Flying domestic within Brazil

So I'm thinking of doing a trip to Brazil with visits to a couple cities/places of interest. Because of the country's size, flying would be a more convenient and time-saving way to cover the distances involved. Alas, my airline has no agreements with any of the Brazilian carriers. I did dummy internet bookings for some routes, and surprise surprise, these flights are quite pricey, at least by my "accustomned to non-reving" standards. Anyone with experience or tips on getting good deals on Brazilian domestic flights or generally getting around in Brazil? Maybe an airline that gives walk-up, on the spot discounts for airline employees (was lucky enough to do this with obscure airlines in hidden corners of the world) Or a low cost carrier with an air pass. In my research I saw that TAM offers such a pass but only in conjunction with a confirmed international ticket. Your ideas and/or comments would be appreciated

Have you looked at GOL?

Brazil in the past couple of years has had a surge in LCC type carriers, TAM is considered a full service carrier so I they would be on the pricey end of the scale..
Some lCC's in Brazil include - Gol (as menitoned above), Azul (founded by the B6 founder), webjet, TRIP, etc etc Some of these websites might be in Portugues only.
Full Service
- TAM
- Avianca Brazil, Im sure there is more, but I believe Varig and GOL merged their operations.
Brazil as you mentioned is a large country so they do have a host of airlines. My airline only has ID 90 agreements with TAM and GOL so apparently ZED agreemends are not common in Brazil.

Regards,

Chepos

Thanks to all for the info. I've been going thru the various sites. And brushing up on my very limited Portuguese as a number of the airlines don't have English versions on their websites as Chepos mentioned. Problem is I don't want to end up flying to a destination just because of a low airfare. I have a few places in mind and now trying to carve out an itinerary. Oh how I miss Varig. My last trip to Brazil I had a handful of Varig ZED tickets some of which I didn't even use

In case you still haven't decided, take a look at TAM website. I'll make things easier for you... :)

http://www.tam.com.br/b2c/vgn/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=ef41105ac2e7b110VgnVCM1000005f 05a8c0RCRD

Look at the "ticketing" requirements. You don't need a positive space ticket to issue a Brazil Airpass, as far as I know.

Call their Call Center (USA: +1 888 2FLYTAM) and ask for Brazil Airpass.

Ticketing

• Valid for sales and ticketing only outside of Brazil (purchase and ticketing).
• Only one Airpass may be purchased per passenger in conjunction with the international ticket (including AD/ID and award tickets).
• The Airpass ticket must be issued separately and must include a cross-reference of the international ticket sold in conjunction with the Airpass.
• Applicable taxes (airport tax, security and additional taxes) must be charged when issuing the Airpass.
• Tickets are non-endorsable/nontransferable.
• PTA is not permitted.
• TAM BAP / NON END must be shown in the endorsement/restriction box.
• Fare basis – WBRPAST, LBRPAST, VBRPAST, QBRPAST or WBR2PAST, LBR2PAST, VBR2PAST, QBR2PAST.
• Fare constructions and combinations are not permitted

Note: The ticketing time-limit and the time-limit automatically generated by the reservation system may be different. The most restrictive date prevails.

Thanks recacon. But I'm already in Brazil. Greetings to all from the beautiful Island of Boipeba, Bahia. I managed to secure reasonably priced tickets from Webjet and Avianca Brazil (formerly Ocean Air, I think) for the two internal legs I intend to take. It's a bitter sweet feeling travelling confirmed. I'll post a trip report when I'm back. Meanwhile back to non-rev reality, I'll be soon asking for TAP Portugal loads. But for now back to the caipirinha and to enjoying my vacation

Cheers

please have a batida for me!!