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Note: international arrivals into MEX ordinarily requires immigration (migración) recovering bags and customs (aduana). If you are connecting to another flight, this means checking bags etc. at the connecting airline's counter. Be sure to allow sufficient time for all this, including the possibility you may have to take the APM across the airport to the othe terminal.
Aerotrén / Air Train: The airside elevated APM (Automated People Mover) Aerotrén requires same-day boarding passes or proof of flight between Terminal 1 and Terminal 2. It consists of two to four cars, 25 passenger (with baggage and hand carry) capacity per train, travels at 28 MPH / 45 kph over the 1.9 mi / 3 km range. Time en route is 4:40, dwell time in each terminal is 60 seconds, time between trains is 10:45.
Landside red shuttle busses operate 05:00 (am) to 01:00 (am), also used during Aerotrén breakdowns, are labeled ""Transportación entre Terminales"; the stops are at entrance No. 6 of Terminal 1 and entrance No. 4 of Terminal 2. They are air conditioned, have luggage spaces and are wheelchair-accessible.
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MEX airport map
CHeck with your airline or alliance for lounges and locations. The American Express lounges are now:
Note: international arrivals into MEX ordinarily requires immigration (migración) recovering bags and customs (aduana). If you are connecting to another flight, this means checking bags etc. at the connecting airline's counter. Be sure to allow sufficient time for all this, including the possibility you may have to take the APM across the airport to the othe terminal.
Aerotrén / Air Train: The airside elevated APM (Automated People Mover) Aerotrén requires same-day boarding passes or proof of flight between Terminal 1 and Terminal 2. It consists of two to four cars, 25 passenger (with baggage and hand carry) capacity per train, travels at 28 MPH / 45 kph over the 1.9 mi / 3 km range. Time en route is 4:40, dwell time in each terminal is 60 seconds, time between trains is 10:45.
Landside red shuttle busses operate 05:00 (am) to 01:00 (am), also used during Aerotrén breakdowns, are labeled ""Transportación entre Terminales"; the stops are at entrance No. 6 of Terminal 1 and entrance No. 4 of Terminal 2. They are air conditioned, have luggage spaces and are wheelchair-accessible.
MEX airport map
CHeck with your airline or alliance for lounges and locations. The American Express lounges are now:
Originally Posted by flugvergnugen
The Amex lounges that currently operate at MEX are:
T1 International - F1 landside
T1 National - 17 and 18
T2 - airside mezzanine level
The Amex lounges that currently operate at MEX are:
T1 International - F1 landside
T1 National - 17 and 18
T2 - airside mezzanine level
MEX Connection Times and Information international - domestic master thread
Aug 12, 2023, 12:06 pm
#211
Join Date: Oct 2002
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INTL to DOM and return in MEX
We are flying AA to MEX then AM domestic. Looks like T1 for arrival and departure. What is the best route to do this (separate tickets but will have our boarding passes and no checked luggage)?
For the return we are arriving on domestic VIVA flight to T1 and then taking AA so all in the same terminal. Will have AA passes and also no checked bags. Suggestions for step by step would be very helpful. Thank you.
For the return we are arriving on domestic VIVA flight to T1 and then taking AA so all in the same terminal. Will have AA passes and also no checked bags. Suggestions for step by step would be very helpful. Thank you.
Last edited by asnovici; Aug 13, 2023 at 4:16 pm
Aug 22, 2023, 12:37 pm
#212
Join Date: Dec 2008
Posts: 505
For the return we are arriving on domestic VIVA flight to T1 and then taking AA so all in the same terminal. Will have AA passes and also no checked bags. Suggestions for step by step would be very helpful. Thank you.
Sep 21, 2023, 12:51 pm
#214
Join Date: May 2005
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Has anyone ever successfully done a back-to-back at MEX, as I ask about in the following thread?
Back to back / quick turn in MEX on AA?
Back to back / quick turn in MEX on AA?
Nov 22, 2023, 9:57 am
#215
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: ATL
Posts: 78
Here's one for the MEX experts.
I am being offered CDG-GRU with a 1.10h layover in Mex.
CDG-MEX operated by AF (lands in T1)
MEX-GRU operated by AM (departs from T2 I believe)
Will be all on one ticket, an AM ticket number.
I would want to check in baggage.
Flying in J.
If I miss the connection I imagine AM will have to reacccomodate me and compensate where appropriate under EU 261?
I am being offered CDG-GRU with a 1.10h layover in Mex.
CDG-MEX operated by AF (lands in T1)
MEX-GRU operated by AM (departs from T2 I believe)
Will be all on one ticket, an AM ticket number.
I would want to check in baggage.
Flying in J.
If I miss the connection I imagine AM will have to reacccomodate me and compensate where appropriate under EU 261?
Nov 22, 2023, 10:23 am
#216
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You need more than one back up plan.
Nov 23, 2023, 10:42 pm
#218
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I have connected T2 to T2 (Int'l to Int'l)many times and I don't think I'd ever would have made a connection of under 75 minutes even on the same ticket with luggage checked through.
Nov 24, 2023, 5:24 am
#219
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: ATL
Posts: 78
Thanks - I’m planning to go for it and have a back up flight booked the next morning if I miss it. Will report back on how that goes! 🤞
Mar 30, 2024, 1:40 pm
#220
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I see that MCT I/D at MEX is 2 hrs, but I am looking at an AM ticket from the US to PVR with a connection time of 1 hr 40 min. Is that doable? Solo traveler, no checked bags, and both flights in terminal 2.
Thanks for any help or advice.
Thanks for any help or advice.
Mar 30, 2024, 3:29 pm
#221
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You'll probably make it. But don't expect much help from AM if you don't. (If I/D is 2 hours, how is AM selling you this? Or is it two reservations?)
Mar 30, 2024, 4:16 pm
#222
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AM-AM ID 1.15 TRM 2 - 2
That's why AM is selling that itinerary, but my first thought was also how can they sell an illegal connection?? It is a single ticket all on AM, bookable as a DL codeshare.
Apr 1, 2024, 8:38 am
#223
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: New Jersey
Programs: AeroMexico Club Premiere
Posts: 255
What time is your arrival in MEX? If it is a mid-day if you should be fine. Early morning arrivals immigration tends to be jammed. Still doable, but you might be sweating it a bit. But T2 is relatively small, 10 minutes from one end to another, maybe 15 if you need to get all the way out to the new gates (81? 82? is the highest numbered gate.)
What I have found helpful is knowing the equipment for my connection and having the flightboard app.
For domestic flights, I hedge my bets and assume gate 75 (which is really a conglomeration of subgates) at the other end of the terminal. If your flight is an Embraer, gate 75 is almost a certainty. If it is a 737, there is a reasonable chance it will be a "normal" gate.
If you land and by the time you get through security to the departure area your gate is not shown on flightboard, head over to 75 and check there.
What I have found helpful is knowing the equipment for my connection and having the flightboard app.
For domestic flights, I hedge my bets and assume gate 75 (which is really a conglomeration of subgates) at the other end of the terminal. If your flight is an Embraer, gate 75 is almost a certainty. If it is a 737, there is a reasonable chance it will be a "normal" gate.
If you land and by the time you get through security to the departure area your gate is not shown on flightboard, head over to 75 and check there.
Apr 1, 2024, 1:19 pm
#224
Join Date: Apr 2004
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What time is your arrival in MEX? If it is a mid-day if you should be fine. Early morning arrivals immigration tends to be jammed. Still doable, but you might be sweating it a bit. But T2 is relatively small, 10 minutes from one end to another, maybe 15 if you need to get all the way out to the new gates (81? 82? is the highest numbered gate.)
What I have found helpful is knowing the equipment for my connection and having the flightboard app.
For domestic flights, I hedge my bets and assume gate 75 (which is really a conglomeration of subgates) at the other end of the terminal. If your flight is an Embraer, gate 75 is almost a certainty. If it is a 737, there is a reasonable chance it will be a "normal" gate.
If you land and by the time you get through security to the departure area your gate is not shown on flightboard, head over to 75 and check there.
What I have found helpful is knowing the equipment for my connection and having the flightboard app.
For domestic flights, I hedge my bets and assume gate 75 (which is really a conglomeration of subgates) at the other end of the terminal. If your flight is an Embraer, gate 75 is almost a certainty. If it is a 737, there is a reasonable chance it will be a "normal" gate.
If you land and by the time you get through security to the departure area your gate is not shown on flightboard, head over to 75 and check there.
Apr 3, 2024, 7:40 am
#225
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For me I have found that a busier time, I think the choke point is going to be at customs. But I am guessing you will get a "normal" gate (52-74) and will have about an hour and a bit to make it through, which should be doable. If your gate has a letter or a number 75 or higher, hustle, as that section can be confusing (several levels and sub gates).
I think you can do it.
I think you can do it.