 6,000 (the Caribbean is excluded too). Tickets must be issued until 30 September for flights between 3 August and 30 September. Valid for Gol and Varig flights.
Tam’s Fidelidade copied its main competitor’s promotion and allows its members to issue domestic flights using 4,000 points. Tickets must be issued until 23 September to fly between 1 August and 30 September.
Gol: destination Punta Cana, Saint Marteen and Barbados
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Over the last few weeks Brazilian airline Gol has announced its new international destinations:
- Punta Cana, in operation
- Saint Marteen, due to start on 1 May
- Barbados, due to start on 26 June
Each destination will be served by a weekly flight. On the waiting list, Isla Margarita and Havana.
Gol’s in-flight food service
Posted by: | CommentsBrazilian airline Gol has been offering paid food for a while now on a number of selected flights leaving from São Paulo international airport.
We recently purchase a sandwich (R$10) during one of such flights. I took a picture of the sandwich as shown on the menu and another one of the actual sandwich that landed on my tray. No prices for guessing the identity of either of the two:
Azul, Gol and Tam reprimanded by the authorities
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Brazilian airlines Azul, Gol and Tam have been reprimanded by ANAC (the Brazilian civil aviation authority) for including on their sales websites pre-selected optional services (travel insurance). They will be allowed to offer those services but making it very clear they are optional. The customer will have to actively select the services should he wish to purchase them. It was time someone did something about this cunning trick played by the airlines!
you can now issue AA tickets with your Smiles rewards
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Miles accumulated on the Gol / Varig’s Smiles reward program can already be used to issue American Airlines tickets, an announcement we had made at Smiles and American Airlines delayed.
code-share agreement between Iberia and Gol
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For those fans of Spanish airline Iberia there is some good news. The airline has just confirmed a code-share agreement with Gol that will enable the former to deliver its passangers to 13 Brazilian destinations. The agreement needs to be approved now by the Brazilian authorities. Watch this space for more news.