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Weekly Updates* In a program to promote tourism in Chile, LanChile Airlines will allow passengers to purchase passes valid for travel to multiple Chilean destinations at savings up to 70%. Passengers must purchase international round-trip tickets, after which they will be able to get three air*pass coupons for US$285. www.lanchile.com
* Continental Airlines will offer complimentary wireless Internet access in its Presidents Club lounges by the end of 2004. It currently offers the service at Houston's Bush Intercontinental Airport, three at Newark Liberty International, and one at Cleveland Hopkins Intercontinental. www.continental.com
* Queen Mary 2, the largest passenger cruise ship in the world, is selling packages ranging from US$1,300 to $8,000 for its trans-Atlantic and Caribbean voyages with New York, Fort Lauderdale and Southampton, England as its main ports of call. The US$800 million cruise ship--which can accommodate 2,620 passengers (plus 1,253 crew)--has balconies on 75% of its staterooms. The ship's length is only a few floors short of the Empire State Building's height, www.cunard.com
* Flying from Buenos Aires to Antarctica in eight hours is now possible thanks to the Argentine expedition "Experience Antarctica" and its Hercules C-130 aircraft, the only plane capable of flying in the harsh conditions of the southernmost continent. Flights started in January from Ushuahia, Argentina. Tickets for the one-day excursion start at US$1,500. www.experienceantarctica.com
* United Airlines will stop flying from Miami to Sao Paulo and Buenos Aires in May but will keep flying to South America from Washington/Dulles and from Chicago. In October, the airline will add daily nonstop flights between Chicago and Buenos Aires. www.united.com
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