AeroMexico Questions...
We are hoping to fly this fall with AeroMexico from Vancouver (YVR) to Zihuatanejo via Mexico City.
According to our reservation information, we are scheduled to disembark at Terminal 2 in Mexico City and then after a 3 hr. wait, depart to Zihuatanejo from Terminal 2.
Our understanding is that we clear Customs and Immigration in Mexico City so what is involved in the procedure? Does one deal with Immigration first, claim their luggage and then clear Customs and is this all done in Terminal 2?
Once through Customs, how/where do you check your luggage for the connecting flight to Zihua?
Would appreciate any tips or suggestions from those who have experienced this route from YVR to Zihuatanejo via Mexico City.
Gracias,
Roberto!
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by Dougschuler 
, Denver, Thursday, August 20, 2020, 13:04 (2275 days ago) @ Roberto!
You will clear customs and immigration when you arrive in Mexico City. You will recheck your bags prior to boarding. I believe you need to check your bags one hour before departure. Terminal two is primarily for AeroMexico. All other airlines use Terminal One. We have flown from Denver through Houston to Mexico City on Southwest which arrived on gate 60 after getting our bags we would walk entire length of Terminal to get train to Terminal 2.
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Thank you for the information.
Do you have to go through Security and then check in with your luggage at the gate for the connecting flight or do you just drop off your checked bag (like you do in LAX), proceed through Security and then go to your gate for your flight?
Once you land in Zihua, is there a different entrance you go through to bypass Immigration and Customs?
Gracias,
Roberto!
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Hola
We have been flying AeroMexico from Vancouver to Zihua through Mexico City for several years. A great airline. Last year was the first year that our luggage was checked right through to Zihua. Didn't have to touch our luggage til we got to Zihua. Once we got through customs at Mexico City we went to a holding area to wait. They do not announce our departure gate until about 45 minutes before our flight to Zihua. After we went to the departure gate, we got on a bus and drove about 10 minutes to our plane on the tarmac. Upon arrival at Zihua it is a short walk on the tarmac to the terminal. After we pick up our luggage it is straight outside to catch a ride to town. No custom, no checks and no security.
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Thanks for the clarification.
We've visited Zihua many times but always had to go through Customs & Immigration upon arrival and I never noticed there was a seperate entrance or baggage pick up area at the airport.
That'll certainly shorten our waiting time too. 
Regards,
Roberto!
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Same here, on AM from Montreal last summer.
Even if we have been told In Montreal that with a 5+ hours stop we will have to get our luggages and checked them in again.
When we arrived in Mexico airport, they never showed up on the carroussel and were transfered directly to our flight to ZIH.
This is very convenient : We are cleared at the efficient immigration Check point in Mexico airport during the stop and when we arrive in Zih, it takes only a few minutes to get the luggages and out.
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by Ironwood , Thursday, August 20, 2020, 23:45 (2274 days ago) @ victorio
Hola
We have been flying AeroMexico from Vancouver to Zihua through Mexico City for several years. A great airline. Last year was the first year that our luggage was checked right through to Zihua. Didn't have to touch our luggage til we got to Zihua. Once we got through customs at Mexico City we went to a holding area to wait. They do not announce our departure gate until about 45 minutes before our flight to Zihua. After we went to the departure gate, we got on a bus and drove about 10 minutes to our plane on the tarmac. Upon arrival at Zihua it is a short walk on the tarmac to the terminal. After we pick up our luggage it is straight outside to catch a ride to town. No custom, no checks and no security.
We took the Vancouver-AeroMexico red-eye a couple of years ago. We were so tired I can't recall what we did....but I think the procedure was as you've described.
I'm guessing you meant that you went through Immigration on landing in CdMx.
So....luggage was never checked by Mexican Customs?
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Hola
Our luggage was not checked in our presence. Don't know if it was checked without our knowledge. Even when we had to pick up luggage in Mexico city years ago, it was not checked. No green or red light at the airport at Mexico city.
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Exactly what I meant 
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by kathyMN , Saint Francis, Minnesota, Friday, August 21, 2020, 08:00 (2274 days ago) @ Roberto!
We came through Mexico City on Delta this past Saturday. We have done this several times before. Each time is different.
We had our temperature taken before we were permitted in the customs area. We were the only arriving flight, so the customs line was short. We got through in 10 minutes. We checked two bags. Both were tagged Sky Priority. After waiting for about 20 minutes, one bag finally came off. It was tagged for required inspection. They closed the carousel, but the other bag did not come off. Our Delta app said it was delivered to the baggage carousel. We located someone that could help with the missing bag. Without looking at anything, he said our missing bag was taken to our connecting flight. This was a first for us. One bag transferred. One bag was not. They have never automatically been transferred from Delta to AeroMexico before. We have always had to claim our bags in Mexico City.
We had to wait in another line to get the one checked bag inspected. When it was finally our turn, I showed the agent the boarding time on our boarding pass and he quickly opened the bag, took a quick look, and closed it again. He took us through the normal screening line without having them looking at our carry on bags. We dropped the checked bag, over to get our temperature taken, and up the escalator to security. We did not have to go out and up through the normal security line like we have done so many times before. Saved some time. We got to our flight as they were boarding.
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Thanks to all for their responses and suggestions to our AeroMexico questions.
Hopefully the Covid-19 pandemic and AeroMexico's financial issues will be resolved and we will be able to spend time in our favorite vacation spot this fall.
Gracias,
Roberto!
