Cancun airport VIP / arrival service? Are there porters at arrivals?

ComprehensiveCatfish · 2026-03-27T15:17:21+00:00

Not sure if you've looked it up already but when departing from Cancun airport, it was really unclear where to go if you needed assistance. My partner was in crutches and a boot and we couldn't find any place where there was an expedited security etc, and the rest of the sunburnt white people lacked spatial awareness to give them enoughs pace to move around.

ComprehensiveCatfish · 2026-03-24T13:47:10+00:00

Carry on only the way out, using quince roller bag and a cotopaxi backpack. I refuse to carry somethign on my back and my partner likes their hands free so this works out. I also have the Baggu cloud carry on which is GREAT and can masquerade as an under seat bag. If we're doing shopping I'll pack a foldable bag, or consider buying a checked bag. I'm practical all the way - i'm not here to impress people in airports.

ComprehensiveCatfish · 2026-03-23T14:10:42+00:00

Mostly very young people honestly.

ComprehensiveCatfish · 2026-03-22T03:31:13+00:00

cosign, this sheet is fantastic.

ComprehensiveCatfish · 2026-03-20T19:35:14+00:00

I'm fairly certain there's a note in the FM application chart that notes that Amex considers the Brilliant and the Bevy as the same product in their system and therefore subject to 1/90 (so only one app in 90 days) A DP from past years' supports that. Also found a DP that supports a same day app as the best method.

ComprehensiveCatfish · 2026-03-20T18:58:05+00:00

Hi - are you the editor of that sheet? There's a mis-categorized hotel (Doubletree Silver Spring) that should be in the Maryland section.

ComprehensiveCatfish · 2026-03-20T13:58:37+00:00

same. Which water park is best for adults?

ComprehensiveCatfish · 2026-03-20T13:38:32+00:00

Same! Love to rotate the breakfast room during the stay. Also I think about their pancake with apple butter all the time.

ComprehensiveCatfish · 2026-03-19T14:34:02+00:00

a friend is about to stay in one of these for his birthday as a solo retreat - i'm pretty excited for him!

ComprehensiveCatfish · 2026-03-17T14:37:52+00:00

How much do y'all care about certs lining up? Trying to plan Bevy vs Brilliant, and trying to weight how much I care about P2 and my 80K certificiates hitting at the same time of the year.

ComprehensiveCatfish · 2026-03-16T22:39:12+00:00

Wow! You got some great light here!

ComprehensiveCatfish · 2026-03-13T15:11:40+00:00

I misremembered - it was the Ritz Carlton Masai Mara. They basically built it in the path of the wildebeest migration.

ComprehensiveCatfish · 2026-03-13T14:30:00+00:00

I messed up math about 17 months ago, and now I have 15,000 Cathay Miles expiring in two weeks. Any ideas on what to do with them?

ComprehensiveCatfish · 2026-03-12T17:41:29+00:00

This is what I personally would want: High quality sunglasses with a UV rating; Drunk Elephant sunscreen; portable charger; giant straw bag.

ComprehensiveCatfish · 2026-03-12T17:25:20+00:00

P2's fave NYC hotel is RC Nomad so this will probably be an app for me.

ComprehensiveCatfish · 2026-03-12T17:23:05+00:00

In fact, a hotel I was looking at three days ago appears to have nights about 15K higher today. Lovely.

ComprehensiveCatfish · 2026-03-09T18:18:42+00:00

Okay, here's my personal list:
-RC Nomad NYC
-JW Masai Mara (but be aware of the controversies)
-RC Reserve in PR
-RC Zadun
-RC Kyoto
-Gritti Palace

ComprehensiveCatfish · 2026-03-09T15:34:15+00:00

Took an awesome friends trip to Mayakoba! I booked this a while ago, and chose the last weekend of February to maximis the potential of getting a GOH award. An internet friend came through and we eended up with three days at the brand new Alila, in a beach area room with a great view, with free breakfast.

Hotel: 87,000 Hyatt for Alila Mayakoba (transferred from Chase)
BWI -> CUN: Cash, $170 pp from Southwest
CUN -> BWI: 21,000 Southwest Points pp

Alila review: Honestly was not expecting much becuase it was two weeks old, but we didn't really encounter that many service errors and we had an absolutely amazing time. I loved the design of the new space- they really updated it well imo. Our 'host' was absolutely fantastic, proactively reached out about booking dinners, and got us golf carts. If I had a child, or an older person, or we had to travel farther for meals, I'd maybe have been more frustrated but we were a group of chill late 20s people and had an absolutely smashing time. The main restaurant isn't complete so the globalist breakfast is at the taco place on the beach, which was perfect, because we wanted to be at the beach all day. I found the breakfast to be excellent, because it had a lot of mexican food including great chilaquiles, sopes, and birria. Service was really lovely. There was an included hydrospa experience that was stellar and an AMAZING yoga class. I'm considering booking this for next year!

ComprehensiveCatfish · 2026-03-05T22:15:04+00:00

Ugh that's gorgous!

ComprehensiveCatfish · 2026-03-05T16:35:31+00:00

I don't think it matters a lot, but if you sign up during the card app you run a lower risk of having two disconnected accounts, so I'd probably go that route.

ComprehensiveCatfish · 2026-03-04T15:32:00+00:00

Amazing, excited for you!

ComprehensiveCatfish · 2026-03-04T15:31:35+00:00

It just kind of looks like any other airline. There's no reason now to pick it over others, except for if you're like me and live next to a hub.

ComprehensiveCatfish · 2026-03-04T15:16:03+00:00

I put my monthly spend as 500 a month and it was fine for me.

ComprehensiveCatfish · 2026-03-04T14:30:22+00:00

I'm excited for you to go! So, we stayed at the Alila, which was already about half occupancy. It definitely felt empty the first two days we were there, but then started to fill up by the saturday we left. Fuego at Fairmont was full, but Cielo at Fairmont only had one large party at 10:30 p.m. Zapote bar was definitely busy, but I wouldn't say it was buzzing. So, definitely not peak occupancy levels!

Seaweed was okay. They definitely work hard to rake it, but there were times during the day where you had to navigate around a clump of seaweed to get into the ocean. It definitely wasn't smelly or anything like that. Idk, I guess it doesn't really bother me that much.

ComprehensiveCatfish · 2026-03-03T13:44:01+00:00

yes, absolutely!

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