Economics With A Face

We walked across the border and there were a few taxis waiting. Just as I had read, it was $12 to the Tijuana Airport, and was a relatively easy trip. Our first moment of panic set in when I couldn’t find our AeroMexico itinerary, but it turned up in my wallet only after we searched most of our bags. We bought our tourist cards for Mexico, went through the initial baggage scan, and then were off to get our boarding passes and to check our luggage.

This leg of the flight we had 1st class tickets, as everything else was sold out. We were exited when we learned that this would mean we would also have access to the “Premier” lounge with internet access. Unfortunately, when we arrived at 9:45pm it was closed for cleaning. Even more unfortunate, at 2:00am, when we began to board the plane, it still had never reopened. I had wanted to work on my website because the server was having some major problems and I had been unable to post our travel itinerary. I guess people would have to wait, maybe up to a week to see it.

The first class tickets, which really were not much more that what we would have paid if we had been able to purchase the standard fare, were well worth it. It was Em’s first time riding in first class, and at 2:30 in the morning, it was a perfect way to make sure we got some sleep after 5 hours sitting in the TJ airport.