Flights from East Coast

Just wondering if anyone else is experiencing problems finding flights from and to the East Coast (Philadelphia or Washington) . Not only are the prices high - but coming back United is only showing flights with an overnight in Houston. After 10 years of yearly visits, my heart is breaking. Me encanta Zihua.

Just comments:

1. I have on rare occasion used a travel agent.
2. Have you tried skyscanner.com ??
3. yes, the month and the days of the week do make a difference these days.
4. Bite the bullet.

January

Bite the bullet? 41 hours to get home?

Southwest has a 405PM flight (no Sat.) from MEX to BWI thru HOU that gets in just after midnight. Current pricing is $171 most days.You should be able to get to Mex by 115-130, giving you almost 3 hours to connect.
There's also scattered availability from ZIH to IAD on Aeromexico, but tix are considerably more expensive.

January

Bite the bullet? 41 hours to get home?

We fly out of BWI,DCA or IAD. Coming back through IAH sucks when you only get 1hr & 50mins to get thru customs then a line back thru security. A 1 night stay is less hectic. Don't know your exact dates, but I'm finding fares starting at $460.00 on some random dates in Jan. I ALWAYS use www.Bookingbuddy.com for my flights. It gives you multiple sites to choose from and compare the prices.

Southwest has a 405PM flight (no Sat.) from MEX to BWI thru HOU that gets in just after midnight. Current pricing is $171 most days.You should be able to get to Mex by 115-130, giving you almost 3 hours to connect.
There's also scattered availability from ZIH to IAD on Aeromexico, but tix are considerably more expensive.

But then you have to get yourself from Mexico City to Zih and vice versa. That's more of a pain than spending a nite in Houston. Would be nice if Southwest went the whole way.

Yeah, it's not ideal, but we've done it home to DEN on a couple of occasions when the price was right. We avoid IAH like the plague!

Check out quicktrip.com, it gives you all the available flights from all airlines and the frequency of service.

Make sure you click on "show all flights" instead of only non-stop flights. Maybe also try to drive to another airport by renting a car from your home to the tother airport? I know it's not ideal, but it's worth thinking about.

I hope you find a good solution...we also love Zihua!

On Saturdays, United has the direct to Chicago arriving at 5:30 pm. Should be easy to get a flight to the East Coast. The only thing, the morning flight to "Z" was moved up to 7:30 am from 9 am which really hurt the people that were flying into Chicago at 8am for that flight.

I've seen that $460... but it's only one way?

Non-stop is not an option no matter what line we use. From DCA or PHL there is a stop no matter what. We love Z so much but it seems that East Coasters are being sentenced to Maya Riviera.

Thank you all for your input. Nice to know we have Z friends! We'll keep looking.
I do see the American flights at $1,000+. We may do it and then try another location in the future. I just love Z so much. It breaks my hart to think about having to switch to America South.
I should have mentioned in my original message that we need tickets for 6 people. That's a hefty fare which is why we keep searching...

I've seen that $460... but it's only one way?

You apparently read it wrong. It's a roundtrip fare. Just went to Bookingbuddy. Put random dates in. 1/07/17- 1/28/17. Clicked Orbitz. $466.00 RT from BWI to ZIH. American Airlines thru DFW. Leave 7AM Arr 12:59. 47mins in DFW. Return: Leave 1:55PM Arr 10.48PM 2hrs in DFW

PS: Same price from DCA.

Ok. Thank you. You all are so sweet!

the $460 I saw was on United and it was one way.

BWI is a much better option for us than DCA! Thanks again!

Ok. Thank you. You all are so sweet!

the $460 I saw was on United and it was one way.

BWI is a much better option for us than DCA! Thanks again!

You are welcome. I have fun doing it and seeing where are the deals. Like I said, www.bookingbuddy.com has always gotten me there.

I grew up in Baltimore so getting there is easy.

Can you get to NYC? You can take Interjet, a good, reliable airline, to Mex City, and then a hop to Z. We bought tix for January, half the price of Delta.

We have toyed with the idea of Newark NJ - but then we are talking, again, about three groups of people getting to and from NYC.
Maybe my husband and I should go alone and leave these pesky kids behind?