I know - COPA does not fly IAH - PTY...
I'm looking at fares IAH - SCL.
CO.com gives me ~ 2500$ (CO E class, CM T class).
Orbitz gives me ~ 1400$ for the same flights (IAH - PTY and back are CO Metal....) but then I don't know what class it's booked on.
COPAAIR.com does not have IAH as a destination so I can't get a quote there.

I want the 100% elite miles on the PTY - SCL and I rather not book it through Orbitz.

If I call COPA, will they be able to price me with a CO code share?
If I call CO, will they match the price I got at orbitz for the same flights?

Merry Christmas freinds,
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Rebech

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Thereshould be a link on the Orbitz page for fare rules. That will help you figure out the fare class it is booked in.

You can always try for the best fare guarantee and you have the 24 hours to deal with that and then refund and save the $1000 by purchasing from Orbitz. PTY-SCL isn't enough miles to pay that much more for the EQMs IMO.

I was on the COPA website at the same time I saw this post, so I looked at their destination list, and they do show Houston as a Continental code share.

When I tried to put in IAH, they show nothing. However, when you start with HOU, you get Houston and can price the Continental code share to PTY. I then tried HOU-SCL and got a message that no flights were available for those destinations. So, the only way to do it on www.copa.com seems to be to price two flights. Then, you would have to reclaim luggage, do customs in PTY, recheck, etc. A big PITA.

I would try calling COPA to see if they can do the whole flight. I did price the separate flights (IAH-PTY, PTY-SCL) for departure on 1/19 and return on 1/26, and the total was about $1800.

Its probably k class. If you look up your itenerary on ITA you should be able to find the fare orbitz is showing and see the booking class.

not true
when on copaair.com, if you have more than 4 hrs to connect in PTY then you have to use the multi city option to price a flight
it will come out a little higher since they throw Panamian taxes in

Thank you. It shows me this:

Fare type Fare basis codes
Adult NR14SAN KR10SAN

So I assume it is N and K class. according to co.com it qualifies for 150% EQM's. Is that really the case?

Your right about the fare classes.

I am not an onepass expert, so I'm not sure about the EQM's. The web site says the 150% is for Copa operated flights, so my guess is you would earn the bonus only for PTY-SCL-PTY.

what? according to CO.com where? only first/business class and Y/B are 150% EQM.

Not for CM fares on CM metal.

If it is assembling a CO IAH-PTY N fare and a CM PTY-SCL K fare then you would earn 100% EQMs on the CO N and 150% on the CM K. It is 100% RDMs for all of them, plus your elite bonus. Oh, and 2 EQPs for each CM K segment.

Here you go...

http://www.continental.com/CMS/en-US...spx?ItemId=320

I apologize if this was asked here before but I coudn't find reference:

I've booked IAH - PTY - SCL - PTY - IAH with COPA on the phone. It's a codeshare with CO.
I am a Platinum Elite.

On CO.com it shows me that the CM flights don't earn miles (booked on H and K class).

Is this just a system glytch or is it really that I don't EQM for those segments?

Thank you!

I don't think you read it correctly: H and K fares = 100% Base Miles, 150% EQM's and 2 EQP's

COPA Mileage Accrual Chart

Not sure we understand each other. I understand the 150% EQM and the 100% Base miles HOWEVER after booking my ticket with COPA and providing my OP number, I can see the reservation on CO.com but do not get, according to that, anything for the PTY - SCL - PTY.
Glitch?

Probably. CO.com does a pretty poor job of actually getting partner credit numbers correct. That said, is it a CM or CO K fare for the PTY-SCL-PTY part. The former will get the 150% but the latter will get the 100% EQMs. Despite what co.com displays on the reservations page it will almost certainly credit correctly based on the details listed on the earnings page.