- I must be missing something here, I'm sure of it.
One of the issues with staying in airport hotels
for long periods of time is having to deal
with the sorts of people who stay in airport hotels.
Case and point, last night a group of Scottish people
turned up to the next room and proceeded to spend
all night, until about half past 12 drinking and partying
in the room next door and then this morning,
half past four slamming and banging around
and shouting again before they got their early flights.
So yeah, four hours asleep, tired Noely not a happy Noely.
- So today we're taking a ride with AeroMexico
on both their Boeing 737 that has a premium economy section.
Their website promises a premium onboard experience,
as well as fast track security and boarding.
On arrival at the AeroMexico terminal however,
it seemed that my idea of any fast track access
had gone out the window.
- Alright so we are heading to Guadalajara today
with AeroMexico to see if their premium economy,
is well all that premium really.
One of the main benefits you get from
AeroMexico premium economy is the sky priority.
So effectively you're treated as a business class passenger
to skip lines and things like that.
Well, today clearly we weren't skipping any lines downstairs
at the security point because it was just absolutely rammed
and they don't have a dedicated one here.
Even though it's the home of AeroMexico
you don't have a dedicated security lane for sky priority
and you don't get lounge access either,
so this is as close to the lounge as we get today.
- It was time to head to the gate then
and see how much time I'd save with the priority boarding.
Unfortunately, when I got to the gate
I found out that this wouldn't be happening today either.
Finally, it was my turn to board today's flight across
to Guadalajara.
My ride today was this Boeing 737-800 delivered
new to AeroMexico in 2013.
AeroMexico's premium economy is called AM+.
It's essentially the regular economy seats
with an extra three inches of leg room giving you 34
instead of the 31 inches in economy.
- Right, so on board the AeroMexico 737-800
in premium economy or AeroMexico plus as they call it.
And it's quite nice, plenty of leg room, although not
quite as much at the front here in the front row.
We have a dedicated overhead bin as well
for your row which is quite nice.
And obviously the entertainment that you got
on AeroMexico as well which will go through
in a little while.
And with all of that, you also get nice little stitching
in the headrest there.
And, oh yes, quite a nice view out the window too.
So 20 minutes after we should've pushed back from the gate
and well, we still sitting at the gate.
It is a crazy busy time of day here at Mexico City,
they're at 9:00 AM peak time.
And they're queuing like 10 deep to get to the runways
so that's probably the reason why we sat here
to be honest.
Would have been nice if they'd said something maybe
I don't know, but anyway, we're not in any particular rush
to get up to Guadalajara today, but yeah
it'd be nice to get on our way at least.
- Our route today then took us west from Mexico City
towards the city of Guadalajara, flight time
today was 45 minutes cruising at 36,000 feet.
- All right we are airborne now towards Mexico city
and what an absolutely beautiful day it is for flying.
I mean usually, Mexico city is very hazy.
You don't get to see much in the daytime when you're
on a plane, it's generally quite hazy, but today just
such a beautiful, clear, sunny day.
You could see everything as we took off from Mexico.
Such a beautiful part of the world and the city of Mexico,
wow, just, it goes on forever.
It's massive.
You think places like London and New York are big
well you've seen nothing until you've seen Mexico City
it's absolutely incredible.
We are airborne now it's about an hour long flight
up to Guadalajara and looking forward to seeing
what we do get in terms of service
in AeroMexico's premium economy.
So the seats in AeroMexico's premium economy,
do actually recline quite a long way actually,
it's pretty comfy, certainly for the shorter flights
that we're doing here domestically in Mexico,
the premium economy is perfectly ideal actually.
Loads of leg room, really comfortable when you lounge
the seat back as well, it's not too bad.
I just wish there was more in the way of
like something else.
I must be missing something here I'm sure of it.
So all of AeroMexico's 737's and some
of their other aircraft as well have wifi on board,
and it varies depending on the plane you're on,
who the provider is and also how much it costs.
I've been on flights where you've had
free text messaging and things through the flight.
I've had other flights where you have to pay
for it at one price and other flights
where you're paying another price.
There doesn't seem to be any consistency
even on the same types of aircraft.
On this aircraft, they're using Gogo wifi
and they're charging you for internet access basically.
So I'm not going to bother today,
because it's only an hour long flight and we'll be
on the ground like to check emails and stuff very soon.
So you do get a snack and a drink on board
which is all right.
You've got like a biscuit, cup of coffee and some sort
of gel to put on your biscuit I think.
And then the thing is though, I don't know whether
or not that's the same for everybody in economy.
I think in economy on AeroMexico,
you typically get snacks and drinks as well.
So is that really a benefit?
I'm not sure.
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Compared to the standard economy fare on this route
of around 30 pounds, you're paying more than double
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To me that doesn't seem fantastic value for money
but let me know what you think down in the comments.
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- Welcome then to Guadalajara in Western Mexico.
One of the biggest cities here in Mexico
and quite a big airport actually,
quite a nice flight over with AeroMexico on the 737
in premium economy, I don't know whether it was worth
the extra that I paid for it over standard economy
but let me know what your thoughts were down
in the comments below, but also how you think it compares
to AeroMexico business class that you've seen already
on the 737 MAX8.
I'll pop a link to that video on the screen now,
but in the meantime as always, thanks for watching
take care and I'll see you on the next one.
Bye for now.