Copa, PTY connection questions.
May 28, 2017 | 8:43 pm
#61
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Other screening at the gate is to US airports with the little cattle pen model. Other destinations there's nothing gate to gate.
May 29, 2017 | 5:36 am
#62
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OTOH shame about Copa Club: from what I've been reading it's one of the most disappointing flagship lounges.
May 29, 2017 | 5:55 am
#63
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PTY is a great place for transfers, but the place itself is nothing to write home about. And Copa Club is, despite several facelifts over the last few years, a horrible flagship lounge.
If you hit one of the big transfer banks, you will even have to look hard for a place to sit.
May 30, 2017 | 6:32 pm
#64
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A bit of an overstatement calling it a flagship lounge. It's their lounge. I don't think they are calling it a flagship, e.g. of the same status as an AA Flagship Lounge.
May 30, 2017 | 7:24 pm
#65
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Flagship as in their home-lounge... As opposed to a Copa lounge in Mexico City, if they even have a dedicated lounge outside of PTY. AA doesn't own the term flagship.
Aug 28, 2017 | 6:17 pm
#67
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Jan 8, 2018 | 2:37 pm
#69
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I have a question that is technically not about connecting in PTY but rather about flying through PTY on separate tickets.
I will be flying CM199 from LIR, landing at PTY at 4:44 PM. I have a separate ticket on AF475 to CDG, departing PTY at 9:10 PM, which means I will have 4h26m between flghts. I will have luggage to check in LIR.
Do CM interline with AF? Is there any chance the CM check-in desk at LIR will be able/willing to check my luggage through to my final destination, so I wont have to claim my bag in PTY and re-check it with AF? And, if that is not the case, will 4h26m be enough for me to clear immigration in PTY, enter Panama, claim my bag, do check-in with AF and then clear immigration again and security?
Any advice would be much appreciated.
I will be flying CM199 from LIR, landing at PTY at 4:44 PM. I have a separate ticket on AF475 to CDG, departing PTY at 9:10 PM, which means I will have 4h26m between flghts. I will have luggage to check in LIR.
Do CM interline with AF? Is there any chance the CM check-in desk at LIR will be able/willing to check my luggage through to my final destination, so I wont have to claim my bag in PTY and re-check it with AF? And, if that is not the case, will 4h26m be enough for me to clear immigration in PTY, enter Panama, claim my bag, do check-in with AF and then clear immigration again and security?
Any advice would be much appreciated.
Jan 8, 2018 | 3:28 pm
#70
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I have a question that is technically not about connecting in PTY but rather about flying through PTY on separate tickets.
I will be flying CM199 from LIR, landing at PTY at 4:44 PM. I have a separate ticket on AF475 to CDG, departing PTY at 9:10 PM, which means I will have 4h26m between flghts. I will have luggage to check in LIR.
Do CM interline with AF? Is there any chance the CM check-in desk at LIR will be able/willing to check my luggage through to my final destination, so I won’t have to claim my bag in PTY and re-check it with AF? And, if that is not the case, will 4h26m be enough for me to clear immigration in PTY, enter Panama, claim my bag, do check-in with AF and then clear immigration again and security?
Any advice would be much appreciated.
I will be flying CM199 from LIR, landing at PTY at 4:44 PM. I have a separate ticket on AF475 to CDG, departing PTY at 9:10 PM, which means I will have 4h26m between flghts. I will have luggage to check in LIR.
Do CM interline with AF? Is there any chance the CM check-in desk at LIR will be able/willing to check my luggage through to my final destination, so I won’t have to claim my bag in PTY and re-check it with AF? And, if that is not the case, will 4h26m be enough for me to clear immigration in PTY, enter Panama, claim my bag, do check-in with AF and then clear immigration again and security?
Any advice would be much appreciated.
Jan 15, 2018 | 4:22 am
#71
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Mind you there are codeshare agreements between AF/KL and CM; I am aware of CM having a code on the KL PTY-AMS flight, not sure about AF PTY-CDG. Do note that if you have to re-check you'll have to clear immigration in PTY too.
Jan 17, 2018 | 2:16 pm
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Jan 18, 2018 | 9:13 pm
#75
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As already mentioned no. And to add insult to injury, land-side you aren't allowed to smoke near the terminal either... Last time I passed through there with a smoker, it was quite a hike to a place where police weren't grabbing their ticket-book if they suspected you of smoking...