Heightened sanitation
Daily cleaning, installation of cabin HEPA filters on flights from Mexico City to Chicago
Low season |
May | Best time to beat the crowds with an average 18% drop in price. |
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High season |
July | Most popular time to fly with an average 20% increase in price. |
Average price round-trip |
$402 | (avg. price over the last 2 weeks) |
Good deal round-trip |
$270 | or less |
Good deal one-way |
$215 | or less |
Entry restrictions
The United States has restricted the entry of all foreign nationals who have passed through or have been in China, Iran, Most European Countries (Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Monaco, San Marino, Vatican City), the UK, Ireland, Brazil and South Africa in the past 14 days.
With the exception of certain travelers which includes certain family members of US citizens or permanent residents including; spouses, children (under the age of 21), parents (provided that his/her US citizen or permanent resident child is unmarried and under the age of 21), and siblings (provided that both the sibling and the US citizen or permanent resident are unmarried and under the age of 21);
There is also an exception for travelers with the following visas: A-1, A-2, C-1, C-1/D, C-2, C-3, CR-1, CR-2, D, E-1 (as an employee of TECRO or TECO or the employee's immediate family members), G-1, G-2, G-3, G-4, IR-1, IR-4, IH-4, NATO-1 through NATO-4, or NATO-6 visa;
Members of the US Armed Forces, spouses, and children of members of the US Armed Forces;
Travelers with invitation of the USA government for a purpose related to the containment/mitigation of the Coronavirus (COVID-19);
Travelers with documents issued by the US Department of Homeland Security, US Customs and Border Protection, or US Department of State indicating that the traveler is exempt from the restriction;
B1 crew crewmembers that are engaged in lightering, Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) activity, wind farm activity, private air/sea crew and other similar crewmember activities;
Students with an F-1 or M-1 visa and their F-2 and M-2 dependents, if they arrive from or have been in Ireland, the UK or Schengen Area in the past 14 days.
Entry requirements
All travelers, 2 years of age or older (including US citizens and transit passenger) must present a negative COVID-19 viral or antigen test result issued 72 hours prior to departure or have a proof of recovery from the virus within the last 90 days prior to boarding the plane.
Travelers must complete a disclosure and attestation form before departure.
Exemptions or waiver to the testing requirements may be granted by the CDC on an extremely limited basis when emergency travel (like an emergency medical evacuation) must occur to preserve someone’s life, health against a serious danger, or physical safety and testing cannot be completed before travel.
US citizens and permanent residents arriving from the UK must present a medical certificate with a negative COVID-19 PCR or antigen test result issued within 72 hours prior to departure.
Travelers arriving in New York State must complete the Traveler Health Form.
Travelers arriving in Massachusetts must complete the Massachusetts Health Form.
Quarantine requirements
Travelers are advised to get tested 3-5 days after travel and stay home and self-quarantine for 7 days after travel. Even if they test negative, they must still stay home and self-quarantine for the full 7 days. If the test is positive, isolate to protect others from getting infected.
Travelers who did not get tested, are advised to stay home and self-quarantine for 10 days after travel.
All other info
Travelers are subject to COVID-19 measures set by the state/territory of their final destination. For more information go to CDC website.
There are currently 1,104 active cases of COVID-19 diagnosed in US and 0 deaths as of Mar 1 2021
Please see our Coronavirus (COVID-19) Travel Restrictions page for more information on restrictions worldwide.
There are no direct flights for this route listed on KAYAK, the shortest multi-flight duration is 11h 43m.
In the past 3 days, the cheapest one-way tickets were found on Multiple Airlines ($138) and VivaAerobus ($239), and the lowest round-trip tickets have been found on Multiple Airlines ($279) and VivaAerobus ($479).
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From Mexico City to Chicago, Thursday is the cheapest day to fly on average and Sunday is the most expensive. Flying from Chicago back to Mexico City , the best deals are generally found on Tuesday, with Wednesday being the most expensive.
When flying out of Mexico City you will be using Mexico City Toluca Intl, often referred to as Mexico City Airport. You will be landing at one of these airports: Chicago Midway or Chicago O'Hare Intl.
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Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional round-trip ticket. You could then fly to Chicago with an airline and back to Mexico City with another airline.
Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying to Chicago from Mexico City up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.
Scores according to KAYAK customer reviews
Cons: "Our flight got delay 2 hours"
Pros: "Crew, new plane"
Cons: "Boarding"
Cons: "No way to get a refund, which seems crazy in light of the COVID-19 situation."
Pros: "Quick, expedient checkin & boarding"
Cons: "Nothing"
Pros: "Everything was perfect but the price"
Cons: "Price"
Cons: "Seat confort, space"
Pros: "The crew was amazing seats very comfortable!"
Cons: "The flight was fine the way it was."
Pros: "Nothing"
Cons: "Waiting time"
Cons: "We were 7 hours delayed with no explanation and the airline was terrible."
Pros: "Nothing"
Cons: "Make the luggage policy and fees more clear, they charged me 50$ for no good reason. Smallest seats I've ever had in my life."
Pros: "Airplane was clean, crew was attentive and made for a peaceful ride."
Cons: "Boarding"
Pros: "Price is unbeatable. Convenient direct flight. The rest is all charged so I didn't make use of it. But for those who did pay, it seemed to be fine."
Cons: "If at least water was provided for free."
Pros: "They gave me a free checked bag! When I took out my credit card to pay for it, he said "No, es un regalo (gift)." How nice for a budget airlines!! May have been due to the holidays, but Volaris just charged me MORE for a bag during the holidays. We boarded on time and landed early. Our baggage came fairly quickly as well. Those are important things to me (especially if I have to catch a bus or a connecting flight) I'll definitely use Viva Aerobus again!!"
Cons: "The seats were pretty cramped, especially if you're tall. But that's to be expected. What I thought they could've done (and this goes for all the cheapo airlines) was at least offer us a cup of water. I mean, come on!"
Cons: "They weighed bags 3 times just to to to get money not for the safety of the flight"
Pros: "Flight itself."
Cons: "Boarding an off boarding"
Cons: "seats don't even recline"
Cons: "Luggage delivery is still incredibly slow!! 20 mins for the first piece"
Pros: "Evriting"
Pros: "I didn’t get chance to flight . They changed departure time . At the first time when I showed up at my gate 17A , 50 minutes before the departure there was a lot of people waiting for flight to Hermosillo , not the Cancun. ( wasn’t any information about Cancun flight on information display) When I asked crew from desk about my flight to Cancun they told that I need to wait for announcement . I left for 20 minutes , when back 20 minutes before my departure time on my gate crew told me that my flight it’s gone. I didn’t hear any announcement about it. They didn’t change me for another flight , only the told me that they can change my ticket for the flight which is 18 hours later."
Cons: "Everything need to improve"
Pros: "Nothing"
Cons: "Customer service"
Cons: "We ran 5 minutes late and were not allowed to board our flight because there was NO ONE at the ticket counter to check us in... And just fly is saying that we cannot use our return flight tickets, so we have wasted almost $1000.00 Unbelievably poor service at the point!"
Pros: "The plane was newer and clean"
Cons: "It was warm on the fight, it would had been better if the air conditioning was turned on the entire duration of the flight."
Pros: "Worst customer service I have ever been subject too"
Cons: "Delayed as usual"
Pros: "The crew was excellent. Leg space was not good. There was very little space for me to get situated."
Cons: "Just the space between the rows of seats."
Pros: "Boarding was really fast."
Cons: "The airline isn’t honest about their delays and the seat space is too narrow, tall people don’t fit."
Cons: "They didn’t let me board."
Pros: "Left on time and arrived on time, both legs of the trip"
Cons: "Seats don’t recline. No option for entertainment. Very limited food options for purchase Meal tables were dirty"
Cons: "Not good organization while boarding, too much turbulence, very uncomfortable seats"
Pros: "The airline we had left the checking area 1/45 min before the flight take off my flight was at 1:55 pm I got there at 12:30 pm and the agents weren’t there 12 passengers stay with out a flight and there’s no body to help us bad service had to buy new tickets"
Cons: "The airline we had left the checking area 1/45 min before the flight take off my flight was at 1:55 pm I got there at 12:30 pm and the agents weren’t there 12 passengers stay with out a flight and there’s no body to help us bad service had to buy new tickets"
Pros: "Good flights and prices"
Cons: "Be on time , no delays"
Pros: "The crew were considerate, helpful"
Cons: "Only junk food to purchase and it was a long flight"
Cons: "Seat doesn't recline. Pitch felt smaller too."
Cons: "Great service, I really recommend. Un servicio muy bueno"
Pros: "Price of ticket was excellent..Flight was good."
Cons: "No entertainment , seat not adjustable"
Cons: "There's litteraly no leg space between seats."
Cons: "The flight was Delayed 1 .1/2"
Pros: "I thought that the plane was very clean and the crew was amazing!"
Cons: "The overall experience was great. The only thing that I would have loved was if they had WiFI."
Pros: "Everything was average. Nice new airplane though."
Cons: "They lost my bag on a single non stop flight. 60 minutes in baggage claim until someone showed up. They needed 24-72 hours to find it. No idea when they would get it to me. No compensation for the things I needed ok vacation while they look."
Pros: "Very friendly"
Cons: "All good"
Pros: "Did not let me change my ticket for a different time . Lost money missing flight"
Pros: "Very helpful staff !!"
Cons: "Airline overselling tickets didn’t get a seat for me my wife had to travel alone and offered me a flight for the next day"
Pros: "Nothing"
Cons: "Delays are understandable but the messaging was the problem, staff created chaos by handing out limited incorrect information. This Encouraged passengers to overcrowd the information booths. Plus a two hour wait on the tarmac,horrible!!"
Pros: "NOTHING!"
Cons: "Delayed flight both there and back. Personal at the desk VERY RUDE! Their luggage policy is f***ing ridiculous! They even weight your purse! And both carryon and luggage have to weight 10 kg - AND IF YPU GET ANYTHING ELSE AT THE DUTY FREE THEEY REWEIGHT YOUR BAGS AND MAKE YOUPAY IF IT GOES OVER!!! They always change the boarding gate and don’t have anyone telling you to go to the new gate! You have to walk and look out to the screens for the stupid sign!"
Pros: "Normal flight"
Pros: "The flight landed early."
Cons: "Landing at Cancun Airport wr deplaned and were left in a hallway behind a locked glass door. Safety concern ad we couldnt go back nor forward. Not a nice welcome to Cancun."
Cons: "Paid for infant in seat not in lap and we had to hold the baby as they refused to give us a seat"
Pros: "On time"
Pros: "on time"
Cons: "they charge for baggage and food"
Airlines flying from Mexico City to Chicago have enacted additional safety measures and adjusted policies to better accommodate travelers. Policies vary by airline.
Heightened sanitation
Daily cleaning, installation of cabin HEPA filters on flights from Mexico City to Chicago
Mandatory masks
Masks required on board, masks provided on flights from Mexico City to Chicago
Social distancing seating
Middle seats unavailable to book on flights from Mexico City to Chicago
Pre-flight testing
Testing for antibodies, testing for symptoms for flights from Mexico City to Chicago
Flexible cancellations
Waiving of change fees. Search flexible flights from Mexico City to Chicago