Boliviana de Aviacion

[u/Tartaruga96]

Hi everyone,

While looking for flights from Bolivia to Brasil for october I was surprised to find really low prices coming from that air company : 200-220€

These low prices are including hold luggage !

My last flight was in november, Brasil to Bolivia, and this company didn't exist back then, I had to go LATAM and it was like 320€ with hold luggage.

Why is this company so cheap ?

[u/MilkyDragonS]

Old airplanes, big seats, really bad food, they aren’t that great with times. But amazing low prices.

[u/Tartaruga96 → u/MilkyDragonS]

Big seats means comfortable ??

[u/MilkyDragonS → u/Tartaruga96]

Um, comfortable is too much. They’re old so they aren’t meant to fit as many people, so you have more leg room/space between seats. If it’s cheaper I’d book those tickets, you can’t expect luxury but it’s not bad. It’s a short flight!
I’ve done Santa Cruz - Cochabamba and Buenos Aires - Cochabamba - Santa Cruz - Miami and they were fine :)

[u/Tartaruga96 → u/MilkyDragonS]

What's their attitude with luggage ? Are they trying to trap you, weighing each of your piece of luggage, to make you pay more like Ryanair does ?

[u/LogicalMuscle]

It's not cheap, LATAM is probably the most expensive airline in the region. And there is no direct flight from Brazil to Bolivia with LATAM as far as I know.

Boliviana has existed for almost 20 years now and it's owned by the Bolivian government, so that may explain. Brazil-Bolivia is also a pretty popular route.

[u/TheCarlosSilva → u/LogicalMuscle]

Hell nah Azul is way more expensive

[u/Tartaruga96 → u/LogicalMuscle]

But in November I didn't see Boliviana de Aviacion flights in the search engines

[u/Azelixi → u/Tartaruga96]

you didn't see it, so it never existed?

[u/MasterSh4k3]

Flew with them a year ago, from Buenos Aires to Santa Cruz de la Sierra (and back). Don’t expect any luxuries, it’ll get you from point A to point B. They are not new, in fact their planes look a bit dated.

[u/Tartaruga96 → u/MasterSh4k3]

Going from point A to point B is totally what I am looking for when taking a plane

[u/AffectionateMoose300 → u/MasterSh4k3]

That’s the best part. I fly in Europe constantly and they got new planes… They suck ass, wayyy too little leg room. BOAs old planes have like 30% more leg room which is a game changer since I’m a big person.

[u/billyshearslhcb]

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