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apskip:
Here is something I find really exciting. There are 2 nonstop Transpacific flights from South America to Auckland, New Zealand. The first is from Santiago, LA841 SCL AKL 2245 0355+2. the second, surprisingly, is from Buenos Aires, AR1182 EZE AKL 2359 0440+2.

This means that AR13 teams could come out of South America going east to west even though my evaluation of the probabilities indicates they will go to Europe and not to South Africa.

Chateau d If:
To get to their first destination (Sao Paulo) , teams leaving LAX mid-day Tuesday on American Airlines would have used one of these flights:

1) via Dallas
LAX to DFW on AA 2300, takeoff 10:45 am, arrives 3:45 pm.
or
LAX to DFW on AA 2157, takeoff 11:55 am, arrives 4:55 pm.
or
LAX to DFW on AA 2446, takeoff 12:50 pm, arrives 5:40 pm.
or
LAX to DFW on AA 2448,   takeoff 1:25 pm, arrives 6:29 pm.
and
DFW to GRU on AA 963,  takeoff   7:45 pm, arrives 7:50 am Wednesday.

2) via New York
LAX to JFK on AA 40, takeoff 10:45 am, arrives 7:15 pm.
or
LAX to JFK on AA 4, takeoff 12:00 noon, arrives 8:30 pm.
and
JFK to GRU on AA 951, takeoff 9:30 pm, arrives 8:00 am Wednesday.

3) via Lima
LAX to LIM on AA 7734, takeoff 1:20 pm, arrives 11:55 pm.
or
LAX to LIM on AA 5606, takeoff 1:50 pm, arrives 12:25 am Wednesday.
and
LIM to GRU on LAN 765, takeoff 1:35 am, arrives 8:25 am Wednesday.

4) via Miami
LAX to MIA on AA 1520, takeoff 12:00 noon, arrives 7:50 pm.
or
LAX to MIA on AA 252, takeoff 1:55 pm, arrives 9:42 pm.
and
MIA to GRU on AA 995, takeoff 11:30 pm, arrives 8:30 am Wednesday.

And teams leaving LAX mid-day Tuesday on United Airlines would have used one of these flights:

1) via Chicago
LAX to ORD on UA 114, takeoff 12:04 pm, arrives 6:07 pm.
or
LAX to ORD on UA 843, takeoff 2:05 pm, arrives 8:05 pm.
and
ORD to GRU on UA 843, takeoff 9:32 pm, arrives 10:05 am.

2) via Washington DC
LAX to IAD on UA 862, takeoff 12:54 pm, arrives 8:50 pm.
and
IAD to GRU on UA 861, takeoff 9:43 pm, arrives 8:20 am Wednesday.

The sighting of a racer in Chicago rules out the Washington DC option.

So it looks like the AA flight combination is the one that the teams should try to secure.  The United flight through Chicago arrives about an hour and a half to two hours later than the American route depending which one it turns out to be.

Fixed the pm thing.  Thanks Apskip

apskip:
Chateau, I am certain that you have a typo for your first UA arrival time in GRU. It should be 1005am, not pm.

Congratulations on fabulous detective work! You are one of the few Senior Detectives in the Los Angeles area and you have done us proud.

I can further state that my research on the American and United offical timetable websites indicates that all of the 6 basic itineraries you have developed are valid except for the one through JFK. There is ample connect time for AA there and the departure and arrival times are reasonable for AR13's purposes, but AA has not listed that connection along with their other 3 as one that they want people to book. You can certainly force it together with the individual flights, but AA reservations agents at the Amazing Race ticketing/check-in area are going to be controlling the action and they typically have access to only some of the possible routes. I am pretty sure that the JFK routing will not have been among them.

Kiwi Jay:
well done to chataeu!!! :yess:

Chateau d If:

--- Quote ---I can further state that my research on the American and United offical timetable websites indicates that all of the 6 basic itineraries you have developed are valid except for the one through JFK.
--- End quote ---

Well that's odd.  Travelocity has them!

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