Interline baggage policy

Relevant information about changes in flights due to weather and natural events

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Interline Baggage Policy

If your trip includes flights operated by other airlines, then your checked bags will be considered “interline baggage.”

Interline baggage just means checked baggage that will be transported by two or more airlines.

There is a policy valid for all IATA (International Air Transport Association) airlines members which comes into effect to calculate the baggage allowance of inter-airline flights using the concept of the Most Significant Carrier (MSC) in order to determine whose baggage rules to use in an interline itinerary.

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.

To determine which airline is the most significant carrier for your trip, consider the following areas where you may be traveling.

Area 1: North America, South America, Central America, and Hawaii.
Area 2: Europe, Africa, Middle East.
Area 3: Asia and Oceania.

Based on these areas, the most significant airline will be:

"The first airline that crosses from one area into another".

Example: the airline that crosses from America into Europe.

"The first airline that crosses from one sub-area into another".

Example: the carrier that crosses from South America into North America.

"When traveling within one sub-area, the first international airline in that area is the most significant carrier".

Example: on a trip from Medellin to Caracas, the first international airline is the most significant carrier.

Subareas

CARIBBEAN		CENTRAL AMERICA	NORTH AMERICA	SOUTH AMERICA
Anguila	Haiti	Belice	Canadá	Argentina
Antigua and Barbuda	Jamaica	Costa Rica	U.S.A	Bolivia
Aruba	Martinica	El salvador	Greenland	Brazil
Bahamas	Monserrat	Guatemala	Mexico	Chile
Barbados	Netherlands Antilles	Honduras	Puerto Rico	Colombia
Bermuda	Saint Kitts- Nevis	Nicaragua	Saint Pierre and Miguelon	Ecuador
Caiman Islands	Saint Lucia		Virgin Islands (U.S.A)	French Guyana
Cuba	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines			Panama
Domimica	Trinidad and Tobago			Paraguay
Dominican Republic	Turks and Caicos			Peru
Grenada				Suriname
Guadalupe				Uruguay
British Virgin Islands				Venezuela

Note: The most significant carrier rules does not apply to flights from/to The United States or Canada.

For flights from/to The United States or Canada, the Marketing Carrier (MC) rule applies. The Marketing Carrier (MC) is simply the airline that issued or sold your ticket. This rule applies to all trips in which the departure city or the arrival city is in the United States or in Canada, regardless of whether the trip includes any stopovers.

If your trip itinerary includes connections with another airline, notify this to a Copa Airlines agent during the check-in process.

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Interline Baggage Policy