Avoid Flying Thru Mexico City It Can Be A Clusterfuck
[QUOTE=PdSuave;2699402]Will be coming back to Medellin in Sept for my 2nd visit. This time, I will be leaving from Tijuana, stopping in CDMX, then to MDE.
Has anyone taken this route? Anyone know if a Covid test will be required leaving MDE back to CDMX? Same form to enter Colombia from CDMX?
I RTFF daily. For the past few years. Couldn't really find anything on this.
Thanks for any insight! You guys rock.[/QUOTE]I had a friend who flew from Medellin thru Mexico City to LAX on a Mexican airline last week. I know that isn't your routing, yet he had to go thru Customs and Immigration which can always be a pain in the ass, especially if you have checked baggage as you will have to reclaim it and re-check it. As far as a COVID testing requirement to travel thru Mexico, you should check with the airline.
About seven years ago I flew thru Mexico City on Aeromexico and on the return flight from MDE thru Mexico City there was a major delay in Mexico City at Customs, I missed my connection, and the airline tried to charge me to take the next flight and it was a pain in the ass to not to be charged and I was given the run around and sent to several different lines to sort it out.
After that I will never fly thru Mexico to get to Colombia, never ever again. And I know it's a cheaper option flying from Tijuana versus say LAX, but not worth the aggravation of dealing with it.
My friend last week had no checked bags, a business class ticket, and still had weird questions asked of him and he had to explain that he was just connecting to another flight but was still issued a tourist card.
And then when trying to board, was still missing some stamp in his Passport to be able to board.
In a nutshell, it can be chaos flying thru Mexico City, and to be avoided as far as I'm concerned.
First time in Medellin report. Very impressed
Stayed at San Peter. Excellent location, just couple of minutes uber / taxi ride to new life and zandalay casas. $3 bucks one way LOL. No need to take train which otherwise is very convenient.
Centro is a bit of unnerving, over populated terribly busy place teeming with people going about their daily chores. Totally commercial. The girls in centro are low quality, quite a few of them. I saw only two that I would talk to but overall it is bound to be forgettable mechanical experience. New life and zanadalay were fantastic in the afternoon but a bit slow around 11 AM. Almost 20 girls each, 2 were yeah baby, 2-3 were quite good, rest I would pass. Fantastic rooms with showers and nice beds, very high quality. Extra 55 bucks got me BBBJ, DATY, and GFE. No hassles, no too many extras. I would completely avoid centro which is too busy, too low quality.
Facebook scene was a bit of bummer for me, I started very late. One needs to start at least 90 days in advance and must have at least 30 vetted contacts with rates and services clearly defined. I only had two, both were superb.
Parque Lleras was a bit of let down, its very small area and was not too busy on days I visited. May be 20-30 girls out of which 2/3 were ok by me. 200 K.