I agree with you pegasus822.
Air China would cancel flights when they have doubts. That's why so many people hate flying them. First, they give you this very "tasteful" free meal, then you have to take care of your own hotel arrangements if you are not a forgeiner, it might change now. I have no clue how good their FF program is since no one uses them here in the States, everyone is using WP miles when flying to PEK.
And also, China Airlines has one of the worst saftey records. Even my friends from Taiwan refuse to fly them, they seem to like Eva Air better, but I don't know about their safety record.
I guess the moral of the story is, Air China's service sucks, but at least people don't die when flying with them.
Al