Mexico City and Cancún

So many adventures! This trip was a hell to organize. Between the UK restrictions, Thailand restrictions… We had to activate our plan B, which was Mexico. Everything was already booked just in case… And fortunately!

Thailand blocked Test&Go a month and a half before our departure, then reactivated it with a test at D5… In short, we preferred to fall back on Mexico which offered us an experience without constraints!

Transportation

For the flights, we chose to liquidate our miles on our respective accounts.

To do this, we will do 2 separate one-way trips: a London-Paris-Cancun on the one hand, then a Mexico-Paris-London on the other hand, all for 55000 miles per person per leg, and almost £350 in taxes. Not cheap!

A few weeks before departure, our Paris-London flight will be cancelled and we will have to ask for a rebooking on KLM, so it will be Mexico-Amsterdam-London.

For the domestic flight, I will take Aeromexico in Business on Dreamliner, for £300 for two people. Fair.

Hotels

As for the hotels, the choice in Cancun will be limited: it will be the Royalton Chic, the JW that I liked so much being totally full.

For Mexico, the choice is free and I will choose the the St. RegisI really love this brand.

Routes and attractions

Our journey was a clever mix of rest and visits. You will discover them in the itinerary below.

In the end, here is the itinerary followed:

#TypeReview
1DiaryMexico City and Cancun
2HotelCourtyard Marriott London Heathrow
3LoungeAmerican Express Centurion Lounge, London Heathrow T3
4FlightAir France Business, Londres Heathrow – Paris Charles-de-Gaulle, Airbus A320
5LoungeAir France Business Lounge, Paris Charles-de-Gaulle 2E-K
6FlightAir France Business, Paris Charles-de-Gaulle – Cancun, Boeing 777-200
7HotelRoyalton CHIC Cancun, an Autograph Collection Resort
8DiaryMexico day 3 : Playa del Carmen et Tulum
9DiaryMexico day 4 : Chichén Itzá
10LoungeThe Lounge, Cancun T4
11FlightAeromexico Domestic Business, Cancun – Mexico Benito Juarez, Boeing 787-9
12HotelThe St. Regis Mexico City
13RestaurantQuintonil, Mexico City
14DiaryMexico day 7 : Mexico City
15DiaryMexico Day 8: Mexico City, Historic Center
16RestaurantLa Buena Barra, Mexico City
17DiaryMexico day 9 : Teotihuacan
18DiaryMexico day 10 : Xochimilco
19LoungeGrand Elite Lounge, Mexico T1
20FlightKLM World Business Class, Mexico Benito-Juarez – Amsterdam Schiphol, Boeing 787-9
21FlightKLM Business Class, Amsterdam Schiphol – Lodon Heathrow, Boeing 737-900
Today’s itinerary
Olivier Delestre-Levai
Olivier Delestre-Levai
Olivier has been into airline blogging since 2010. First a major contributor to the FlyerTalk forum, he created the FlyerPlan website in July 2012, and writes articles with a major echo among airline specialists. He now co-runs the TravelGuys blog with Bertrand, focusing on travel experience and loyalty programs.
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