Current China Entry policy
Sep 6, 2021 | 3:45 am
#946
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To use upgrade points, you need W fare or higher. W is rarely available on 858. Often it's H or E or M.
I have never seen K on this route. If you buy S, then you need to pay fee plus points to upgrade.
1K is almost guaranteed to get upgraded.
Nothing is free here. If you are not 1K or Plat you don't have upgrade points.
Sep 6, 2021 | 7:13 am
#947
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Sep 7, 2021 | 2:29 pm
#948
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I bet that upgrade is easy to get because people like me get denied HDC pre approval and cancel last minute. The SFO-PVG route, cant remember if thats 857 or 858.
Both of the times Ive flown United PVG-SFO in the past year, the Polaris cabin has been sparse also.
Both of the times Ive flown United PVG-SFO in the past year, the Polaris cabin has been sparse also.
Sep 8, 2021 | 3:22 am
#949
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Interesting positive case in today's Shanghai Covid report:
??2021?9?7??????????????? ??????6? ????2?__??????????
病例1为亚美尼亚籍，在泰国旅行，自泰国出发，于2021年9月4日抵达上海浦东国际机场，入关后即被集中隔离观察，其间出现症状。综合流行病学史、临 床症状、实验室检测和影像学检查结果等，诊断为确诊病例。
So this person is of Armenian nationality, was travelling in Thailand (presumably not a resident, because they normally would say working/living for people residing in a country), and flew from Thailand to PVG. So they got a green code despite not being a resident of Thailand.
??2021?9?7??????????????? ??????6? ????2?__??????????
病例1为亚美尼亚籍，在泰国旅行，自泰国出发，于2021年9月4日抵达上海浦东国际机场，入关后即被集中隔离观察，其间出现症状。综合流行病学史、临 床症状、实验室检测和影像学检查结果等，诊断为确诊病例。
So this person is of Armenian nationality, was travelling in Thailand (presumably not a resident, because they normally would say working/living for people residing in a country), and flew from Thailand to PVG. So they got a green code despite not being a resident of Thailand.
Sep 8, 2021 | 8:21 am
#950
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Interesting positive case in today's Shanghai Covid report:
??2021?9?7??????????????? ??????6? ????2?__??????????
病例1为亚美尼亚籍，在泰国旅行，自泰国出发，于2021年9月4日抵达上海浦东国际机场，入关后即被集中隔离观察，其间出现症状。综合流行病学史、临 床症状、实验室检测和影像学检查结果等，诊断为确诊病例。
So this person is of Armenian nationality, was travelling in Thailand (presumably not a resident, because they normally would say working/living for people residing in a country), and flew from Thailand to PVG. So they got a green code despite not being a resident of Thailand.
??2021?9?7??????????????? ??????6? ????2?__??????????
病例1为亚美尼亚籍，在泰国旅行，自泰国出发，于2021年9月4日抵达上海浦东国际机场，入关后即被集中隔离观察，其间出现症状。综合流行病学史、临 床症状、实验室检测和影像学检查结果等，诊断为确诊病例。
So this person is of Armenian nationality, was travelling in Thailand (presumably not a resident, because they normally would say working/living for people residing in a country), and flew from Thailand to PVG. So they got a green code despite not being a resident of Thailand.
Sep 12, 2021 | 11:19 pm
#951
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Another gem today from Shanghai's Covid report:
病例4为以色列籍，在以色列生活，自以色列出发，经香港转机，于2021年9月10日抵达上海浦东国际机场，因有症状，入关后即被送至指定医疗机构隔离留观。综合流行 病学史、临床症状、实验室检测和影像学检查结果等，诊断为确诊病例。
An Israeli national travelled from Israel via Hong Kong to PVG and tested positive.
病例4为以色列籍，在以色列生活，自以色列出发，经香港转机，于2021年9月10日抵达上海浦东国际机场，因有症状，入关后即被送至指定医疗机构隔离留观。综合流行 病学史、临床症状、实验室检测和影像学检查结果等，诊断为确诊病例。
An Israeli national travelled from Israel via Hong Kong to PVG and tested positive.
Sep 13, 2021 | 1:54 am
#952
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The bad: I guess it'll be that much harder to take it now...
Sep 13, 2021 | 8:02 am
#953
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Any idea why Israelis can transfer through HKG? Do they have resident status of HKG? From what I understand, Chinese citizens without HKG resident status cannot transfer through HKG if their destination is Chinese inland.
Sep 20, 2021 | 11:03 am
#957
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It's mostly being talked about in the main Coronavirus forum, but the US is dropping the entry ban from China in November. Hard to find a specific link as most of it is about the EU but fully vaccinated travellers from anywhere will be let in.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/natio...-live-updates/
As this thread is mostly focused around US <> China travel, this may be useful to those of you who are not US Citizens or Permanent Residents.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/natio...-live-updates/
As this thread is mostly focused around US <> China travel, this may be useful to those of you who are not US Citizens or Permanent Residents.
Sep 20, 2021 | 2:04 pm
#958
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Many Shanghai hotels are still not accepting foreigners immediately following quarantine. Quite frustrating.
Sep 20, 2021 | 4:48 pm
#959
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Thats not surprising considering that some hotels just outright ban all foreigners these days. What would be more interesting and helpful to know is what hotels in Shanghai do currently accept people immediately following quarantine. Do you have any insight into this?
Sep 20, 2021 | 6:59 pm
#960
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I've been staying at a lot of hotels (2 nights away from Marriott Titanium this year) and have not run into any issues.