Originally Posted by
Harmoncove
Just got an email about a schedule change. My outbound flight to PTY is now 58 minutes later. A few minutes adjustments on my other legs. Gonna call Copa tmrw and lobby for an EWR departure and arrival. I'm flying to GYE. Copa still has me on those flights which work.
You can also lobby for a Star Alliance EWR-BOG-GYE change. BOG is a much better place to layover than PTY. I fly to GYE yearly so I have a good handle on it. The other thing to consider is EWR-SAL-GYE (but I'm not sure when the EWR-SAL AV flight returns) (SAL is a very small airport) so the transfers are super easy and they have an adequate enough lounge for a 2 hour layover (anything is better than PTY until the new COPA club opens which has been a running joke with how long) .
I miss the direct LATAM JFK-GYE flights (that was worth going to JFK for) but they look to be a thing of the past.