✓Good DealAiFly Score: 55/100Verified 8 Sep 2026 22:40 UTC

Chicago to Cartagena with Copa Airlines from $385 — 2% below the typical deal price of $393. Verified 8 Sep 2026 at 22:40 UTC

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🏷️ 2% below typical deal priceTypical deal price: $393

This deal vs. typical deal price for this route — verified 8 Sep 2026 at 22:40 UTC

Tickets from $385 both ways. Checked baggage is not included in the base fare.

✈️ Copa Airlines — AFR 66/100 (classic)

In this fare:

Checked baggage: Not included — paid checked baggage extra
Onboard meal: Hot meal
WiFi: Paid wifi
Cabin: 30″ pitch on 737-MAX

📍 Routing & layovers

Outbound — Layover in PTY: 10h 44m (Very long layover) 🌆
Outbound — 🌆 10h 44m in Panama City — this wait is overnight: you land at 20:37 and depart 07:21, so the city sights are closed. The same stop on the return is a full daytime window — see below. 30 min from PTY to the city · Copa Airlines Panama Stopover — free hotel night for 6+ day stops · EU/UK/USA/CA passports: visa-free 90 days on arrival · Copa's Panama Stopover — flight free, hotel discounted →.
Return — Layover in PTY: 8h 35m (Very long layover) 🌆
Return — 🌆 8h 35m in Panama City — Visit Casco Viejo old quarter (UNESCO), walk to Panama Canal Miraflores Locks (45 min from PTY), or see Cinta Costera waterfront (or Biomuseo by Frank Gehry). 30 min from PTY to the city · Copa Airlines Panama Stopover — free hotel night for 6+ day stops · EU/UK/USA/CA passports: visa-free 90 days on arrival · Copa's Panama Stopover — flight free, hotel discounted →.

📖 Traveler Resources:
✈️ Airport Guides
📍 Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD) — Terminals, Transport & Tips
📍 Chicago Midway (MDW) Airport — Terminals, Transport & Tips
📍 Cartagena de Indias Rafael Núñez Airport (CTG) — Terminals, Transport & Tips
🌍 Destination Guide
📍 Colombia travel guide

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🧳 Baggage Allowance

Bag Type	Dimensions / Weight	Included
👜 Personal Item	Small bag / laptop	✅ Yes
🎒 Cabin Bag	22 lb	✅ Yes
🧳 Checked Bag	Not included — buy separately	❌ No

📋 Full Copa Airlines baggage allowance & fees →

🌍 About Cartagena

Cartagena's walled old town is the postcard, but the barrio that actually has a pulse is Getsemaní, a once-rough neighborhood now covered in murals where food carts pack Plaza de la Trinidad after dark. Eat an arepa de huevo — a corn patty split, stuffed with a whole egg, and deep-fried — sold from street stalls for pocket change. For a sit-down meal, order cazuela de mariscos, a coconut-milk seafood stew that's the city's signature dish, not the touristy ceviche cups on the wall. Go December to April, the dry season, with January to mid-March the driest and sunniest. Avoid October, the wettest month by far (around 230mm of rain). It's Caribbean-hot and humid year-round, so the good-weather months and the cheaper rainy fares are a genuine trade-off.

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