Avianca Holdings
Avianca is a Latin American airline group based in Colombia that operates passenger flights to more than 60 destinations across over 25 countries, and offers services such as flight booking, cargo, business class, baggage, check-in, and a frequent flyer program called Lifemiles.www.avianca.com
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Nov 3, 2026
Coffee LongHOST
Right.
Coffee LongHOST
But then you got Copa and then you got Avianca.
Coffee LongHOST
And I'm like, I don't know.
Coffee LongHOST
I never seen any of these.
Cameron LauferHOST
So, you know, Amex Points have some great transfer partners just off the top of my head, as you think about it.
Cameron LauferHOST
Aeroplan and Avianca are good Star Alliance partners to use to look at getting to Europe.
Cameron LauferHOST
Virgin has really cheap economy fares to London and maybe beyond.
Cameron LauferHOST
So that would be where you can get as cheap as, you know, six or 9,000 in economy.
Chris HutchinsHOST
And so we were ready to do this.
Chris HutchinsHOST
But the real thing that made it amazing was that I could use Avianca miles.
Chris HutchinsHOST
Now, I have a love-hate relationship with Avianca because historically I found some great uses of them.
Chris HutchinsHOST
And so when the built transfer bonus happened back in February last year, I was like, you know what? Let's transfer in enough points for a family of four to book four one-way business class tickets somewhere.
Chris HutchinsHOST
Because why not? I transferred in 175,000 bill points with 100% bonus to 350,000 Avianca miles.
Chris HutchinsHOST
I was stoked.
Chris HutchinsHOST
And then for the next 18 months, there was nothing.
Chris HutchinsHOST
And these miles, I can't remember if they expire six months or 12 months, but I was constantly transferring in a few more points to make sure they didn't expire.
Curtis GradHOST
I was going to say you hit the ground running, right?
Ramón MiróGUEST
Yeah, we have a very strong presence, for example, of airlines like Avianca and LATAM, okay? And if you recall at that point in time, they were both under Chapter 11.
Ramón MiróGUEST
There was a national airline called TAMI, which basically ceased to operate, right? So the equivalent of Chapter 7 in the U.S.
Ramón MiróGUEST
And then, for example, we had Aeromexico.
Ramón MiróGUEST
It also was a very important route to Mexico City.
Ramón MiróGUEST
that was also under chapter 11.
Ramón MiróGUEST
But I emphasize perhaps Avianca and LATAM because they're very important operators here, not just domestically, but internationally and also with cargo.
Ramón MiróGUEST
So you can imagine the dynamics of sitting down and talking about growth and route development and what aircrafts are you going to start operating and what have you in a context where we were all coming out of the pandemic at different speeds.
Steve EndowHOST
I didn't even know what to do with all this leg room.
Steve EndowHOST
I don't know why I was sitting there, if that was accidental or if I paid to get the exit row seat or exit row adjacent seat, but One of the great things about flying on Avianca is that you will never complain about a decent airline again.
Steve EndowHOST
It's kind of a superpower.
Steve EndowHOST
So I can fly on Southwest Airlines, the operator of my private jets, and it is glorious.
Chris FortierGUEST
And it's slower to adopt than most because we're told horror stories as soon as anything happens.
Chris FortierGUEST
Let's see, Mata versus Avianca, I think is like a couple of years old now.
Chris FortierGUEST
which puts us back right around the advent of ChatGPT.
Chris FortierGUEST
I think we generally know the risks of what's going on.
Michael SimonGUEST
So let's take a few steps back.
Michael SimonGUEST
The hallucinations thing started 2023 case called Avianca.
Michael SimonGUEST
Everyone was shocked.
Michael SimonGUEST
Oh my God, this thing can create stuff.
Michael SimonGUEST
form.
Michael SimonGUEST
And so there was a huge shock on that.
Michael SimonGUEST
So after Avianca, the freak out that led to all these bar groups and state regulatory groups saying, OK, here's our guidance.
Michael SimonGUEST
And the guidance was kind of over the place, but it did coalesce around a few things.
John StricklandHOST
And I think we shouldn't underestimate the ABRA group in Latin America, which is now putting itself into the shoes of really being, I think, being the IAG of Latin America.
John StricklandHOST
They've already got a number of airlines in their portfolio, not least Avianca, Columbia, and buying some European market access with the acquisition of VAMOS, Orbital Chartered Carrier, but a position in the Spanish market.
John StricklandHOST
So there's ambition from others.
John StricklandHOST
There's a normal regulatory scrutiny, which you'd expect from the EU.
Julia MenezHOST
I forget what it was to fly those two hours between Argentina and Brazil.
Julia MenezHOST
I want to say like 20,000 points for business class, which I booked through Avianca to fly on Swiss, which was really good.
Julia MenezHOST
And you mentioned earlier that British Airways route between Sydney and Singapore, that's only 40,000 American Airlines miles in order to fly that in British Airways.
Julia MenezHOST
And That's a pretty hefty route.
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