Upon arrival at Narita we headed to transit security, which was surprisingly deserted. From there we went to the ANA business class lounge, which is located at the far end of the concourse, about a 10 minute walk away.
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I was on the same flight last month (even sat in 1C!). Upon check-in (I had overnighted at NRT due to IRROPS), BR was very strict about the 7kg carry-on weight limit, and forced me to check my rollaboard. Did you experience this?
Ah, Eva Air, used to fly it to Taiwan as a kid. I think the "yellow mochi" you are referring to is a dim sum dish called "nai huang bao" (google search). I hope you were able to try some authentic Taiwanese food in Taipei.. beef noodle soup, din tai feng dumplings, pork chop rice, Taiwanese breakfast, and more.
@wxguy
EVA is known for weighing the carry-on. I got weighed for long-haul Toronto-Taipei in June also and has to check it (it was 10kg, when my carry-on was itself 4kg). I even forgot I had cameras in there (oops) but it arrived safely
I don't know why the big deal vs. other airlines who rarely measure (I haven't got weighted by AC, UA, AA, SQ, TG, LX, etc...)
i'm curious too, what is the award availability like on the hello kitty planes? i am kicking myself for not finding out about them until after i flew my hk to taiwan flight two months ago =(.
I thought I remember that you said the purpose of going to Taipei was to fly the Hello Kitty plane. Perhaps I missed something...why did you take the A321 instead?
We flew the Hello Kitty plane from TPE-HKG in J a couple weeks ago. Fun and availability in J was wide open. Nothing in Y however.
OK that AirShow view is freaking awesome! They show that all the way to landing?
@ wxguy -- Guess I lucked out since I was connecting and they had no way of checking my bag. 🙂
@ Lantean -- Generally excellent, as I doubt there are many business travelers that actively seek out the Hello Kitty plane. 😉
@ SANspotter -- The real purpose was to try EVA's longhaul service. I was hoping to incorporate the Hello Kitty flight, but due to the timing it just didn't work out unfortunately.
I also flew HKG-TPE on the Hello Kitty plane (sheer accident) and the businessmen which predominated the J cabin seemed to not care one way or the other.
My wife and I found it amusing but other than that, it was a normal flight. Catering seems to BR's weekest link and I am really unsure as to why, they seem to want a quality product but seem to just miss the mark with the strange menu configuration.
>Legroom was slightly better than you’d get in domestic first class in the US, though not as good as longhaul business class.
To put things into perspective, the distance between NRT and TPE is less than HEL and FCO, or SFO and IAH. And it's certainly better than intra-Europe legroom 😉
I got my hand luggage weighed too but they allowed our bag at 8.8 kg to go through, a 3 year old on the itinerary helps:-)