International to Domestic flight at Cancun
Aug 25, 2013, 9:57 pm
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Join Date: Nov 2010
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International to Domestic flight at Cancun
Hoping someone can put my mind at ease. I, with 3 teenage children in tow, have a flight from Sydney to Dallas to Cancun. We then have an onward flight to Mexico City with a different airline (Volaris). Eveything looked doable but I have recently been advised that the flight from DFW to CUN is scheduled to depart 1 hour later thus meaning that we will not have enough time to collect luggage and clear immigration/customs and check into our Volaris flight. There is a later flight with Volaris but with a gap of only 2 hours will we have enough time to transfer from the international flight to domestic?
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Aug 26, 2013, 9:48 am
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Join Date: Nov 2007
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I have flown through several Mexican airports including the smaller cities and resorts (although not Cancun) and it has never taken more than 30-45 minutes. Even at very large and busy Mexico City with multiple planes arriving at the same time I have never had to wait more than an 75 minutes to get through both Passport Control and Customs.
CUN shouldnt be any larger or busier than Toluca, Acapulco, Puebla or Guadlajara and of course they are very used to lots of tourists and people needing to make critical connections for cruises. I would personally feel comfortable with 2 hours. Just make sure your teenagers dont take or do anything silly.....
CUN shouldnt be any larger or busier than Toluca, Acapulco, Puebla or Guadlajara and of course they are very used to lots of tourists and people needing to make critical connections for cruises. I would personally feel comfortable with 2 hours. Just make sure your teenagers dont take or do anything silly.....