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How to save on flights from New York to Buenos Aires

Our analysis of past searches finds effective ways to save on flights from New York to Buenos Aires. If flights to Buenos Aires seem too expensive right now, these alternative booking strategies can help you get a cheaper fare. Our data shows savings of 15–45% on this route.

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    NYC
    BUE

Add an extra destination after Buenos Aires

A multicity ticket, New York to Buenos Aires plus a later journey to or from a third city, sometimes prices below the plain one-way. You fly to Buenos Aires; the second journey is a spare multicity you are free to drop, reschedule, or fit into a later trip. As with a spare return, the spare part is a whole journey on a later date, so nothing is skipped on the day and you can check a bag.

StrategySpare multicity
Success ratemedium
Typical savings10–20%
Checked bagYes ✔️

Examples

  • LATAM · Economy

    Sep 12 · 1:55 pm - 6:10 am +1

    JFK - EZE

    1 stop
    15h15m

    $719

    Spare multicity

    • Trip 1

      Fri, Sep 12

        • JFK - EZE

    • Trip 2

      Tue, Oct 21

      Spare multicity

        • EZE - GIG

  • LATAM · Economy

    Sep 5 · 1:55 pm - 6:10 am +1

    JFK - EZE

    1 stop
    15h15m

    $714

    Spare multicity

  • LATAM · Economy

    Aug 24 · 9:45 pm - 2:00 pm +1

    JFK - AEP

    1 stop
    15h15m

    $714

    Spare multicity

Book a NYC-BUE roundtrip that costs less

Airlines often price the New York to Buenos Aires round-trip below the one-way, so you buy the pair and never fly the return. That is a spare return, a form of throwaway ticketing, and nothing is skipped mid-ticket: your checked bag and your outbound are unaffected. When the fare allows it, you can also reschedule or cancel the extra return.

StrategySpare return
Success ratelow
Typical savings10–15%
Checked bagYes ✔️

Examples

  • Avianca · Economy

    Dec 18 · 6:15 am - 12:35 am +1

    JFK - EZE

    2 stops
    16h20m

    $2,617

    Spare return
    Continue

    • Depart

      Fri, Dec 18

        • JFK - EZE

    • Return

      Thu, Feb 11

      Spare return

        • EZE - JFK

  • LATAM · Economy

    Feb 6 · 2:30 pm - 7:20 am +1

    EWR - EZE

    1 stop
    14h50m

    $841

    Spare return

  • LATAM · Economy

    Jun 30 · 9:45 pm - 2:00 pm +1

    JFK - AEP

    1 stop
    15h15m

    $1,154

    Spare return

Fly to a cheaper city and stop in Buenos Aires

A ticket to a city beyond Buenos Aires, routed through it, sometimes costs less than the Buenos Aires ticket itself. You get off at the layover and skip the last flight, a hidden city (or skiplagging). It is the one method here that leaves part of the ticket unflown, so travel with a carry-on, and it cannot be used on a round-trip: a missed segment cancels everything after it. Airlines tend to curb this practice, avoid doing it too often.

StrategyHidden city
Success ratemedium
Typical savings15–45%
Checked bagNo ❌

Examples

  • LATAM · Economy

    Aug 28 · 9:40 pm - 8:00 pm +1

    JFK - AEP

    1 stop
    21h20m

    $591

    Hidden city

    • Fri, Aug 28

        • JFK - AEP

        • AEP - SCL

        • Spare flight

  • LATAM · Economy

    May 30 · 11:55 pm - 2:45 am +2

    JFK - EZE

    1 stop
    25h50m

    $569

    Hidden city

  • LATAM · Economy

    Jan 15 · 7:25 pm - 11:45 am +1

    JFK - AEP

    1 stop
    14h20m

    $1,177

    Hidden city

Return to another city and stop in New York

Instead of the New York to Buenos Aires round-trip, you book one multicity ticket: New York to Buenos Aires, then Buenos Aires to a third city with a stop in New York, where you get off and skip the last flight. That hidden return gives you the same round-trip for less. As with a hidden city, a segment goes unflown: travel with a carry-on, and avoid doing it too often.

StrategyHidden return
Success ratelow
Typical savingsabout 15%
Checked bagNo ❌

Examples

  • LATAM · Economy

    Mon, Apr 27 · Fri, May 1

    JFK - AEP

    1 stop
    /1 stop
    18h
    /15h20m

    $1,642

    Hidden return

    • Trip 1

      Mon, Apr 27

        • JFK - AEP

    • Trip 2

      Fri, May 1

        • AEP - JFK

        • JFK - BOS

        • Spare flight

  • United · Economy

    Fri, Mar 20 · Fri, Mar 27

    EWR - EZE

    1 stop
    /1 stop
    15h10m
    /16h24m

    $1,111

    Hidden return

  • United · Economy

    Fri, Mar 13 · Fri, Mar 20

    EWR - EZE

    1 stop
    /1 stop
    15h10m
    /16h24m

    $1,121

    Hidden return

Combine your trip with other upcoming flights

  • NYC
    BUE
  • NYC

If you have other trips coming up, try combining them with the Buenos Aires one. Our multisearch engine searches several trips at once and finds ticket arrangements that cost less than the sum of their parts, such as nested or back-to-back tickets. The other trip can be to Buenos Aires again or somewhere else entirely, and it can be months away.

Questions about saving on flights to Buenos Aires

Can I buy a round-trip to Buenos Aires and not fly the return?

Yes, that is a spare return: nothing on the ticket is cancelled, you simply forfeit the return. On this route the round-trip priced below the one-way on a minority of searches, saving 10–15%.

Is a hidden-city ticket safe on flights to Buenos Aires?

Safe enough with two rules: carry-on only, since a checked bag travels to the ticketed destination, and not too often, since airlines curb it. On this route a hidden city ticket routed through Buenos Aires priced below the Buenos Aires fare on a good share of searches, saving 15–45%.

Can I use a hidden-city ticket on a round trip to Buenos Aires?

Not on a plain round-trip: skipping a segment cancels everything after it, so you would lose the return. What works is a hidden return, one multicity ticket from New York to Buenos Aires and then from Buenos Aires to a third city routed through New York, where you get off. On this route it beat the round-trip fare on a minority of searches, saving about 15%.

Is an open-jaw ticket cheaper than a one-way to Buenos Aires?

Sometimes. A multicity ticket with a later journey to or from a third city, a spare multicity, can price below the plain one-way, and since the unused journey is on its own date you can check a bag. On this route it did on a good share of searches, saving 10–20%.

These saving methods are found automatically by our flight search engine. For the full picture of the strategies and their trade-offs, see our guide to Airglitch booking strategies.

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Updated on September 4, 2026