The remise collected me at 8am (8:00) and took 45 minutes to drive to the airport. Because it was a different company, instead of the expected US$20 the fare was only US$18.

Traffic wasn't that bad but could have easily been much worst.

No queues at check in and I was able to change my Santiago to Auckland sector to 27H being an aisle seat.

On board LA631 and a right hand window seat 27L at the back of the Airbus 320 which lifted off at 12.15 pm (12:15) for Santiago, Chile.