Mexico City
by mosesk 
, Ojai, CA, USA, Friday, May 13, 2022, 12:47 (11 days ago)
I have a 12 hour layover in Mexico City later this afternoon until
Early tomorrow morning.
Any recommendations on a hotel maybe midway between airport and some of the neighborhoods I’m familiar with like Roma Norte where I might find something interesting to do tonight
Thx
Mexico City hotel
by ZihuaRob 
, Zihuatanejo, México, Friday, May 13, 2022, 17:00 (11 days ago) @ mosesk
I have a 12 hour layover in Mexico City later this afternoon until
Early tomorrow morning.
Any recommendations on a hotel maybe midway between airport and some of the neighborhoods I’m familiar with like Roma Norte where I might find something interesting to do tonight
Thx
I'd stay at the Camino Real right at the airport if I were going to do the hotel thing. Anyplace else and you risk missing your flight. 12 hours zips by. The food is good there!
Mexico City
Reforma (plenty of hotels there) would be the best for things to do without a car but you wont have the time if your arriving in the late afternoon. Robs suggestion is best other than just crashin' at your gate.
So in conclusion:
I found my ‘pod’ at Terminal 2- and the whole concept is kind of cool… but at 900 pesos…I’d probably be willing to pay for a hotel room at even twice the price…
And by the way T2 is quite a distance from T1- 15-20 minute bus ride and not sure how to make a reservation on the ‘AirTram’. Anyway cheap 30 peso adventure
Mexico City
by Little Guy , Saturday, May 14, 2022, 15:23 (10 days ago) @ mosesk
I took the Inter-terminal train on May 13. You can just show your boarding pass and walk on with no fee. It is mostly standup with a few seats for elderly and people with disabilities. I was bemused to see signs asking people to sit on the seats due to covid, so we stood close together holding the handgrips. 
I was supposed to have a same day connection, but the airline messed up on a matter of documentation. The airline acknowledged its error, but by that the flight had left and I had to overnight at the Camino Real.
It is years since I have been to DF. I remembered that the air was thin, but I had forgotten how thin. I am accustomed to doing 8-16 kilometres of brisk walking (eg. 60-80% of maximum heart rate) every day. I was getting exhausted just walking around the airport terminals.
I took the Inter-terminal train on May 13. You can just show your boarding pass and walk on with no fee. It is mostly standup with a few seats for elderly and people with disabilities. I was bemused to see signs asking people to sit on the seats due to covid, so we stood close together holding the handgrips.
I was supposed to have a same day connection, but the airline messed up on a matter of documentation. The airline acknowledged its error, but by that the flight had left and I had to overnight at the Camino Real.
It is years since I have been to DF. I remembered that the air was thin, but I had forgotten how thin. I am accustomed to doing 8-16 kilometres of brisk walking (eg. 60-80% of maximum heart rate) every day. I was getting exhausted just walking around the airport terminals.
The 2 people I asked, both of whom had a uniform, seemed to I dictate I needed a 'reservation' to take the tram
Mexico City
by midalake , Sunday, May 15, 2022, 10:56 (9 days ago) @ mosesk
I took the Inter-terminal train on May 13. You can just show your boarding pass and walk on with no fee. It is mostly standup with a few seats for elderly and people with disabilities. I was bemused to see signs asking people to sit on the seats due to covid, so we stood close together holding the handgrips.
I was supposed to have a same day connection, but the airline messed up on a matter of documentation. The airline acknowledged its error, but by that the flight had left and I had to overnight at the Camino Real.
It is years since I have been to DF. I remembered that the air was thin, but I had forgotten how thin. I am accustomed to doing 8-16 kilometres of brisk walking (eg. 60-80% of maximum heart rate) every day. I was getting exhausted just walking around the airport terminals.
The 2 people I asked, both of whom had a uniform, seemed to I dictate I needed a 'reservation' to take the tram
No reservation needed. Just a valid boarding pass for the terminal you are going to.
I took the Inter-terminal train on May 13. You can just show your boarding pass and walk on with no fee. It is mostly standup with a few seats for elderly and people with disabilities. I was bemused to see signs asking people to sit on the seats due to covid, so we stood close together holding the handgrips.
I was supposed to have a same day connection, but the airline messed up on a matter of documentation. The airline acknowledged its error, but by that the flight had left and I had to overnight at the Camino Real.
It is years since I have been to DF. I remembered that the air was thin, but I had forgotten how thin. I am accustomed to doing 8-16 kilometres of brisk walking (eg. 60-80% of maximum heart rate) every day. I was getting exhausted just walking around the airport terminals.
The 2 people I asked, both of whom had a uniform, seemed to I dictate I needed a 'reservation' to take the tram
No reservation needed. Just a valid boarding pass for the terminal you are going to.
Ok
Without beating the issue to death
I didn’t have a boarding pass for T2
I was going to see if the izzzsleep hotel had availability after the one at T1 was full up.
Is it possible the people who told me a reservation was needed meant I needed a flight out and not a ‘reservation’ fir the tram?
Seems unlikely
Mexico City
by midalake , Sunday, May 15, 2022, 11:11 (9 days ago) @ mosesk
I took the Inter-terminal train on May 13. You can just show your boarding pass and walk on with no fee. It is mostly standup with a few seats for elderly and people with disabilities. I was bemused to see signs asking people to sit on the seats due to covid, so we stood close together holding the handgrips.
I was supposed to have a same day connection, but the airline messed up on a matter of documentation. The airline acknowledged its error, but by that the flight had left and I had to overnight at the Camino Real.
It is years since I have been to DF. I remembered that the air was thin, but I had forgotten how thin. I am accustomed to doing 8-16 kilometres of brisk walking (eg. 60-80% of maximum heart rate) every day. I was getting exhausted just walking around the airport terminals.
The 2 people I asked, both of whom had a uniform, seemed to I dictate I needed a 'reservation' to take the tram
No reservation needed. Just a valid boarding pass for the terminal you are going to.
Ok
Without beating the issue to death
I didn’t have a boarding pass for T2
I was going to see if the izzzsleep hotel had availability after the one at T1 was full up.
Is it possible the people who told me a reservation was needed meant I needed a flight out and not a ‘reservation’ fir the tram?
Seems unlikely
They want to make sure you have business going on the tram. [a boarding pass] You miss understood about a "reservation" I have even explained [successfully] that I need to go to T-2 to get my boarding pass, and just arrived at T-1. Again there is no reservation system. Remember the tram is outside the airport secured area, this is why they are checking for boarding passes.
