I'm excited to share this review of Juneyao Airlines since they recently joined Star Alliance as a connecting partner. I bought my flight for roughly $100, which was by far the cheapest in the market. The fare included 20kg of luggage, which seems to be the standard across most Chinese carriers. One word of caution:…
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Nice review, thanks!
Had a rather pleasant experience last month in J on their Shanghai - Dalian Flight.
Economy seems to be quite good also.
Ah Americans and their entitled expectation that everyone must speak good english. Why don't you learn Mandarin?
I keep telling these foreign businesses, for a mere $100 per hour, I'll make sure their English language versions of their business materials are written in proper and correct English lol.
And Joe, if a business puts out anything in a foreign language, the least they can do is to make the effort to ensure their materials are written in that language correctly, otherwise, it looks sloppy and unprofessional.
No, he's just entitled to the expectation that a customer should be treated with due consideration. What's wrong with that?
I'm getting sick of even full service airlines doing their so called landing checks an hour before landing. Singapore airlines and Cathay do this regularly in economy. It's ridiculous.
Good to see OMAAT has fulfilled its daily quota of bashing China but sucking the Middle East's d..k
Maybe you need to know the airlines Chinese name can also mean Lucky Airline. Good luck Lucky.
@RF Line-cutter Daniel is actually quite a bad-ass nickname! Thanks for your creativity 🙂
Skit i dom Daniel. Dessa hatare kommer aldrig försvinna. Älskar att du skriver så ofta på OMAAT.
Från en göteborgare till en annan, du gör ett grymt jobb!
Fortsätt med det.
Juneyao is a discount airline actually. But its usually been ok in my experience. But I still prefer China Eastern
"Finally, he aggressively said, 'no, no more meals for you!'"
Just like the soup nazi on Seinfeld ("no soup for you!")
@Daniel,
I enjoy your reviews. Especially at your young tender age, travelling the world and informing us about all the good and sometimes not such pleasant experiences. Keep up the good work!
Please don't be mean to Daniel. I like this blog and I read every posting. And, to be honest, I have had the same experience with air travel within China: when you are not understood the FA's can get surly. They don't have to speak English. They should simply have a card where we can point for usual needs and it is in a multitude of languages. In this manner, the FA doesn't have to be tense and the non-Chinese speaker doesn't have to be the recipient of frustration. Now, wasn't that easy?! Going forward I don't want to see any mean spirited discourse on this site. It is unnecessary.
Not sure what you are seeing on the pillow, but to me, it looks like a piece of lint... I don't think it looks THAT bad...my goodness. And you know what, even though the English probably sucks, I don't even get why every airline must have English translation. I know for safety, but I just find it kind of crazy that a flight from Italy to Spain should have an English translation, or a domestic Chinese flight... yet in the US its English only and if you don't like it, don't come attitude...
Im sorry youre vegetarian 🙁
but anyway great review! Just followed you on instagram! 😀
I concur with Tadd. A language barrier does not necessarily have to result in rudeness. I frequently go to Japan, where language is also an issue. However, an effort is made to try to communicate. I apologize, they apologize, we share a knowing smile, and we try our best to get our point across.
lucky you dont take chicken really?????anyway seems like your worst flight.doesnt????
Is there no comment moderation here? What is the relevance of comment like this:
- "Ah Americans and their entitled expectation that everyone must speak good english. Why don’t you learn Mandarin?"
And then couple minutes later he realized that the author wasn't even American:
- "Ha ha ha, it is ‘Speak English well’, you illiterate European!"
Or:
- "Another stupid post by line-cutter Daniel. Your ignorance is appalling." -> And exactly what ignorance?
I think training the commentators to reason and to think logically would provide better discussion.
@Josh travelling in shorts should be banned. FFS not everyone wants to see some gay teen leg in every shot....
Daniel, with all due respect, you are being a little unreasonable to expect high English proficiency. You are in their country where English is not their primary language. (I understand the history of Hong Kong but it's still part of China now.) I can understand the frustration - I had a language barrier two years ago on a German ICE train - but my opinion is it's very self-centered to visit a foreign country and take exception that their can't communicate with you in your language.
Helpful post as I was considering buying the same route but never heard of this airline, thanks.
@J haha. Agreed. OMAAT seems to be very much in love with Middle Eastern carriers from economy to the residence.
My wife and I were booked on this airlines from Shanghai to Xian and back by our tour operator. We never heard of it until we were dropped off at Pudong airport. All announcements onboard we given in Mandarin and English. It's a budget airline that served full meal on a 2 hour flight. The flight attendants spoke very limited English, but hey you only need to say rice or noodles when they start serving your meal. They seemed to understand us. And point to the bottles when they serve you drink. The rest, just follow the crowd being shuttled from busses to the terminal or the plane. We were more concerned about people sneezing onboard without covering their mouths. Bring your mask.