Does Puerto Vallarta / PVR have priority security lines?
Feb 6, 2019, 9:33 am
#2
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I can't speak to PVR specifically, but for any of the leisure-oriented airports in Mexico/the Caribbean, I never bank on any sort of priority lines as making a big difference. Things can be such a mess when a bunch of flights all leave around the same time back to the US, combined with generally slower throughput at check-in, security, etc. as compared to US airports, that I always give it 2-2.5 hours just in case things are really backed up.
Feb 8, 2019, 5:07 pm
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Exactly what I was going to post. On arrival $20 will get you and your bags to and thru the front of the arrivals lines. Outbound the same. $20 to a porter and you'll be through in no time. Just did a trip to Bolivia where they xray arriving bags so the lines were horrendous. We were through in less than 5 minutes after a $20 to the porter.
Feb 8, 2019, 5:12 pm
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Exactly what I was going to post. On arrival $20 will get you and your bags to and thru the front of the arrivals lines. Outbound the same. $20 to a porter and you'll be through in no time. Just did a trip to Bolivia where they xray arriving bags so the lines were horrendous. We were through in less than 5 minutes after a $20 to the porter.
Feb 8, 2019, 8:30 pm
#7
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Security when you're leaving PVR is almost always very fast, anyways.
When you arrive immigration usually goes pretty quick, as well. Customs can be another story altogether. I have a friend that gets a wheelchair for PVR and that gets him through customs a lot quicker.