Experience with Interjet?

I am looking for feedback on your experiences flying Interjet from Chicago thru Mexico City to Zih. I am not familiar with Interjet (never heard of them!). Are there any unusual issues I might want to be aware of before booking with them?

We flew from MEX to ZIH last year and are doing the same next week. Interjet in my opinion is a GREAT airline. The airplanes are all very new and clean, the staff is extremely friendly. On a 45 minute fight they serve you beer or soft drinks and give you the full can also 2 bags of chips. Glad to see they are expanding service with more USA cities. The fares are also great if you have some flexibility, they also give a 20% discount for seniors over 65.

We flew the same MEX-->ZIH route last year after spending a few days in DF. Spacious seating and friendly service. I'd take them again!

My wife and I flew Interjet round trip earlier this year from Mexico City to Zihuatanejo. Interjet is the Southwest Airlines of Mexico. The fare was great and they have the best free baggage allowance that I have ever seen. The seats were very comfortable.

They are good, however bear in mind two things:
- Your carry-on cannot be more than 10 kilos, and they are very specific about it
- You are allowed (last time I flew) two checked pieces of baggage, however if they damage your luggage they say the do not cover wheels, zippers, handles, etc. So they basically don't cover anything. Two pieces of luggage have been badly damaged - enough to need replacement and they are not responsible. My learning: take bags that you don;t care a great deal about.

Happy travels!

I flew Z to Mexico City....the whole plane seemed to be first class. Probably the nicest plane I've ever been on. Clean and beautiful.

Question: When did they start flying out of Chicago. Tried to look at their prices and could not get their web site to work properly. Some friends are wanting to join us in January and are looking for the best price r/t from Chicago.

Paul, the way the site is working now, you have to plug in each leg individually to get pricing, I.E. Chicago to Mexico City and then Mexico City to Zihuatanejo. Then the reverse for the return trip. Prices are good, times a bit crazy, but connections may not work without and overnight in Mexico City.

Thanks: I went to another site that offered Interjet tickets. What I did not like was the 12 am flight leaving Chicago and the long layover in MC. Kindly reminds me when we did the Red Eye on Mexicana and the long wait in the Domestic Terminal with the gate number not put up till around the time boarding began- would keep going to the Mexicana info desk asking what gate and usually got the gate number before posted.

Oh, can I relate to that. We were even sent to one gate only to have it change after the long walk there. Then we ran into several people a day or 2 later who missed their flight because of it. Other than that, Mexicana was a great airline compared with todays United and the old Continental.

On the their flights, liked their food and the silverware was not plastic. When they went under, we had 1 r/t booked and enough air miles for 2 r/t for 2. With all the consolidation of the air lines, flying out of Lexington there is always 1 overnight and some case it's both ways. That's why we drive to Chicago and leave our car at friends.

Interjet showed up on my Kayak standing search this morning for the first time. Using the Kayak search is a lot easier than trying to negotiate the Interjet site.