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Flight from Panama City to San Jose

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Top 4 airlines serving from Panama to California

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying to California. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline from Panama to California. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Panama to California? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
8.0
DeltaOverall score based on 8511 reviews
8.2Boarding
8.6Crew
8.0Comfort
7.9Entertainment
7.3Food
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If I pay extra for "comfort+" I expect leg room where I can stretch my legs. I was seated with an attendant's seat blocking my feet. Knee space was fine but my feet had less room than the non-"comfort+" seats. Also, don't go cheap on food when you have flights of 3+ hours. It's insulting.

6.0 GoodAnonymous, Nov 2024MSP - LAX
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If I pay extra for "comfort+" I expect leg room where I can stretch my legs. I was seated with an attendant's seat blocking my feet. Knee space was fine but my feet had less room than the non-"comfort+" seats. Also, don't go cheap on food when you have flights of 3+ hours. It's insulting.

Only one side of the heafphone jack work. Crew was friendly and helpful.

Great. Flight departed early and arrived early. Deplaning and baggage claim ww were quick.

They separated our seats and moved us to the back of the plane. Hundreds of dollars and thousands of miles used and this was my platinum member experience.

Since it wasn’t a Delta flight, I was not able to sit with my group and there was no entertainment.

Three adults, three children. They did not give us seats together. Two seats together, in row 23, one in 13, one in 14, one in 10, and one in 17. When we got on the plane, the crew tried to ask people to move but basically threw up their hands. One person moved so we had two pairs of seats together. The 1.5 year old sat on a parent's lap (despite having paid for his own seat).

the fight attendants were great and i appreciated that they had season 1 of The Wire from HBO as a viewing option

AC barely worked on a 50 minute flight. It was very warm the whole flight. Flight was very bumpy and hard landing.

Got on the plane and then needed to deboard the plane because they didn’t have any pilots?

The flight was canceled two hours before departure, it took over five hours to rebook us on another flight.

The plane doesn’t have screens but you can use your decide for entertainment. Pack a snack too since they don’t offer any, and the meal is pretty small and you will get hungry

Great! The airline is very spacious and the crow was good.

It was first time fling in copa airline. In general I am satisfied except bag size. I got a email from copa with 17-10-6 for carry on bag. In airport the check in show 22-14-10 . However that mistake means $100,00 in over cost.

Good trip, excellent attention. I like Copa Airlines, the best. 👍🏻

I would like a glass of wine or some kind of alcoholic drink.

it was great! Boarded on-time, reasonable leg room, pleasant staff, decent food. The only thing is we were directed to Terminal 2 when the gate was actually in Terminal 1. Smooth ride. Landed early. Got off plane easily and quickly.

Very long delay but we just made the connection. The requested wheel chairs were not there so I had to assist/carry BOTH of my parents to the gate while carrying their bags so we could make the connection. The plane had no entertainment system and NO WIFI, legroom zero. Restrooms on ALL of flights were dirty and one restroom did not even work properly. I was surprised to see COPA like this since my flight with them in 2013 was incredible, the seats were amazing and the food options were spectacular. Of course, I see this kind of service on many airlines now, with services and hospitality at an all time low. The worse part of the trip was seeing my 90 year old parents go through hell on these flights and having to try and rush to a gate to make the next flight. Never again

So many hours of flying without salty food is a shame and the fact that they want to sell it to you seems like a rip-off

Copa is one of the airlines with the best prices and super good service.

This airline makes you check in in one terminal and then you have to walk to the other terminal. Its messed up

I feel bad, but Swiss airlines is not an airlines I will ever fly again. Their cabins are basic, seats are extremely uncomfortable, crew is a hit or a miss with service. What's worse is how they make you feel they are there to make money and not make your travel needs be met or make your travel a pleasure. They charge for 2nd bags, seat selection and felt like a budget arinines frontier/spirit airline attitude and approach. Their business class is from the early 2000s, basic. Additionally, planes going to India, are old, falling apart and not maintained. Even the crew mentioned this is typical of the airline having older planes going to India. Panels detached and loose or stuck with duct tape, seats scruffed up and dirty, seatbelts roughed up. The scariest thing was when I saw a window panel next to where I was sitting loose and dangling. The crew mentioned it's only cosmetic and assured the integrity of the plane was inspected by the maintenance crew. This is where they confessed about planes going to India being old. I UNFORTUNATELY would NOT recommend Swiss airlines to anyone and will NEVER fly with them again!

The ANA crew and their members were all extremely nice and caring. Shout out to the crews for working on Christmas and New Years. Y'all the real MVP

Awful. Worst airline I have ever been on. Crew were among the rudest people I have ever dealt with. United staff members were rude and disrespectful. My flight was delayed, causing me to miss a connecting flight. I understand things happen, but when staff start lying about what actually happened, that is when I have an issue. Just be honest, really it isn’t that hard. I’m being very honest with this review and I don’t find this difficult what so ever. In fact, because of United Airlines, my Christmas holiday was off to a really rocky start. As someone who has traveled across the world, it has only been United that I have had a truly awful experience.

Boarding always seems a bit chaotic. Seat spacing could leave more for leg room.

Good flight. On time. Boarding and seating was easy. Crew were really friendly, yet professional. Bathroom (by cockpit) was small but serviceable. Some the seats were showing some notable wear & tear, but were comfy. Very happy UA customer. TY! 🤛🏽💗

We arrived early and finally made it to our gate almost an hour after.

We were delayed 3x and because I didn’t purchase my tickets directly from United Airlines I was told I Have to take care of it myself so I called Underpricer and they helped me but before I changed my flights I took the risk of sticking by what my tickets were and was lucky to have gotten on the original all flight with only 15 mins before take off. not sure if I will do this again

The flight was delayed so the people from a late connecting flight was able to still make the connection.

Everything good until we waited for jet bridge at SFO. Then pilot gets on speaker & said it won’t reach plane- too short, need to go to different gate. Then 5 min later, adjusted plane/jetbridge & all ok?!?

Was a pain having to leave the plane and reboard but glad the plane was fixed

The seats were very uncomfortable. I would have upgrade or got different flight if I knew. I usually sleep in the plane but I couldn’t sleep at all. Very uncomfortable. Also no food or drink everything was to purchase, and that’s u usual for international flight.

There isn't much space in-between seats and even water needs to be paid for during the flight.

please see previous response; it covers the whole travel trajectory.

I paid over $200 for seat selection for these flights and I was still stuck on long international flights in seats that do not recline and do not have the head support cushion. At this point basically all airlines have those for all seats, and this really took me by surprise and made me not ever want to travel on Avianca. The Kayak agent who called me for the seat selection (Donovan) was courteous, but it seems the system for this doesn't work. I was offered seat selection, for the $200+, but without being able to see what I was selecting, with no guarantee where I'd be...and then I still ended up in terrible seats. On my way to, and especially after, a very intense business trip, the seat situation really soured my experience.

Overpriced checked bag price of $120 and they charge you for carryon if the size is not minimal of $120.

The connection time is too short to pass through customs and once you do clear customs the connecting flight is in another terminal that is not close.

Felt very cramped in the back of plane. There was an hour delay for take off sitting on the runway, but we did arrive on time. They charge $120 for carry on bag and backpack at the airport its ridiculous.

Same experience, very poor food, drinks or entertainment while flying. There are some products offered to buy but only using debit or credit cards . No friendly for seniors or people without cards.

Avíanca now has cero entertainment, food and even water for their travels in economy. We spend all 6 or more hours ignored or we are offered products to buy using only credit card .

They charged for WATER on a SIX hour flight!! never again!

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Recent round-trip flight deals

 
These are the cheapest round-trip flights to California found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
1/28Tue
2 stopsUnited Airlines
15h 35mPTY-SJC
2/4Tue
2 stopsUnited Airlines
29h 42mSJC-PTY
$466
3/16Sun
2 stopsAvianca
20h 10mPTY-LAX
3/23Sun
3 stopsAvianca
18h 40mLAX-PTY
$475
3/18Tue
2 stopsAvianca
11h 50mPTY-LAX
3/27Thu
1 stopAvianca
19h 40mLAX-PTY
$476
2/18Tue
2 stopsUnited Airlines
24h 04mPTY-SJC
2/26Wed
2 stopsUnited Airlines
24h 44mSJC-PTY
$584
5/2Fri
nonstopCopa Airlines
7h 16mPTY-LAX
5/16Fri
nonstopCopa Airlines
6h 23mLAX-PTY
$621
7/1Tue
nonstopCopa Airlines
6h 47mPTY-LAX
7/7Mon
nonstopCopa Airlines
6h 36mLAX-PTY
$632
3/19Wed
1 stopAmerican Airlines
10h 54mPTY-LAX
3/25Tue
1 stopAmerican Airlines
12h 45mLAX-PTY
$636
3/19Wed
1 stopAmerican Airlines
11h 05mPTY-LAX
3/25Tue
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
13h 37mLAX-PTY
$640
1/26Sun
1 stopDelta
17h 47mPTY-ONT
2/1Sat
1 stopDelta
9h 56mONT-PTY
$821
4/20Sun
2 stopsDelta
15h 40mPTY-LGB
4/26Sat
2 stopsDelta
17h 41mLGB-PTY
$1,272

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best deals for one-way flights to California found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
1/25Sat
2 stopsDelta
17h 54mPTY-SJC
$266
2/13Thu
3 stops
52h 04mPTY-LAS
$271
2/4Tue
2 stopsAvianca
22h 01mPTY-LAX
$274
2/28Fri
2 stopsAvianca
21h 00mPTY-LAX
$275
3/1Sat
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
24h 20mPTY-ONT
$345
2/18Tue
1 stopUnited Airlines
31h 53mPTY-SAN
$370
2/18Tue
2 stopsUnited Airlines
25h 19mPTY-SAN
$375
2/16Sun
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
20h 21mPTY-ONT
$418
1/22Wed
nonstopCopa Airlines
7h 21mPTY-LAX
$686
2/10Mon
nonstopCopa Airlines
7h 09mPTY-LAX
$692

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Last minute flights to California

Last minute flight, train and bus deals

 
These last-minute flight deals are the cheapest flights found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours for flights to California that are departing in the next 10 days.
1/17Fri
multi-stopUnited Airlines
28h 20mPTY-SJC
1/29Wed
multi-stopUnited Airlines
24h 44mSJC-PTY
$466
1/20Mon
multi-stop
39h 30mPTY-LAS
1/24Fri
multi-stop
17h 33mLAS-PTY
$685
1/18Sat
multi-stopAvianca
24h 10mPTY-LAX
1/19Sun
multi-stopAvianca
19h 05mLAX-PTY
$855
1/18Sat
multi-stopAvianca
24h 10mPTY-LAX
1/19Sun
multi-stopAvianca
8h 30mLAX-PTY
$861
1/18Sat
multi-stopDelta
17h 49mPTY-OAK
1/28Tue
multi-stopDelta
18h 01mOAK-PTY
$978
1/18Sat
nonstopCopa Airlines
7h 57mPTY-SFO
1/27Mon
nonstopCopa Airlines
7h 02mSFO-PTY
$1,049
1/18Sat
multi-stopDelta
13h 17mPTY-SFO
1/28Tue
multi-stopDelta
13h 02mSFO-PTY
$1,065
1/18Sat
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
21h 07mPTY-SFO
1/27Mon
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
10h 06mSFO-PTY
$1,074
1/18Sat
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
21h 07mPTY-SFO
1/28Tue
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
19h 44mSFO-PTY
$1,079
1/18Sat
nonstopCopa Airlines
7h 21mPTY-LAX
1/20Mon
nonstopCopa Airlines
6h 14mLAX-PTY
$1,135

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