Johnmango

We (three adults) will be flying from Puerto Vallarta to Mexico City in November.

My investigations tell me that the simplest way is to take Uber, which is about same cost as taxi, and less troublesome than taking the bus or the metro.

However I also heard that the city is trying to ban Uber from pickups at the airport. Wonder if that's true?

MinnBeef

Uber in Mexico is so cheap that I don’t know how anyone makes money. On my last trip in Nov. 2021, I didn’t fly into Mexico City (other than to fly on to Oaxaca City) but I did Uber from my B&B in Mexico City to the airport. No problems whatsoever.

crellston

It is three years since we were there so things may have changed. Like many/ most airports the authorities are not keen on Uber and seemed to insist on a specific pick up point for Uber s away from the taxi ranks. Wasn’t hard to locate.
we passed through a few times and both taxis and Uber worked fine. The cost difference was negligible so go with whatever you are comfortable with.

baldone

Fwiw:
https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/mex...rohibits-uber/

Fra_Diavolo

There used to be a desk near Arrivals where you told them what hotel you were going and they sold you a ticket which you handed to the taxi driver. Is that no longer the case? Worked well and painlessly.

baldone

Fra, thats still the case. And if the OP's Spanish is limited, it'd be best to hand the agent in the ticket booth the written name & address of the lodging. Likewise a copy for the taxista.

Johnmango

That is also what I heard ... that there was first a ban on airport pickup, and later a ban on airport dropoff using Uber.

But so far people have been ignoring the ban, and the authority is not enforcing it.