- Now one thing that's become very clear
since I've been here in Mexico is just how
cheap it is to take commercial flights here.
I mean, I don't think I've paid more
than about a hundred quid
for any of the flights I've taken, even in business class.
It's just so crazy cheap.
And that got me to thinking if Mexico is the cheapest place
in North America to get flights, then
what's the cheapest flight that you can catch in Mexico?
I did a bit of research
and I found one for a really good bargain price.
I'll let you know later in the video just how much it costs
but today we're going to go and take it
and try out the cheapest flight in North America.
- [PA] Taking care of yourself means taking care of others
- First stop today then was to get coffee.
Oh I think I want this.
Can I have a grande Americano por favor?
- [Male Barista] Americano? - Sí
- [Barista] Grande? - Grande.
- [Female Barista] (speaks in foreign language)
- Muchas gracias!
- [Female Barista] Gracias - Thank you!
- [PA] Taking care of yourself means taking care of others
So yeah the place we're heading to today is called Juarez.
The airline Viva Aerobus is one of the low-cost airlines
here in Mexico and I think um
they're actually known as the cheapest generally.
Um it certainly seemed that way
when I was looking at the flights.
That said, the place we're going to
is probably a place that not many people
would want to really visit
because Juarez is apparently
the most dangerous city on the planet.
- [Male Presenter 1] Juarez, Mexico,
one of the most dangerous cities on Earth.
- [Female Presenter] Juarez, Mexico's most dangerous city
where more than 3,000 people were killed last year.
- [Male Presenter 2] Juarez, Mexico,
the city with the highest recorded
murder rate on the planet.
- Um a little bit concerning.
Right. Gate 11.
Let's go.
So, yeah. The thought of boarding a flight to Juarez
wasn't exactly filling me with confidence.
I just hope that when I got there, they'd go easy on me,
a mere vlogger from across the pond.
I figured it was a good idea to leave the sombrero
from my last video in my room, just in case.
(announcement in foreign language)
I've got no idea what's going on,
there's like queues forming everywhere.
I don't know where I need to be.
I don't know what's going on,
but I found a line not too winded.
I don't know where we're going.
(announcement in foreign language)
- [Gate Attendant] Hello.
- Hi.
(lively background music)
I haven't got a clue where I need to be or anything.
They just made a gobbled announcement in Spanish um
which I can't really hear and now-
(announcement in foreign language)
I don't know.
I'm in Row 21, so...
(announcement in foreign language)
- [Passenger] Hello.
(barcode reader beeps)
- [Gate Attendant] Thank you.
- All right, thank you.
So here we go then, boarding my ride to-
- [Male Presenter] The city with the highest recorded
murder rate on the planet.
- Well that was after we stood on the jet bridge
for 15 minutes while they finished cleaning the plane.
Never mind though.
We eventually started moving
and made our way onto what turned out to be
a brand new Airbus A320neo.
(flight attendant speaking in foreign language)
The cabin feels pretty fresh and modern
although I wasn't sure how comfy those seats would be
after a two hour flight.
Well this is pretty pleasant, isn't it?
Modern and fresh aircraft.
The seat and legroom's a little bit tight,
but um,
for the price I paid,
not really complaining.
It's pretty decent,
and a nice view out the window
of the um-
I think it's an A320neo if I'm not wrong actually.
(seatbelt clicks)
It's the A320neo.
Nice!
I can never understand why so many people
make Facetime calls on loud speaker whilst at airports
or at planes.
Don't they have any headphones?
Do you have to be on Facetime?
Am I just as annoying talking into my camera
while surrounded by other passengers?
I'd never know,
but never mind, we were soon pushing back from the gate
to start our taxi out into the runway.
(flight attendant makes take off announcements)
Our route today then took us north from Mexico City
to the border city of Ciudad Juarez.
Flight time today was 2 hours and 15 minutes
cruising at 38,000 feet.
So then on the way to Juarez on the-
(singing) Viva Aerobus
Um, A320neo,
and we've had about a two hour ride
up to Juarez today straight up on the border with the US.
Um, and the border with Texas up there.
So, um, yeah.
I've a row to me self.
Which is quite nice.
I do have children behind me.
So far, behaving pretty well.
And so are the adults, but um,
who knows, we've got two hours left to go.
So, fingers crossed!
Feeling positive about this one,
it's going to be a good flight.
Viva reminded me very much of Ryanair back home.
There's ads all over the overhead bins
and everything's buy-on-board.
They have a good range of food and drink
at pretty reasonable prices
with most of the menu still available.
The table though, did need a little bit of a wipe down
before I could use it.
So buy-on-board food services have been around and um,
and yeah, it's not too bad really.
Nice selection of food and um,
140 pesos for all this lot.
Um, for a sandwich, a pack of crisps and a drink.
That works out to be about a fiver,
I think that's pretty good money-
um, pretty good value of money for what you get um-
compared to a lot of airlines,
at least they would charge you 8, 9, maybe even a tenner
to get this sort of amount of food.
So I'm not going to go hungry on Viva that's for sure.
Okay, I did have a row to myself...
But now it seems not anymore,
which is a bit annoying
because I really need a wee.
And um,
I'm kind of stuck.
As we got closer to the border,
I started to get even more nervous
than I've been originally.
Just what was I going to find at Juarez?
If I listened to everything I've been told,
I'd surely end up as fish food
within minutes of getting off the plane.
But here I was about to take a walk through
one of the most dangerous cities in the world,
just to experience North America's cheapest flight.
So here's the part then where I tell you
just how little I paid for this two hour flight.
I found the flight using Skyscanner
and it cost me the ground total of just £4.27.
On top of this, I paid £5.72 for a seat reservation,
I mean,
why not at that price?
Meaning that the entire flight cost me just £10.22.
For a flight of 957 miles,
this works out to just 1 pence per mile.
Definitely one of the cheapest flights I've ever taken.
The question is,
was this £4 bargain worth vising the City of Juarez?
I didn't have long to find out.
In the terminal, there's ID checks
before you leave the terminal building,
something that I found pretty unusual for a domestic flight.
Sadly, I still wasn't able to go to the loo
when I arrived in the terminal building
as it was closed for maintenance.
Well, welcome to Juarez, um, in Northern Mexico.
Apparently the most dangerous city on earth.
Who knows? We will find out.
After that flight, I'm going to need to go stretch my legs.
I'm going to go grab an Uber and I'm going to have a wander around
and see what we can find here in the City of Juarez.
I'm about to come into the main road
because they're not allowed to enter the airport apparently.
It was a bit um, I have to say,
Juarez doesn't seem too bad so far-
I'm only as far as here but the weather's nice
and it's quite desert-y,
quite beautiful by the looks of it,
so I'm going to take a wander and drive into Juarez.
Yeah!
9-1-6, here's the one.
Hola! Buenos dias.
(driver speaks in foreign language)
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Here we are in downtown Ciudad Juarez.
It was strange driving along the border wall
and seeing the city of El Paso, Texas right behind it.
It certainly felt like two very different worlds
just a few hundred feet apart.
Hello Mr. Doggo! Hello!
I haven't got any treats for you, I'm afraid...
You've got a lovely little place to live here, haven't you?
(laughs)
You know, when I tell people about my £4 flight
that I was coming to Juarez with,
um, everybody I mentioned to is just like,
"Whoa, why would you go to Juarez?
So dangerous you know, you're brave going there!"
And um, I mean it's like,
I'm guessing that there is dangerous bits of Juarez
and I'm guessing that it's a little bit different at night,
or in the city itself,
but I'm literally in the center of Juarez at the minute,
walking through a beautiful park
with people riding horses around,
people playing football,
there's kids on the park over there playing,
it's just such a lovely place!
And I find that so much when I travel as well,
people say, "Why would you want to travel there?"
And you go, "It's nothing like the image
that it is portrayed, um, generally."
Just across there behind those trees
is the wall between Mexico and the US,
and the other side of that is El Paso, Texas.
Um, and actually as we were driving in,
we actually saw El Paso and all the um, buildings
and everything over there
and all the American road signs and stuff
literally across the river.
That's a thing that I always find so absolutely fascinating
when you come to places like this
and you have such a difference in cultures
just separated by a river and a bridge,
and that's it.
And a fence, in the middle.
Let me know down below in the comments what you thought,
to Viva Aerobus on their £4 flight.
Oh.
Goal, cheers!
Um, let me down in the comments what you thought
to Viva Aerobus on their £4 fare
to show the length of Mexico up here
to the border with the US in Juarez.
I'd love to know what are your thoughts,
let me as well in the comments
on what is your cheapest flight
and your best bargain that you've ever got with a flight.
I'd love to hear about it down below.
Well in the meantime, as always,
thanks for watching!
Take care.
And I'll see you in the next one.
Bye for now!