AM: TIJ to MEX from $196 and earn 1386 MQDs (Bus)
Mar 24, 2021, 3:03 pm
#1
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AM: TIJ to MEX from $196 and earn 1386 MQDs (Bus)
Nice sale from Tijuana to Mexico City with Aeromexico on a very scenic route: TIJ-GDL-MTY-MEX-TIJ. Here is a sample over Memorial Day weekend which allows you to fly almost the entire Aeromexico fleet with Boeing 737, 737MAX, 787 and an Embraer 195 and spend a day in Mexico City and one in Monterrey.
This scenic route would earn 5199 MQMs 1386 MQDs 7.07 MQD Ratio while Delta Diamond members would obtain 15250 RDMs, Platinum 12478 RDMs, Gold 11091 RDMs, Silver 9705 RDMs, Base 6932 RDMs
This fare works great for Delta flyers in Southern California as it is easy to access Tijuana Airport from San Diego via the Cross Border Xpress (CBX) which is an airport terminal located on the United States side of the border making it easy to fly out of Tijuana Airport.
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This scenic route would earn 5199 MQMs 1386 MQDs 7.07 MQD Ratio while Delta Diamond members would obtain 15250 RDMs, Platinum 12478 RDMs, Gold 11091 RDMs, Silver 9705 RDMs, Base 6932 RDMs
This fare works great for Delta flyers in Southern California as it is easy to access Tijuana Airport from San Diego via the Cross Border Xpress (CBX) which is an airport terminal located on the United States side of the border making it easy to fly out of Tijuana Airport.
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Mar 26, 2021, 12:15 pm
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2. Alternate way: There is a shuttle bus that takes you from CBX to the Kettner Ave (back side) of the Santa Fe Amtrak station for $13, but I have no info on schedule or ability to take it TO CBX.
3. Easy way: Walk outside arrivals at San Diego airport to the first island and look for either the Lyft or the Uber pick-up spots. Probably about $45 with tip to CBX.
Last edited by Bowgie; Mar 27, 2021 at 12:48 am
Mar 30, 2021, 10:51 am
#6
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Booked TIJ-(MEX)-MTY rt for $242
My thanks to jfkeze. Spent a little more money to avoid weird arrival times at destination, stopovers, or origination airport.
Monterrey looks good for a two night trip. I can stay the first night at an airport hotel and eat at the nearby Il Castello di Frabo. It seems to be a world-class Italian restaurant with reasonable prices. Second night near Macroplaza and Barrio Antiguo. The city history museum looks good, too. A full day is enough for the highlights. MEX or GDL would be worth longer stays. Maybe next time.
Monterrey looks good for a two night trip. I can stay the first night at an airport hotel and eat at the nearby Il Castello di Frabo. It seems to be a world-class Italian restaurant with reasonable prices. Second night near Macroplaza and Barrio Antiguo. The city history museum looks good, too. A full day is enough for the highlights. MEX or GDL would be worth longer stays. Maybe next time.
Mar 30, 2021, 11:38 am
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My thanks to jfkeze. Spent a little more money to avoid weird arrival times at destination, stopovers, or origination airport.
Monterrey looks good for a two night trip. I can stay the first night at an airport hotel and eat at the nearby Il Castello di Frabo. It seems to be a world-class Italian restaurant with reasonable prices. Second night near Macroplaza and Barrio Antiguo. The city history museum looks good, too. A full day is enough for the highlights. MEX or GDL would be worth longer stays. Maybe next time.
Monterrey looks good for a two night trip. I can stay the first night at an airport hotel and eat at the nearby Il Castello di Frabo. It seems to be a world-class Italian restaurant with reasonable prices. Second night near Macroplaza and Barrio Antiguo. The city history museum looks good, too. A full day is enough for the highlights. MEX or GDL would be worth longer stays. Maybe next time.
Mar 30, 2021, 1:30 pm
#8
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I was looking into this yesterday and it appears to be a TIJ-MTY ticket that allows unlimited stopovers in each direction. Haven’t booked yet but I did manage to pull up an itinerary in SEP that had ~2 nights in GDL, MTY, and MEX. Think those are the only to cities AM flies to out of TIJ else could possibly try out some other places. Wasn’t seeing anything with more than one connection either.
CUN worked because AM runs GDL-CUN. But it seems to replace MTY because there is no CUN-MTY - you’d need to connect in MEX.
As always, thanks to @jfkeze for the amazing finds. Question for them, or anyone else who may have flown this already: will this definitely credit as an I fare to DL? I ask because in the other AM thread for the sale to Europe, someone mentioned the DL site showing it as an economy fare, and the fare rules mention it is an up sell fare (but it also states that the fare is for business class service). Would this “domestic” itinerary allow for Salon Premier access at GDL, MTY, and MEX?
Also, I remember some threads on the DL forum about people having challenges with DL properly crediting similar AM fares. Thanks for any experience anyone can share, because would hate to book this and have it credit as an economy instead of business class.
Mar 30, 2021, 1:43 pm
#9
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I also noticed the unlimited stopovers. I was able to get a connection in CUN to price, but not Merida. It also stated no circle trips etc, so it seems like you can add in the connections/stops prior to getting to MEX; but any onward points that require a connection in MEX to get there (like MID) won’t work.
CUN worked because AM runs GDL-CUN. But it seems to replace MTY because there is no CUN-MTY - you’d need to connect in MEX.
As always, thanks to @jfkeze for the amazing finds. Question for them, or anyone else who may have flown this already: will this definitely credit as an I fare to DL? I ask because in the other AM thread for the sale to Europe, someone mentioned the DL site showing it as an economy fare, and the fare rules mention it is an up sell fare (but it also states that the fare is for business class service). Would this “domestic” itinerary allow for Salon Premier access at GDL, MTY, and MEX?
Also, I remember some threads on the DL forum about people having challenges with DL properly crediting similar AM fares. Thanks for any experience anyone can share, because would hate to book this and have it credit as an economy instead of business class.
CUN worked because AM runs GDL-CUN. But it seems to replace MTY because there is no CUN-MTY - you’d need to connect in MEX.
As always, thanks to @jfkeze for the amazing finds. Question for them, or anyone else who may have flown this already: will this definitely credit as an I fare to DL? I ask because in the other AM thread for the sale to Europe, someone mentioned the DL site showing it as an economy fare, and the fare rules mention it is an up sell fare (but it also states that the fare is for business class service). Would this “domestic” itinerary allow for Salon Premier access at GDL, MTY, and MEX?
Also, I remember some threads on the DL forum about people having challenges with DL properly crediting similar AM fares. Thanks for any experience anyone can share, because would hate to book this and have it credit as an economy instead of business class.
And yes, you will access to Salon Premier. Sad that does not work for MID that my most frequent destination.
Mar 30, 2021, 1:56 pm
#10
Join Date: Feb 2016
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I've never had issues with AM posting the correct class when purchased to Aeromexico, just make sure to print your BP and give your SM number at the counter to make it easier. However I recently bought AM I class through AMEX travel portal and it credited as economy. I bought this deal through expedia and hoping to get credited on the right fare.
And yes, you will access to Salon Premier. Sad that does not work for MID that my most frequent destination.
And yes, you will access to Salon Premier. Sad that does not work for MID that my most frequent destination.
Did you follow up with DL to try to get it corrected? It seems others in the DL thread had success doing that in the past; I just did not want that hassle.
Have you purchased AM business class from Expedia before? Were there any crediting issues? I can’t get the Aeromexico site to work with the stopovers; and certainly don’t want to use GoToGate.
Mar 30, 2021, 1:58 pm
#11
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Is there a nonstop CUN, GDL, or MTY-MID? It might not be daily service. If there is, it could work. Otherwise if it requires a connection in MEX to get to MID, the system sees it as TIJ-MID, which is more expensive.
Apr 2, 2021, 1:33 pm
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This is awesome. Is the best way to search for this on Matrix using AM+? I could MR the heck out of this to get a good chunk of DL MQDs.
Fare gone??
Fare gone??
Apr 2, 2021, 2:05 pm
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Apr 2, 2021, 5:18 pm
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I also noticed the unlimited stopovers. I was able to get a connection in CUN to price, but not Merida. It also stated no circle trips etc, so it seems like you can add in the connections/stops prior to getting to MEX; but any onward points that require a connection in MEX to get there (like MID) won’t work.
CUN worked because AM runs GDL-CUN. But it seems to replace MTY because there is no CUN-MTY - you’d need to connect in MEX.
As always, thanks to @jfkeze for the amazing finds. Question for them, or anyone else who may have flown this already: will this definitely credit as an I fare to DL? I ask because in the other AM thread for the sale to Europe, someone mentioned the DL site showing it as an economy fare, and the fare rules mention it is an up sell fare (but it also states that the fare is for business class service). Would this “domestic” itinerary allow for Salon Premier access at GDL, MTY, and MEX?
Also, I remember some threads on the DL forum about people having challenges with DL properly crediting similar AM fares. Thanks for any experience anyone can share, because would hate to book this and have it credit as an economy instead of business class.
CUN worked because AM runs GDL-CUN. But it seems to replace MTY because there is no CUN-MTY - you’d need to connect in MEX.
As always, thanks to @jfkeze for the amazing finds. Question for them, or anyone else who may have flown this already: will this definitely credit as an I fare to DL? I ask because in the other AM thread for the sale to Europe, someone mentioned the DL site showing it as an economy fare, and the fare rules mention it is an up sell fare (but it also states that the fare is for business class service). Would this “domestic” itinerary allow for Salon Premier access at GDL, MTY, and MEX?
Also, I remember some threads on the DL forum about people having challenges with DL properly crediting similar AM fares. Thanks for any experience anyone can share, because would hate to book this and have it credit as an economy instead of business class.
A) Make sure to have Business on your itinerary, either Orbitz, Expedia or AeromexicoB) Add your Delta SM #.
C) Get a physical BP and make sure it shows the DL number
D) Keep all of theme until they postE) If they don't post , reach out first to the Delta Twitter team, they are good.
The other issue on stopovers seem to work as mentioned without backtracking through MEX to the best of my knowledge but could led to some very nice mini breaks across Mexico.
Apr 2, 2021, 5:23 pm
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