Cathay Pacific is known for its exceptional first & business class lounges, which I consider to be among the best in the world. Along those lines, the airline has just opened its newest redesigned lounge, which is in a market that’s extremely important to the airline.
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Yeah I think fly Cathay vs Air China so far. I cought a lot of trouble between CAN and PVG on Air China, started in the big circle terminal. Shanghai is an amazing city, but also distressing, it's more connected to the world than you might expect, for bad historical reasons, but also a city you can literally walk out of into reality.
I think Beijing is more risky than other coastal cities on the mainland, maybe you fly in to see the forbidden city and great wall and leave. Guangzhou you think maybe is all gangsters, but the people are welcoming and within a circuit confined to southern China, maybe things work out better. There are gangsters in the domestic terminal - like Chicago.
Shanghai, you treat it as it were the San Francisco Bay Area, absolutely the same thing. Same people. So pretty. Rent a car, see the center, and leave.
I also think in Beijing that you are acting like a Hollywood star ONLY even if you are sleeping in a youth hostel.
Can't use public transportation. Cannot be seen in the city. Only trusted fixers and limo services. Someone has experience with rental car companies? Rent the saloon car.
Shanghai you can use the metro until dark, after which Rick Steve's tactics will not save you from getting Shanghai'd. Totally Italian after dark, totally Nickelodeon in the daylight.
I don't get a hat tip for mentioning it yesterday?! lol j/k
I don't find a separate first class section necessary for regional destination; you might not even get a dedicated first class cabin especially on such a short flight.
For other lounges in the network aside from home, Narita needs a makeover as they took over the space from American's Admirals Club as I've mentioned in the past. JFK is also expected to open a new lounge next year and from the rumours, it'll have lounge-to-gate boarding and they might even omit a dedicated first class section as well.
Is this a new thing? I didn't seem to have any issues roaming around Beijing day or evening when I visited in the 2010s.
Agreed with Danny, literally no idea what David said. Perhaps it's Google Translated from Mandarin?
No apron view? The VS Lounge at JFK and the Qatar Garden Lounge, don't but are two of the best to me, but colour me old fashioned... I do like my lounges with apron views...
No different than some of the newer business class lounges at HKIA. Doesn’t deserve a “flagship” description
I hope that they actually installed AC in the inner rooms. PEK is terribly ventilated and is always hot.
they don’t get much revenue for a 3 hour flight and no first class is flown, so of course there’s no first class lounge
Are there any wine or champagne etc serving? If no will be quite disappointing for this upgrade