Emirates and United Airlines expand their codeshare agreement, with Mexican destinations

Emirates and United Airlines have announced an expansion in their codeshare partnership, to include nine destinations in Mexico.

The codeshare network between Emirates and United currently includes several US cities and Mexico becomes the first country outside of the US to be added to the growing network, with nine destinations in the country, in addition to Mexico City. Other destinations included are Cancun, Cozumel, Monterrey, Puerto Vallarta, Guadalajara, San Jose Del Cabo, Leon/Guanajuato, and Queretaro. 

Furthermore, the codeshare partnership also provides more flexibility on flight timings, giving Emirates customers flying to Mexico City more options when choosing flights. Depending on travel plans, passengers can opt to fly to the Mexican capital using Emirates daily services from Dubai with a stop in Barcelona, or separately book codeshare flights to Mexico City. 

The expansion of the codeshare network also enables customers flying from the nine points in Mexico to fly to destinations on the airline’s network, via Chicago or Houston, with 134 destinations, accessible from United’s gateways in the US, while almost 100 additional points across the US, Canada, Central and South America, and the Caribbean are available for customers to choose from on an interline basis.   

The codeshares with Mexican connectivity will operate via Chicago O’Hare or Houston Intercontinental, whilst Emirates operate direct services to Mexico City.

Emirates Skywards passengers can earn and redeem miles on codeshare flights – but not on interlined flights. As usual, check before you travel.

Opening more options

There are some welcome things – and connectivity is always welcome to see, with options for travellers to take advantage of – even if there may be some manual baggage re-checking to do when you arrive in the USA. 

The routes should prove popular for those who are travelling both for business or pleasure, whilst only adding codeshares to extend a network.