ricktoronto

I have seen other airports list by time vs. destination, and since the passenger is aware of their scheduled time it might be less confusing than seeing 6 flights to say SJO or wherever and getting the wrong gate in mind.

Is there more than one of these? The old ones did not scroll at all above part way through the list maybe 2 of maybe 4.

Now if they could put a few signs pointing out where the Copa Club is.

pmarrsouth

I should have said that all my US flights this year have been on Copa, and all YYZ flights have been AC

She was definitely not pointing to a separate line. It was at gate 8 i think, where everyone lines up along the glass, with the sign at the front of the line (before the xray) saying Prefer Access on the left and the rest on the right (the glass). She was definitely pointing at the back of the line, as she was at the top of it, standing under said sign

The AC flights I have been on have gone from gate 32, and there doesn't seem to be a separate line for premium rouge passengers, so I just line up along the glass in that one - for some reason, nearer the top of the line between 2 pillars, all of a sudden they split the line into 2. No idea why they do this, as they just merge it again about 10 feet later. Seems to only cause issues

I flew to FLL 2 weeks ago from gate 6. The problem there is that the security starts outside of gate 4. There were at least 3 security stations (presuming one each for 6, 7, 7A) with no signage whatsoever about who was doing which gate, but again with signs pointing out prefer access vs non prefer access. Only a couple of people in each line, so we gambled on the left line being 6 and was told it was for gate 6 a few seconds later. MCO was going from 7A and I cannot remember what was going from 7

TravellingSalesman

I've never seen departures listed by destinations anywhere outside the US and Canada.

Redwood839

I have a 41 minute connection coming up landing in from SJO and then leaving onto LAX. The 41 mins have obviously been done on purpose as the minimum is 40. Still get to try the next -9 MAX

autobahnal

Thanks for the response and the feedback -- super useful! I have a longer layover on the way to BOG, and so hopefully I'll have the lay of the land and the Copa Club location down pat.

ricktoronto

Visit a Wendy's or TGI Fridays on a 2 for 1 day and you should be ready for the similar ambience in the Copa Club other than the less food available than the aforementioned joints.

autobahnal

LOL!!

Sabre1

Wife and I are flying Business Class on Copa Saturday from YYZ-PTY-LIM. We have about a 4 1/2 hour midday layover (14:18 - 18:46) . Any suggestions on what to do at PTY for that amount of time?

Doesn't look like we have even remotely enough time to leave the airport, so guessing either of the clubs at PTY are our best/only option?

pmarrsouth

Do not go into the city, as you would just turn back right away once you got there due to traffic. If you hang out airside, in the Copa Club etc, you will not need to go through immigration. Bring a book/iPad

The other club is landside, so you would have to go through immigration & customs and then pass through security again after using the club (neither of which should take too long)

YadiMolina

If you were so inclined, you could make a quick visit the ruins at Panama Viejo. At 3 pm, it would be very hot and humid and possibly raining. The ruins are not that interesting, especially compared to other colonial sites, but the museums (with a/c) there might interest you. Google "Museum Plaza Mayor" and "centro de visitantes panama viejo". Traffic wouldn't be a problem before 4:30, 15 minutes both ways in an Uber. You couldn't spend more than an hour at the site though. This would be for risk-tolerant travelers eager to check a box off their list. Most of that gold the spaniards sacked out of Peru that you'll learn about in Lima passed through Panama Viejo on its way back to Europe.

pmarrsouth

ShenW

Recently (Nov) done a IAD-PTY-MVD.
The connection time is 1 hour 17 min, if I remember correctly. (give and take 10 min)

The first leg on time arrival. I just need to walk from one gate to another gate, no further security screening. But the walk is about 10 min if walk and small run.
I know I have time to look around the terminal, but too short to visit the lounge, so I just take my own time and pace.

I reach the gate about 50 min before departure, and they have started boarding. Board the flight, on time departure.

SDQBound

I had 1h7m to connect recently on a IAD-PTY-SDQ. We were told that the flight would be boarding by the time we reached the connecting gate.
The SDQ flight was departing from the gate across the arrival gate, but surprisingly, they only started boarding 30 minutes before departure. First time connecting in PTY, not sure if it was because of the Christmas rush but the place was a madhouse. Not looking forward to a 4h30m connection on the way back.

pmarrsouth

I was doing a run to SFO a couple of weeks back on the lovely new CM 737-9 (739MAX, however they refer to it) and was in BG1 at gate 20. I got there as they were setting things up for the 2nd screening, and so just stood where I thought the entrance would be. Got chatting to a guy from CA, who had been down in South America for a bit, he was also flying in business. He was asking what was being set up and I told him about the secondary screening, and how it was pretty much pointless as they do not look at the monitors, and just load up the bins with all electronics with no need to separate them, etc. After it was set up, they had everyone move in front of the other gate (20A?) to line up to use the machines, so everyone shuffled over. Myself and some other prefer access passengers stood slightly off to the left of the line, in the hopes that they would have a separate entry. They ended up not having any signage, but did allow us in first (I guess you have to be in the know for this, or you were part of the long normal line). Got through without an issue, being told once again to put both laptops in the same (small) bin. No 3rd check for laptops like there has been for me on AC to YYZ for the last 3 trips.

Once inside at the gate, 4-5 of us were talking about the California fires. After a few minutes one of the guys asked if this flight is going to Newark! Someone let him know that that was with United, and this was gate 20. He left to go to his actual gate, no doubt going through the same security once again. So yea, lackadaisical sums it up nicely for USA flights too, as all tickets and passports are checked at these secondary screenings. So they missed the different airline, different gate number and different city on his boarding pass!!

STS-134

I am seeing a lot of reports of really bad traffic between PTY and the city. Is there ever bad traffic on weekends? I would be arriving at around 6am on a Saturday and my departing flight would be either at 12pm or 3pm the same day.