Yup I was surprised as well, and the service on both sectors I had was pretty good, not sure if that was the norm though. However transit in Beijing is such a pain, and their lounge in PEK needs a refurbish, added shower rooms and better care and servicing.

Thanks again! This was on 2 separate itineraries and I have work that needs to attend to in Indonesia and Singapore, so there were some domestic flights in between these 2 itineraries that I will not be reporting here... They were flown over a span of 3 months so it's essentially one big one (Japan and Korea) and a few additional small ones, but I figured I would just post it all on one thread.