Originally Posted by
pewpew
Canadians can get 5-day visas on arrival for Shenzhen only at the port of entry. But yeah, Macau is probably easier.
I'm wondering: would travel insurance cover this reason? Amex explicitly excludes rebellions, which I guess would include protests? HK sounds like a bad place to be stuck for a night, given the cost of hotels over there...
When Macao airport first opened TAP Air Portugal was running A340 on the Lisbon-Brussels-Macao so the airport has handled large overseas wide body aircraft. An AC flight would be interesting.
The insurance is also interesting. Would Amex insurance company do the assessment based on their knowledge of the situation or what AC identifies as the reason for the cancellation? If AC is honest and transparent it would be "political unrest". If AC is playing games to keep China happy it might be claimed to be "staff availability", "airport closure" or some other non-confrontational politically acceptable reason.