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amigobaja
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Flew Friday Puerto Vallarta to Cabo via Mexico City. Yesterday Cabo to Phoenix to Reno. No lines, no hassles really easy all legs of the trip.
Very impressed on Aero Mexico when getting off the plane everyone waited in their seats until their rows were called. super smooth and easy vs U.S
planes crowding and trying to rush the exist. Normally I would not notice but the Mexican airports were so clean compared to most U.S airports that I
have traveled in.
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I'm happy to hear positive reports of the experience at Los Cabos airport. I'll be providing my own in the next few days!
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When you arrive at your departure check in, ask if there are seats open closer to the front, in the aisle. Most often they will move you forward,
sometimes with an upgrade. The close you are the faster you will depart and the faster you will arrive at IMN and if you have carry on you will be on
your way. In Los Cabos I have exited the terminal after landing in under 10 minutes often, but, if you get stuck in the back of multiple flights and
have to wait for bags it could be 60 minutes.
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Quote: Originally posted by gnukid  | | When you arrive at your departure check in, ask if there are seats open closer to the front, in the aisle. Most often they will move you forward,
sometimes with an upgrade. The close you are the faster you will depart and the faster you will arrive at IMN and if you have carry on you will be on
your way. In Los Cabos I have exited the terminal after landing in under 10 minutes often, but, if you get stuck in the back of multiple flights and
have to wait for bags it could be 60 minutes. |
That's good advice. The difference between being the first in line and the last can be significant - especially with more than one flight arriving at
the same time.
This will be American Airlines out of Dallas. In the past the flights have always been packed, but this will be first time flying into Cabo in 2
years, so we'll see if that trend holds.
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When we fly to Loreto we always book the front of the plane and carry on.
We are at the hotel drinking a beer before the last ppl clear customs.
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Our flight into Cabo was seamless, very quick through security unless you happened to get the red light and the wait for arriving baggage was extra
long. The flight out was a whole lot more troublesome, but I would blame this on the understaffed airline check in staff and confusion in the very
long line ups.
Mexico airlines and airports do seem to prioritize speed and efficiency as opposed to regulatory controls and delays. I definitely prefer flying Aero
Mexico or one of the local Mexican airlines, and secondly, Mexico City or Guadalajara as opposed to any Canadian or US stopovers.
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| Quote: Originally posted by pauldavidmena | | Quote: Originally posted by gnukid | | When you arrive at your departure check in, ask if there are seats open closer to the front, in the aisle. Most often they will move you forward,
sometimes with an upgrade. The close you are the faster you will depart and the faster you will arrive at IMN and if you have carry on you will be on
your way. In Los Cabos I have exited the terminal after landing in under 10 minutes often, but, if you get stuck in the back of multiple flights and
have to wait for bags it could be 60 minutes. |
That's good advice. The difference between being the first in line and the last can be significant - especially with more than one flight arriving at
the same time.
This will be American Airlines out of Dallas. In the past the flights have always been packed, but this will be first time flying into Cabo in 2
years, so we'll see if that trend holds. |
Not always the case, when landing in Cabo they usually open the front and rear exit doors of the plane. Then they load you onto a shuttle, you may be
first on the shuttle but that does mean anything. As mentioned, arriving in Cabo is a lot easier and quicker overall than departing.
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We went Monday morning to a clinic in Todos Santos for required chinese flu test.They barely shoved it up your nose and didn't even write our name on
the test strips. I would best that no one that goes there tests positive. Two hours later we of coarse had our negative test results. What a great
money grab for the local clinics.
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pauldavidmena
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| Quote: Originally posted by amigobaja | | We went Monday morning to a clinic in Todos Santos for required chinese flu test.They barely shoved it up your nose and didn't even write our name on
the test strips. I would best that no one that goes there tests positive. Two hours later we of coarse had our negative test results. What a great
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Was this St. Jude's Hospital? We have an appointment to be tested there on 2/10.
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Our Thursday morning flight from Boston to Dallas was cancelled due to weather (as would be the connecting flight to Cabo), leaving us stranded a day
before the same storm system would come to Boston. We managed to find availability on a late afternoon flight from Boston to Philadelphia, continuing
on to Phoenix, where we arrived a little after 11:00 PM. Our Friday 11:30 AM flight from Phoenix to Cabo didn't leave until almost 2 due to a crew
staffing issue, getting us to the Los Cabos airport a little after 4.
Despite being a Friday afternoon in February, Immigration was a breeze - in and out in 10 minutes. By contrast, it took about half an hour to get our
luggage (one suitcase), followed by 10 minutes through Customs. After that, we were greeted by the familiar shark tank of timeshare salesmen and taxi
hawkers, but the shuttle to our rental (from Los Cabos Family rentals, formerly Dominic's) waited patiently for us despite multiple delays. That added
another 10 minutes, meaning that we didn't get to Comer in Cabo San Lucas until after 6. We got some pesos from the ATM and did some minimal shopping,
getting us back on the road by 6:30. Driving up highway 19 in the dark wasn't part of the original plan, but we managed to get to Todos Santos without
incident by 8:00 PM.
All of which was a long way of saying that the Immigration and Customs lines in Los Cabos airport were a breeze. Bad weather in Dallas, staffing
blunders by American Airlines and a slow baggage claim process in Cabo were the big obstacles, basically losing us about a day and a half of what was
already going to be a brief 8-day stay.
Sunshine and sea breezes are a good antidote to 2 tough travel days. ¡Viva México!
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pauldavidmena
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| Quote: Originally posted by bajafreaks | | Flew in and out of Cabo last month, they are now asking to show up 3 hours ahead of flight time. You can't simply check in at the kiosk like in the
past, you have to get in line at the counter to get your documents checked and receive your boarding pass. We flew on Southwest and this wait was
about 30 min. once you're done with check in the security checks etc. were the same as always. |
Is 3 hours still the recommended time to arrive before an international flight out of Cabo? It seems excessive, but if the lines at the counter
justify it, I don't want to miss my flight.
On the other hand, here's the weather awaiting us this weekend.
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JZ
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2hrs will give you plenty of cushion.
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Last fall, on a flight from Anchorage to Sacramento, I received an e-mail from Alaska airlines notifying me that i needed to check in three hours
before my flight.
I never did see any reason for the extra time required, the whole check in process and journey to the departure gate took less than a half hour with
no obvious change in the routine.
The next two and a half hours was spent waiting with a mask on with a group of strangers!
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
"Could do better if he tried!" Report card comments from most of my grade school teachers. Sadly, still true!
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JZ
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Airlines have been saying to arrive super early for several years.
We always show up 45-1hr before the flight. A little longer for international.
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| Quote: Originally posted by JZ | When we fly to Loreto we always book the front of the plane and carry on.
We are at the hotel drinking a beer before the last ppl clear customs.
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You can also sit in the back of the plane as they exit from the front and the back
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PaulDavidMena: Seems familiar, we almost always seem to arrive home just in time to catch the last major snowfall of the season. Makes us want to turn
around and head back again.
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I wouldn't get there any later than 2 hours before...whats an hour if you allow 3. When we flew out in Nov. Last year we arrived 3 hours ahead and
were in line about that same amount of time, American Air had a meltdown that day and it was crazy. Flew out in Jan. this year on Southwest air and
waited in line about 45 minutes. The thing with Cabo lately is you just never know what to expect.
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| Quote: Originally posted by bajafreaks | | I wouldn't get there any later than 2 hours before...whats an hour if you allow 3. When we flew out in Nov. Last year we arrived 3 hours ahead and
were in line about that same amount of time, American Air had a meltdown that day and it was crazy. Flew out in Jan. this year on Southwest air and
waited in line about 45 minutes. The thing with Cabo lately is you just never know what to expect. |
AA was having all kinds of issues with Covid and staffing related to vaccine mandates.
I wouldn't use that outlier as a guiding post.
2hrs at bigger airports like Cabo is good. 1.5hr at Loreto (use to be 1hr pre-Covid).
I'm not showing up 3hrs before a flight, unless it's at the beginning of a trip and you want some bar time at the start of your holiday.
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True, but they always open the front first. You are at least 20-40 ppl ahead of the first ppl in the back.
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| Quote: Originally posted by JZ | When we fly to Loreto we always book the front of the plane and carry on.
We are at the hotel drinking a beer before the last ppl clear customs.
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| Quote: Originally posted by JZ |
True, but they always open the front first. You are at least 20-40 ppl ahead of the first ppl in the back.
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Shorty Melonhead MCJizzy:
I imagine you are one of those selfish louts that sprints up the aisle just seconds before the fasten seat belt sign is off, trampling the elderly and
children, elbowing anyone in your way, in your quest to shove yourself to the front to be first off the plane. There is always one or two of you on
every flight…
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Woke!
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will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.”
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