Does LATAM Airlines offer 24 hour customer service?
A:Not at this number; hours here are Mon-Fri 9am-5:30pm EST.The least busy day is Friday, and the most busy day is Wednesday.If the call center is closed, you can schedule a call.
Q:
How long will I wait on hold?
A:The average hold time is 4 minutes.The longest hold times are on Monday, and the shortest are on Tuesday.You can skip the hold time for free.
How do I get through the phone menu to a live person?
Consider using our free service that calls and talks to customer service for you, then sends you a report. Or use our free service that waits on hold and tells you when a human rep is on the line. But if those options don't appeal to you, our team has also documented the phone menu for LATAM Airlines below.
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GetHuman researchers routinely call this LATAM Airlines phone number to document the phone system.
Here is our latest tip for weaving through the phone menu to get to a real person the fastest:Press 4
Below are some clips we've found from LATAM Airlines's phone menus and tips that help give an idea of what you will encounter when you call. We've highlighted why they are important as well:
They may ask you to enter information with the dial pad
"Welcome to LATAM Airlines.
This call may be recorded.
Portuguese.
For better identification and to answer your request, enter your LatAm pass number or your ID number."
Excerpt from a call with LATAM Airlines
Tuesday, September 17, 2024 8:56 PM
The first phone menu
"Welcome to LATAM Airlines.
This call may be recorded.
For better identification and to answer your request, enter your LatAm pass number or your ID number.
In case it ends on k, replace it with a nine.
To purchase a ticket, redeem your miles, or for LATAM travel packages, press one.
For changes or additional services for your trip, press two."
Excerpt from a call with LATAM Airlines
Wednesday, August 21, 2024 2:03 PM
After you press 2
"To change your ticket, press one.
To request special services, press two."
Excerpt from a call with LATAM Airlines
Sunday, March 24, 2024 2:06 AM
What are the hours and when should I call?
LATAM Airlines operates the call center for this 866-435-9526 phone number Mon-Fri 9am-5:30pm ET.The short answer is that you should call on a Friday.This observation and the following section are based on analysis of a sample set of 161 calls made in the last 90 days using our free, web-based phone (see above).
When you use our free AI-powered phone to call and talk, wait on hold, or navigate for you, it will automatically wait until the LATAM Airlines call center opens before trying to call. It will ask your permission before it places the call, so you can also further delay that scheduled call until you are ready. But that means you can "set it and forget it" ahead of time.
An important note: busy times vs hold times vs best time to call
When we refer to busy or less busy times, we are talking about the volume of calls. The busiest times are when the most people are calling this LATAM Airlines phone number (least busy times have fewer people calling). This high call volume does not necessarily mean that you will have a long hold time when you call. Companies like LATAM Airlines staff their call centers differently based on the time of day and day of the week, so you may experience a shorter wait on hold at the busiest of times. When we refer to the best time to call, we are referring to the optimal combination of lower call volume and shorter wait times.
The least busy time to call
The least busy day to call LATAM Airlines is Friday.The most busy day to call is Wednesday, which averages 69% more phone calls by comparison.Again, this is based on a sample of 161 calls made with our AI-powered, web-based phone in the last 90 days.
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Busiest
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Quietest
The shortest wait on hold
We measured the shortest hold times to be on Tuesday.The longest wait in the queue on average occurs on Monday.
In summation, the best day to call LATAM Airlines is Friday.This is not the day with the shortest wait on hold in the phone system, but we still recommend it for its ideal combination of low call volume and short hold times. Plus we believe that LATAM Airlines staffs the call center well on Friday.
Why Customers Call LATAM Airlines
Below is a sample of recent calls to LATAM Airlines, and their purpose. Are any of these similar to the reason you are trying to call?
Change flight details: "I wonder if they change that we make so let's say she takes this flight on Friday, but the change will be to change the destination."
- From a call lasting 19m 55s , Sep 17, 2024 8:56 PM
Booking a flight: "I need help booking a flight from Medellín (MDE) to Pereira (PEI)."
- From a call lasting 3m 10s , Sep 5, 2024 11:34 PM
Flight booking assistance: "I need help booking a flight."
- From a call lasting 2m 57s , Sep 5, 2024 11:29 PM
Information about why customers call LATAM Airlines is extracted from issues that customers have reported to GetHuman.
Corresponding with a customer service department by email may not be your first choice, especially if your issue is urgent or time-sensitive. But email is a nearly ubiquitous form of communication, and LATAM Airlines will reply our your email.
As a last, sometimes only, resort- LATAM Airlines customer service can be accessed through their website. This can entail digging through help articles before finding a form and "being allowed" to submit a problem to their team, and rarely leads to a real-time conversation, which is why GetHuman does not recommend this unless it's the only way.
Conclusion and closing notes
This is LATAM Airlines's best phone number, the real-time current wait on hold and tools for skipping right through those phone lines to get right to a LATAM Airlines agent. This phone number is LATAM Airlines's best phone number because 1,710 customers like you used this contact information over the last 18 months and gave us feedback. Common problems addressed by the customer care unit that answers calls to 866-435-9526 include Make a booking, Change flight, Cancel flight, Flight delayed, Baggage problem and other customer service issues. Rather than trying to call LATAM Airlines first, consider describing your issue first; from that we may be able to recommend an optimal way to contact them via phone or email or web. In total, LATAM Airlines has 2 phone numbers. It's not always clear what is the best way to talk to LATAM Airlines representatives, so we started compiling this information built from suggestions from the customer community. Please keep sharing your experiences so we can continue to improve this free resource.
GetHuman does not provide call center services or customer support operations for LATAM Airlines. The two organizations are not related. GetHuman builds free tools and shares information to help customers of companies like LATAM Airlines. For large companies that includes tools such as our GetHuman Phone, which allows you to call a company but skip the part where you wait on the line to get a live human rep. We continue to work on these tools to help customers like you (and ourselves!) navigate the messy phone menus, hold times, and confusion with customer service. As long as you keep sharing it with your friends and loved ones, we'll keep doing it.