Originally Posted by PDXPremier

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.