Our inbound flight arrived at 5:30AM, and our connection was at 7:35AM, so we had about two hours to make our connection. Upon arrival we walked down a long hallway towards immigration, which was down a level from the arrival concourse. Another 787 had arrived just a few minutes before us, so there was a…
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The full-on security pat down is now standard all over China. Men only pat down men, but women pat down whoever's next in line.
'Typically flying within China isn’t an especially enjoyable experience'
I don't know where you get this from, like, 10 years ago maybe? Your experience is quite an average experience flying within China these days. You gotta remember, this country moves in a speed most westerners can't even understand.
Ignorant American traveling in China, the app is called wechat and it has more users than Facebook.
The second 787 that arrived before you was from Vancouver, Canada right? (Based on the Canada sweatshirt and mini Canadian flag in the pic) 🙂
next to xiamen is a small(er) city, anxi, which is one of the most important tea centers in china
Interesting how Canadians accuse Americans of being overly patriotic (as if love for one’s country is an odious thing), yet they’re the ones who drape themselves in their own flag to the point of cliche.
The sewn on flag on the napsack is virtue signaling at its finest. It’s a quick & easy way to tell the globe, “I’m not some ignorant, crass American souring the landscape of your country - I’m a global traveller (sic), smugly bringing my superior culture to your shores.”
'I think domestic lounges in China rank among the worst lounges out there. '
I don't think there are airlines and lounges ever worse than Big Three airlines in the states.
It’s not just domestic lounges, lounges in China rank among the worst lounges out there with a few exceptions.
As a AA EXP I had to admit the US domestic lounges are bottom of the bottom...
Grant: most of the knapsacks you see with a Canadian flag sewn on are carried by Americans, pretending to be Canadians. We don't need flags on our backpacks to announce our nationality. It is obvious to any non-North American by the way we behave.
Well, try Shenzhen Airlines lounge at Shenzhen airport. It is the best domestic lounge in China...
Try the Sakura Lounge at PVG T1 (a contract lounge, I think).
The lighting in there feels like an office! (yes, this is meant to be taken in a negative way)
@Frederick: Thanks for proving my point.
Btw, few Americans have access to MEC bags. Higher quality equipment at lower prices is readily available here.
The next time you drive to Buffalo or Bellingham to save a few loonies for a flight, don’t forget to be grateful to your welcoming hosts.
And it wouldn’t hurt to tip once in a while.
@Lucky: Regarding adding the Delta FF #s in the lounge - A couple years ago I was in Air China's domestic first class lounge in PEK T3 and requested a seat change, but the lounge agent told me that they did not have the ability to reassign seats in the lounge. Not sure if this applies to all Chinese airlines and their lounges, but perhaps the lounge agents do not have certain reservation/ticketing abilities. My guess is that the lounge agent you spoke with sent your FF #s and the pictures of your boarding passes through WeChat to a colleague with the authority to add the numbers (maybe someone at the XiamenAir ticketing desk at XMN), who then added them to your reservation.
The tea room set up is definitely used. This is a common scene in many Chinese business place. Sometimes the host will make the tea, sometimes a waitress will do it for you. Fujian province is one of the most important tea producing region in China as well.
Wow - the Canadian American rivalry is still alive and well according to this thread. I thought that died a generation ago. Just sad!
@Peter that is on my list to try. I hope the lounge is as nice as you say it is. When in Shanghai, Shenzhen Airlines uses the Air China lounge and it was super crowded and it was very basic. At least, the employees were nice.
@Andy the Sakura lounge at Pudong is owned and operated by JAL. That should be their lounge for business class customers and other types of VIPs.
@Lucky You can use the Chinese National Immigration lines when directed by the Immigration staff. It has happened to me a few times as well. I waited in the appropriate line until directed by the staff in order to help speed up the queue when necessary.