rbAA

It's not that they don't have heaters, or a question of rationing, it is that no one wants to pay for the electricity, so you wear heavy jackets and gloves indoors starting in November, except in the western style hotels of course.

moondog

TMK, there are no central heating grids south of the 长江. But, since I presume most of you guys are staying in hotels, this is a non issue. If you're not, you can pick up a nice space heater at Carrefour for around y200 (less on taobao).

CDKing

$144 RT for B6 BOS-PHL. I just know as soon as I pull the trigger there will be a schedule change on the main trip. Other AS EQM earning options but not woth the risk of cuting it too close on connecting flights.

HMPS

Anyone on Tuesday Oct 15 ORD PVG ?

Two of us , be in the FS Lounge a bit early. have Flyertalk tag.

whimike

According to the fare rules, the fare is valid for the following months in 2014:

How did you book this for Oct 2013?

AA_EXP09

He never said it was on this fare.

TProphet

In Beijing, heat may not be on yet in October. The temperature has to drop below a certain threshold for 3 consecutive days before the government turns it on. If you need any advice about what to see or do in Beijing, PM me - I lived there for 3 years and left in February.

rocketzo

I booked this fare (PHL-PEK) in October via Orbitz and found out today that there was as significant schedule change on my PHL-ORD USAIR leg on 2/15/14. It turned my 3 hour connection in ORD to a 7 hour connection. I do not want to do that and was trying to figure out what my options are without paying any change fees. The PHL-ORD portion is on US and the ORD-PEK portion is on AA.

I'm based in DC, so ideally I'd like to change the PHL-ORD US flight to a better timed DCA-ORD flight on either UA or AA. Will they do that for me? Are both UA and AA now codeshare partners with US? If they wont do that and I have to stay on US, my second option was to book a BWI-ORD flight on US.

Worst case scenario, there is a better PHL-ORD flight on US I'd like to change to, but that'd be my last resort.

Any ideas or tips? Thanks!

justchris82

Perhaps someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but the fare is booked through American Airlines, so when Orbitz contacts AA to see if they can obtain a better flight, AA will likely be able to offer one of their own flights...When you contact them, propose the specific flight.

My problem is that I actually want a longer connection, It's 5 hours 10 minutes for me, which was changed from 5 hours, 20 mins, and I'd love a longer one so I can take the blue line into the city to visit a friend and maybe go to one of the museums.

Orbitz

Hi Rocketzo,

My name is Lynne; I’m a member of the Orbitz Customer Relations Team. Please email us at [email protected] and include your Orbitz confirmation #, so that we can review what’s available for your airline schedule change protection.

Thank you for reaching out. We look forward to hearing back from you.

Sincerely,

Lynne
Orbitz Customer Relations
Chicago, IL

AA_EXP09

Is this necessary, considering the schedule change was involuntary?
(AA/US should waive the fees in that case.)

Blootch

Anyone know if ORD-PEK/PEK-ORD is an easy route to upgrade? I'm leaving on Feb 5th (Wed) and returning the 10th (Monday). On UA, I've had better luck with mid-week flights, not sure if anyone has same experience here on AA. Should have my SWUs deposit sometime Monday morning, an will apply right away. Unfortunately I'm only seeing J=7 and C=0 on both flights.

whimike

I am also on the 5th and 10th flights. I wonder how many FT'ers will be on these 2 flights...

zgringo14

I'm flying this same route starting on 2/19. So far, I still have the 3 hour layover in ORD. I am also in the DC area. If you figure out a way to fly out of DCA, please let me know. The schedule change may open it right up for you. So far my original flight from PHL-ORD is still the same, so I guess I'll be taking a train or bus to PHL to start the trip. I would rather have flown out of IAD or DCA.

rocketzo

ZGringo - The USAir flight schedule change wasn't enough to get US (or AA) to budge and put us on a DCA vs PHL flight. Though Orbitz was able to contact AA on my behalf and put us on an AA PHL-ORD flight at a much better time than the US PHL-ORD flight that we got put on given the US schedule change.

Also just wanted to report back that Lynne from Orbitz who posted above was awesome in helping me and my 3 companions all get moved from the USAIR flight none of us could make and put us all on the same better timed AA flight!