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Old 07-22-2015, 12:11 PM   #1
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Anyone flown Copa Airlines with speargun and dive gear?

I found this on the baggage part of their website. Any experiences out there?

For the empty tank and a bag containing some of the articles mentioned here, there will apply a service charge for two separate pieces.
Copa Airlines and Copa Airlines Colombia do not accept diving equipment as part of the baggage allowance permitted.
Diving equipment consists of:
An empty tank.
A regulator.
A pressure measurer.
A mask with a breathing tube.
A knife.
A harpoon.
Wetsuit.
A belt with weights.
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Old 07-30-2015, 09:08 PM   #2
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Re: Anyone flown Copa Airlines with speargun and dive gear?

I have flown Copa in and out of Panama. Freedive gear with spearguns. They weighed and measured the sport tube. Know your info!
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Old 07-31-2015, 07:42 AM   #3
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Re: Anyone flown Copa Airlines with speargun and dive gear?

I have flown into and out of Panama City as well. They lost my Sportube 3 and stole all my stuff out of it when they finally got it back to me a week later.

Keep all your baggage receipts, use a Credit Card to pay for your luggage that also insures the luggage to. Filing a claim with COPA and getting money back took 6 months of hassle.

FWIW, when leaving Panama, the TSA people there were MUCH more strict what I carried on compared to our TSA going there. Don't have anything dive related; bands, float line, float, weights, band tying line, etc.
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Old 07-31-2015, 07:52 AM   #4
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Re: Anyone flown Copa Airlines with speargun and dive gear?

X2 they didn't care on the way to panama but they tried to stick me with a large fee for the sport tube coming home. Didn't get charged in the end, but i used up all my Spanish getting things cleared up
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