53 minute stopover in San Jose CR
Jul 8, 2012, 2:52 pm
#5
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Jul 8, 2012, 3:18 pm
#6
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I am almost positive you will have no problem doing it online, if not, by all means insist at the airport, if you have to clear immigration/customs go out and then back in..............I can almost assure you , that you are toast. '
The lines are not long but you could easily wait 20 mins for your luggage, by the time you are out and back at the check in counter the copa flight will be , almost for sure, closed.
But again, I am 99.99% sure you wont have a problem.
The lines are not long but you could easily wait 20 mins for your luggage, by the time you are out and back at the check in counter the copa flight will be , almost for sure, closed.
But again, I am 99.99% sure you wont have a problem.
Jul 8, 2012, 4:06 pm
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I am almost positive you will have no problem doing it online, if not, by all means insist at the airport, if you have to clear immigration/customs go out and then back in..............I can almost assure you , that you are toast. '
The lines are not long but you could easily wait 20 mins for your luggage, by the time you are out and back at the check in counter the copa flight will be , almost for sure, closed.
But again, I am 99.99% sure you wont have a problem.
The lines are not long but you could easily wait 20 mins for your luggage, by the time you are out and back at the check in counter the copa flight will be , almost for sure, closed.
But again, I am 99.99% sure you wont have a problem.
Jul 8, 2012, 6:50 pm
#8
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United and Copa are partners, so you should be able to get your Copa boarding pass when you check in at EWR. As long as you have it, you will not have to go through immigration and customs at SJO. Just walk to your connecting gate. It's a small enough airport that it won't take long.
Jul 8, 2012, 9:59 pm
#9
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Ok thank you guys I will do this connnection in that case, Aside from just being partners I actually booked the Copa flight together with the United one as 1 ticket on United.com. My other option was going through ORD, but I would add 2 hours to travel time, not to mention getting up at 3 am for the flight to ORD so this is a much better option.
Jul 9, 2012, 6:07 pm
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United and Copa are partners, so you should be able to get your Copa boarding pass when you check in at EWR. As long as you have it, you will not have to go through immigration and customs at SJO. Just walk to your connecting gate. It's a small enough airport that it won't take long.
SJOGuy, did you hear about the marvelous plan they have to isolate incoming/departing pax at SJO? I swear these guys of our government........
Jul 10, 2012, 5:34 pm
#11
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OP, Copa, and most others at SJO generally start boarding 30 minutes prior to departure, seeing how it is possible to crawl from one end of the terminal to the other in under 10 minutes, your connection is really no sweat. Being that it sounds like the whole thing is ticketed on UA, your luggage has a very good chance at making the connection also. As posted above it will depend on arriving on time from the US. I would be looking for lounge access with that type of connection.
Jul 10, 2012, 8:38 pm
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What others said, should be no problem, either for you or your luggage.
COPA and UA use the same FF program, and the tails of the birds look very similiar @:-)
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COPA and UA use the same FF program, and the tails of the birds look very similiar @:-)
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Jul 10, 2012, 10:31 pm
#13
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Honestly I wonder, what logic is there to this? the one I heard is avoid handing drugs between incoming and departing passengers? wth.....its not like PTY is going to follow the same plan (I hope)
I swear that my goverment sits every afternoon to think about new wonderful master plans.......to implement, while the obvious fixes go ignored for years.
Jul 24, 2012, 10:32 pm
#14
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Yes. Plenty of time. I have done this exact connection twice. You'll get your Copa BP when you check-in for United if its the same PNR. If its not, you can still get it, but you'll need to ask an agent.
Jul 25, 2012, 1:35 pm
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The plan to separate arriving and departing passengers was announced late last year, but I didn't know it was that far along. I'm still having trouble visualizing how they'll do that.
Terminal construction has been going on for years, so it's hard to tell any more what construction is for what purpose. I attended a press event in August 2000 for the inauguration of the new terminal. All that was done at the time was the baggage-claim area. Things are still not quite finished 12 years later.
I am happy to hear about including the exit tax in the price of the ticket, though. Back when there was a three-tiered system (tourists, foreign residents, citizens) it would have been difficult, but now that everybody pays the same $28, just do it already.
Terminal construction has been going on for years, so it's hard to tell any more what construction is for what purpose. I attended a press event in August 2000 for the inauguration of the new terminal. All that was done at the time was the baggage-claim area. Things are still not quite finished 12 years later.
I am happy to hear about including the exit tax in the price of the ticket, though. Back when there was a three-tiered system (tourists, foreign residents, citizens) it would have been difficult, but now that everybody pays the same $28, just do it already.