[Award Alert] Wide-Open Business Class Availability to Chile From 50K Miles

Updated: May 9, 2025, 11:51am CDT

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How To Book
Final Thoughts

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If flying to Chile in business class is on your to-do list, check out these flights our team has found.

South American giant LATAM operates a few nonstop routes from the U.S. to Santiago, the Chilean capital, and we’re seeing plenty of availability from Florida.

Let’s examine how you can book this award flight.

Award Deal — Details

Getting to Chile can be a long journey, so being able to fly in a comfortable lie-flat seat (for a reasonable price) is worthy of your attention.

We found particularly great award space leaving from Miami and Orlando if you have some Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan miles handy.

If you’re not in Florida, it may be worth positioning yourself, as this is one of the best business class deals to South America.

Class: Business
Route: Miami (MIA) and Orlando (MCO) to Santiago (SCL)
Cost: As few as 50,000 miles plus $18.10 in taxes and fees
Travel Dates: May 2025 through March 20226
Award Seats: Up to 9 passengers per route

This is a great opportunity to experience the wonders of Patagonia via Torres del Paine National Park, explore the Atacama Desert, or enjoy the country’s famous wine and food regions.

You’ll be flying with LATAM, which currently operates 3 different types of business class: a dated 2-2-2 layout on some planes, a more premium 1-2-1 on the majority of its fleet, and a new 1-2-1 business class with suites — including closing doors, making it the first airline in South America to offer this feature.

LATAM new business class seat door closed — LATAM’s new business suites with doors are operating routes to Santiago. Image Credit: LATAM

Hot Tip:

If you happen to be in Cancun (CUN) you can book flights for as low as 35,000 miles in business class.

How To Book

Despite Delta and LATAM’s joint partnership, the best way to book these flights is not via Delta SkyMiles. Instead, head on over to Alaska Airlines to score the best value, paying 50,000 miles plus $18.10 per person.

MIA SCL award 50k business Alaska miles LATAM flight — Image Credit: Alaska Airlines

You can easily search and sort flight results using Seats.aero to compare multiple dates and routes at once.

Seats.aero May 2025 availability USA SCL — Image Credit: Seats.aero

While Alaska Airlines currently offers the most availability, there are random dates available with American Airlines, flying in business class for 50,000 AAdvantage miles.

MIA SCL award 50k business AA miles AA flight — Image Credit: American Airlines

Hot Tip:

Don’t have any Alaska miles? You can transfer points into your Hawaiian Airlines account from Amex Membership Rewards and then convert them to Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan miles. You also can transfer Bilt Rewards and Marriott Bonvoy points to Alaska Airlines or earn with Alaska Airlines’ credit cards.

Final Thoughts

If you’ve been hunting for business class deals to Chile, this is as good as it gets. While LATAM doesn’t offer the best premium cabin experience out there, it has gotten much better in recent years, and the available dates can’t be beat.

Plus, LATAM is debuting business-class suites with doors, and those suites are based out of Santiago right now. You could wind up in one of these brand-new suites.