Originally Posted by
TacaCopaFlyer
I'm in the SAL Taca lounge as I write this. Very easy airport to transfer through. Lounge is as described above, with free booze and WiFi. I have transferred through both MGA and TGU without having to go through customs. MGA will require a escort through security/carry-on bag scanner back into terminal. You cannot follow the sheeple exiting the airplane in either, you will have to tell the agents/officials that you are transferring, and maybe wait to be escorted back to the secure airside in both.
If you have never landed in TGU, I would choose that for the experience. There is a lounge there, but I think it is only for Credomatic Credit Card holders like San Pedro Sula. You can try with the Amex Plat, but YLMV.
Thanks for the helpful information...I thought I heard somewhere that if you let the gate agent in TGU know you are a transit passenger, they literally just have to open a door and let you back in the main part of the terminal.
Not to get too far OT, but if there is a choice between Copa or TACA (in Y), what would be your first choice? They are both bookable as award trips on ual.com now...I did hear that TACA has AVOD in Y but it's unclear if this is fleetwide or limited to a certain type of aircraft.