{"id":175,"date":"2013-01-28T04:52:16","date_gmt":"2013-01-28T04:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointssummary.com\/?p=175"},"modified":"2015-05-11T21:57:25","modified_gmt":"2015-05-12T04:57:25","slug":"trip-report-everything-you-need-to-know-about-mexico-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/2013\/01\/28\/trip-report-everything-you-need-to-know-about-mexico-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Trip Report: Everything You Need To Know About Mexico City"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/2013\/01\/28\/trip-report-everything-you-need-to-know-about-mexico-city\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714;font-size: 1rem\">Introduction to Mexico City<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/2013\/01\/29\/w-mexico-city-hotel-review\/\">W Mexico City Hotel Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/2013\/01\/30\/sheraton-maria-isabel-hotel-towers-review\">Sheraton Maria Isabel Hotel &amp; Towers Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/2013\/01\/31\/le-meridien-mexico-city-hotel-review\/\">Le Meridien Mexico City Hotel Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/2013\/02\/23\/is-mexico-city-safe-for-tourists\/\">Is Mexico City Safe for Tourists?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/2013\/02\/23\/the-sights-and-sounds-of-mexico-city-2\/\">The Sights And Sounds of Mexico City<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/2013\/02\/25\/scam-city-mexico-city-edition\/\">Scam City: Mexico City Edition<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/2013\/02\/27\/the-various-eats-in-mexico-city\/\">The Various Eats in Mexico City<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/2013\/02\/28\/american-express-centurion-travel-lounge-in-mex\/\">Amex Centurion Travel Lounge in MEX<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>After hearing news about the Delta Skymiles devaluation, I decided to blow the last of my Skymiles balance which was sitting below 39k. I was looking for possible last minute trips and you know how hard it is to use 25,000 Skymiles for a roundtrip anywhere in North America. So, I expanded my horizons and decided to search for roundtrips from LAX to South of the border. I decided to use 35,000 Skymiles to MEX on coach operated by Alaska Airlines. I quickly ticketed the award and proceeded to call Delta so I could get my Alaska Airlines confirmation number.<\/p>\n<p>Once I had my Alaska Airlines confirmation number, I can then add my American Airlines Executive Platinum number to the reservation. One advantage of that is so that I could choose the coveted bulkhead and exit row seating. I chose an exit seat for the outbound and a bulkhead aisle for the return flight.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not reviewing my coach flights from LAX-MEX on Alaska Airlines, but I will have to say that their chicken tamales served onboard with salsa are pretty delicious!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.visitmexico.com\/work\/models\/VisitMexico30\/Template\/1\/11\/images\/marca.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"205\" height=\"60\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction to Mexico City W Mexico City Hotel Review Sheraton Maria Isabel Hotel &amp; Towers Review Le Meridien Mexico City Hotel Review Is Mexico City&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[205,49,50],"tags":[5,27,35,36],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.13 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Trip Report: Everything You Need To Know About Mexico City - Points Summary<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Introduction to Mexico City W Mexico City Hotel Review Sheraton Maria Isabel Hotel &amp; 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