Inside the Copa Club Lounge - Panama City

On a recent trip through Panama's Tocumen International Airport, I had the chance to try out a new airline VIP lounge – the Copa Club.

Tocumen Airport in Panama City is Copa Airlines' primary hub, so naturally, this is the airline's biggest lounge (they also operate Copa Clubs in Guatemala City and Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic).

I've become a regular customer of this very good airline (which is now a member of the Star Alliance), but this was my first time trying out their flagship lounge. As a business class customer, I was able to try out the lounge twice on this trip, so I got a taste of what it's like both in the morning as well as the afternoon.

Airfares: When "Sale" actually means "You Pay More"

Air Canada jet landing at Calgary Int'l Airport (YYC). (Photo copyright: Darren Popik.)

I used to think I had a pretty decent command of the English language, but something I got in my email yesterday has caused me to rethink this.

See, I received an email from Air Canada advising me of a new North America seat sale. Great! Airfares at reduced rates, and coming just at a time when I happen to be looking for a ticket to return to Calgary, to attend the 100th Anniversary of the Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth, the Calgary Stampede.