NY consulate only gave me 2 entries with six month window last year. I'm pretty sure I asked for 1 year window.
As for the deal, not too bad, Shanghai is nice in Sept/Oct.
Come apply at LA next time ;-) They even have a 24-month multi-entry box on the visa application form. However, it is only good for people who were born in China.
$130, length varying depending on what you get approved for, max length is a year for non-China/Taiwan/HK/Macau born Americans. You can try to do a <48 hour stopover in Shanghai, but you will need another ticket to go to a third country.
No, it should be $140 since US increased the visa fee. It's reciprocal as what US charges for.
I tried the LAX->PVG reservation and did see the $694 pricing. My problem is that I live close to SFO, which somehow makes all flights expensive this time.
The especially odd one is a $701 RT LAX->PVG that stop by SFO:
UA239 LAX->SFO
UA857 SFO->PVG
because if I try to book it from SFO, I get the same flight as the 2nd leg, but the price is $1019. In other words, my flight is a strict subset of the flights from LAX, but mine is 47% more expensive.
Is there anything I can do? I know on the inbound flight I can just get out at SFO and forget about the flight to LAX, but what about outbound? I don't think I can *start* the trip from SFO on that cheaper ticket --- I think I have to start from LAX.
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Welcome to FT, milelover888!
Unfortunately, it is a common practice. Market decides pricing, not necessarily distance.
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Originally Posted by milelover888
I tried the LAX->PVG reservation and did see the $694 pricing. My problem is that I live close to SFO, which somehow makes all flights expensive this time.
The especially odd one is a $701 RT LAX->PVG that stop by SFO:
UA239 LAX->SFO
UA857 SFO->PVG
because if I try to book it from SFO, I get the same flight as the 2nd leg, but the price is $1019. In other words, my flight is a strict subset of the flights from LAX, but mine is 47% more expensive.
Is there anything I can do? I know on the inbound flight I can just get out at SFO and forget about the flight to LAX, but what about outbound? I don't think I can *start* the trip from SFO on that cheaper ticket --- I think I have to start from LAX.
I tried the LAX->PVG reservation and did see the $694 pricing. My problem is that I live close to SFO, which somehow makes all flights expensive this time.
The especially odd one is a $701 RT LAX->PVG that stop by SFO:
UA239 LAX->SFO
UA857 SFO->PVG
because if I try to book it from SFO, I get the same flight as the 2nd leg, but the price is $1019. In other words, my flight is a strict subset of the flights from LAX, but mine is 47% more expensive.
I hope you have friends or family in LA where you can stay for free.
My last couple of trips involved LAX instead of SFO because of this. On one of the trips, I checked no bags and went LAX-SFO-Asia and then did Asia-SFO-LAX but jumped off at SFO since I had no checked luggage. Getting to LAX to start this trip required a one-way ticket during the $69 sale a month ago. SFO-LAX RT fares are very expensive right now, so this is not easy to pull off.
When there were two or more people on the trip, it was better to just drive from SFO to LAX and back while staying at family in SoCal.
There is also a 24 month business visa, which isn't especially hard to get (I know because I have one).
Yes, after one have two previous F-business Visa in record. 2 years ago when I apply, it was rejected by SFO. Had to resubmit application to Washington DC. Not sure if this is still the case, but they were the only one can process 2 years visa then.
Yes, after one have two previous F-business Visa in record. 2 years ago when I apply, it was rejected by SFO. Had to resubmit application to Washington DC. Not sure if this is still the case, but they were the only one can process 2 years visa then.
DC is my favorite, but LA and Houston are also good.
