How Does Air China's IAH-PEK Compare to United's IAH-NRT for Onward Transit to Asia?
Jan 22, 2014, 2:45 pm
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Jan 22, 2014, 9:19 pm
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My cousin flew on CA from TPE to PVG last Oct, this is the coach inflight meal for the < 2hr domestic flight. No wonder Chinese are all so lean, who can survive on this?
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we should be thankful for US' friendly airlines, they know what's best for their beloved travelers.
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we should be thankful for US' friendly airlines, they know what's best for their beloved travelers.
Here is what UA serves for free in Y for a 2 hour flight: http://www.comp.rgu.ac.uk/students/u...s/image370.gif
Jan 24, 2014, 10:31 am
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Yeah...your humor did not come across. I was wondering too.
Here is what UA serves for free in Y for a 2 hour flight: http://www.comp.rgu.ac.uk/students/u...s/image370.gif
Here is what UA serves for free in Y for a 2 hour flight: http://www.comp.rgu.ac.uk/students/u...s/image370.gif
Wow you got a royal feast!
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Feb 8, 2014, 4:21 pm
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Ok for those who had flown CA iah-pek in F, are comments posted to the above regarding CA correct? They are saying the 2 (ca and china southern) are basically comparable.
Had i read that review, i would not have booked ca at all.
Ok for those who had flown CA iah-pek in F, are comments posted to the above regarding CA correct? They are saying the 2 (ca and china southern) are basically comparable.
Had i read that review, i would not have booked ca at all.
Feb 8, 2014, 4:42 pm
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Feb 8, 2014, 5:46 pm
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I read this thread and I think people generally don't mind flying CA to PEK; problems arise on departure/transit.
Based on this and Lucky's review, I burned UA miles to book IAH-PEK-HKG in CA F for mid-May. The layover in PEK is 3.5 hours so that should be enough, right? Any good threads on transiting PEK?
P.S. On a return managed to snag CX F to SFO since I can do a stop-over there before coming back to Houston.
Based on this and Lucky's review, I burned UA miles to book IAH-PEK-HKG in CA F for mid-May. The layover in PEK is 3.5 hours so that should be enough, right? Any good threads on transiting PEK?
P.S. On a return managed to snag CX F to SFO since I can do a stop-over there before coming back to Houston.
Feb 8, 2014, 6:18 pm
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Unless it's one of the terrible smog days. I was lucky and got out, though you could barely see the sun in the middle of the day, and next day flights were grounded due to lack of visibility.
Oh, and I snagged CA F via PEK to IAH, hopefully it will be nice.
Feb 8, 2014, 6:19 pm
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Keep in mind when you fly chinese airlines in J or F, you are paying (with miles I hope!) for the brand new industry leading hard product, not the soft product.
I was considering booking PEK-LHR in F but decided against it as the connection SHA/PVG-PEK on CA would have been in Y as CA does not seem to be releasing any domestic award F seats. I ended up booking "F" on PVG-TPE to fly BR.
I was considering booking PEK-LHR in F but decided against it as the connection SHA/PVG-PEK on CA would have been in Y as CA does not seem to be releasing any domestic award F seats. I ended up booking "F" on PVG-TPE to fly BR.
Feb 8, 2014, 6:27 pm
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Flew a relatively short PVG-KIX on CA in coach (thank you UA for cancelling that day's PVG-SFO, rerouting me via a 5 hour stopover in KIX costing me half day of scheduled two day Shanghai visit
), and have no complaints about serivce. They even let me sit in exit row for no extra charge 
Feb 8, 2014, 7:00 pm
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I'm sure 3.5 hours will be fine. IIRC there is/are threads in China forum.
Unless it's one of the terrible smog days. I was lucky and got out, though you could barely see the sun in the middle of the day, and next day flights were grounded due to lack of visibility.
Oh, and I snagged CA F via PEK to IAH, hopefully it will be nice.
Unless it's one of the terrible smog days. I was lucky and got out, though you could barely see the sun in the middle of the day, and next day flights were grounded due to lack of visibility.
Oh, and I snagged CA F via PEK to IAH, hopefully it will be nice.
BTW, is it still true that you can't select seats online on CA?
Feb 8, 2014, 7:43 pm
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Feb 8, 2014, 8:03 pm
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Completely disagree with this. Hainan Airlines is only one of a few Skytrax 5-star airlines in the world. China Southern is a 4-star airline. United, AA, and Delta are all 3-star airlines.
Plus, all Chinese airlines still serve a complimentary meal on domestic flights, as opposed to any US based airline.
Plus, all Chinese airlines still serve a complimentary meal on domestic flights, as opposed to any US based airline.
Did you know that at one point HU was 5 star but NH was 4 star ? With that rating do you still believe in Skytrax ? You would never get the quality of NH's food and service in any of China's big 4 CA, CZ, MU, HU !
And sorry, not all Chinese airlines serve a complimentary meal on domestic flights, unless it is key markets like PVG-PEK, many smaller markets for non-meal hours only have a snack box, same as CX and CI, both had downgraded from meal to snack box for non-meal hours flights for HKG-TPE.
If any of you guys are cigarette smoke sensitive, I suggest you should read this thread first before flying CA !
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/star-...ull-smoke.html
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Feb 8, 2014, 8:14 pm
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That having been said, I do give HU some props for its extremely cheap business class fares.
Feb 8, 2014, 8:18 pm
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