Baggage

With the purchase of a ticket you may, at no additional cost, transport all baggage that complies with the following general conditions:

Contains items such as clothes and personal effects needed for the passenger's comfort and convenience during his/her trip.
All bags must be checked in prior to being transported.
Identify your luggage outside as well as inside with your complete name, address and phone number for it to not be confused with someone else’s.

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Rules for the transport of excess baggage

Pieces that meet the weight restrictions will be transported without charge.
Fees for excess baggage are cumulative depending on registered baggage conditions. For example, if weight and size exceed the limit, the sum of both corresponding fees is charged.
The baggage allowance that applies to your trip is subject to the travel itinerary and depends on each leg and the length of stay during connections.
Taxes may be applied to these costs based on the charges established by the country.
All baggage exceeding maximum weight, size dimensions or piece limitations, will be transported subject to space availability and surcharges will be charged in accordance with exchange of the day.
Anything weighing more than 100 lb must be sent as cargo.

Dimensions

	Each piece can measure up to 62 combined linear inches (157 cm) (height + length + width).
	Pieces with a combined linear measurement between 63 inches (159 cm) and 107 inches (272 cm) are considered excess baggage.
	Pieces whose combined linear measurements exceed 107 inches (272 cm) will not be accepted as baggage and must be transported as cargo.

Checking bags early

On international flights, Copa Airlines does not allow bags to be checked in more than four hours in advance of the scheduled flight departure time.
On domestics flights within Colombia, Copa Airlines does not allow bags to be checked in more than six hours in advance of the flight departure time.
If your flight includes an overnight layover, you must retrieve your bags from customs and check them in again at the connection location.

Checking bags late

If you arrive at the ticket counter 60 minutes before the departure of your flight, it is possible that your bags may not arrive at your final destination on your flight. If this occurs, we will put your bags on the next available flight. In addition to the standard tags, your bags will be tagged with "voluntary separation" tags.

Our codeshare partners' baggage and optional service fees

Most Significant Carrier rule (MSC)

Effective since April 1, 2011: if the geographically longest or most significant stretch of your journey is not operated by Copa Airlines, but by another airline, this airline’s rules may also apply to Copa Airlines flights or Copa Airlines flight numbers.
If Copa Airlines operates the geographically longest or most significant stretch of the journey, then the Copa Airlines rules and charges apply.
The applicable free baggage allowance is shown on your ticket.
The MSC rule does not apply to journeys to/from the USA.

Special baggage rules for travel to/from or across the USA:

Under a consumer protection law issued by the US Department of Transportation, the following baggage rules apply to flights to/from or across the USA:

Consistent baggage rules apply to all parts of a journey to/from or across the USA. These include the free baggage allowance, the dimensions and weight of each of your bags, the level of any charges that may be incurred and hand luggage regulations.
The baggage rules set by the airline which is listed first on the ticket are those that usually apply here. If Copa Airlines is listed on the first flight segment of your ticket, then Copa Airlines baggage regulations will apply to your entire journey ⁽¹⁾ — both your outbound and your return flight.
However, any airline which is listed as the first carrier on the ticket is at liberty to transfer the baggage rule stipulation to another airline in the itinerary (the so-called ‘Most Significant Carrier’). In such a case that other airline’s rules would then apply to the entire journey.
Lufthansa therefore cannot guarantee that, for a Lufthansa-issued ticket, the Lufthansa baggage rules will always apply in every case. Other airlines often have baggage rules which differ from those of Copa Airlines.

For details of the free baggage allowance applying to your individual flight, please see your ticket and the e-mail confirmation which you receive from Copa Airlines.

⁽¹⁾ Hand luggage rules may vary due to local laws.

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