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Best recommended flight Bogotà to Panamà

Hi guys, I am finally leaving South American to Central America and I decided to forward the bike on a plane from Bogotà for time and logistic reasons.
I have to fly myself too and the best price I found on despegar.com.co is 450 USD.
Does anybody know a better way to get a better deal for this flight?
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Hi guys, I am finally leaving South American to Central America and I decided to forward the bike on a plane from Bogotà for time and logistic reasons.
I have to fly myself too and the best price I found on despegar.com.co is 450 USD.
Does anybody know a better way to get a better deal for this flight?
Thanks in advance.
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Don't use Despegar ? :-)

I'd advise the best thing to do is either go to the airport and buy one there, or if there is an airline office/booking agent in Bogota (your hotel/hostel should know) then go there.

However, the price is probably about right, one way flights are usually stupidly expensive.
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Thanks BRuce, do you really suggest I could fin a cheaper ticker at the airport or from a local agency (considering they are normally more expensive due to the commission they charge)?
Please let me know what you think.
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I had the same problem there and the price was that or more, the way I did it on the end I used 10000 frequent flyer miles I had with Mileageplus from United and paid only $ 41.75
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Thanks BRuce, do you really suggest I could fin a cheaper ticker at the airport or from a local agency (considering they are normally more expensive due to the commission they charge)?
Please let me know what you think.
When I wasn doing it the other way round, Panama to Bogota, I found it cheaper to buy the ticket at the airport. I just walked up to the desk and booked it.

Also I don't trust these cheap online sites :-)

Or you could just go to Copa's own website. https://bookings.copaair.com
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