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I am flying back to SFO so I need to clear customs and immigration at first port of entry, meaning Houston, Miami or LAX for UA, Delta or AA. I have Global Entry so immigration is nothing to me but I need to and hate to claim luggage and check back in again. I've done Polaris out of SFO to Asia and not impressed with the SFO Polaris lounge or seat, I will take Qatar QSuite over Polaris anytime. So I will take Copa and spend couple days in Panama City. Also, for the person about penguin poop, I've been told they would hose off whatever you need and you can keep them in the mud room, no need to bring any outerwear back to your room. But bottom line, D2D is not a good deal unless you can dictate what route you want on the first go, even that, it is at least a few thousand dollars cheaper if you book your own, speaking of Business class in my case only.

Thanks all for the info shared, we are booked on the Feb 2025 bridge because we just came back from India and could not or would not jump on another trip right away. I just want to add something to the Silversea air, originally I was going to book D2D but then remembering the nightmare I had with several South American flights home on other trips, not to mention the limo ride to/from airport to home is worthless to me. Not sure if things have changed now, you have to do US customs and Immigration at first port of entry into USA, so if you happen to fly out of Miami or Houston or NYC then may be it is fine, but I fly out from SFO so if we fly with any US carrier we would be connecting via Houston, Miami or LAX coming home, likely needing to claim our luggage and clear customs and check back in again even with the same airline/booking. So for me the best choice is Copa connecting via PTY (AeroMexco works for us too but I want Star Alliance miles), decent lounge and straight back to SFO from there, not to mention lie-flat seats which LATAM or UA never offered. I paid quite a bit of money to sit in basically premium economy seats that they call First Class, not to mention they are always late. So do your research if you plan to do D2D.