Category Archives: Frequent Flyer

What to pay attention to in planning a trip across China-Hong Kong Border for the cases when your time is short

Here is the follow up summary to the experience I had recently in crossing the Shenzhen to Hong Kong border crossing. If you are planning to take a flight from Hong Kong airport and you need to get there from … Continue reading

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Crossing from Shenzhen into Hong Kong for a Flight from Hong Kong Airport

This week I had to take a flight from Hong Kong to Los Angeles, CA. This was after a several day stay in Shenzhen. On Friday night after all business was done, I checked with the hotel I was staying … Continue reading

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Flight on China Eastern from Shanghai to Tokyo / A Review of (at least one flight on) China Eastern

Several years have passed since I have flown on China Eastern on an international flight. Last time it was a business class flight from Shanghai to Los Angeles. At the time I was not impressed with the plane, the seats … Continue reading

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Quick posting about a recent trip to Russia — Moscow and Saratov

Time really goes by very fast…and things around us (the world around us) is changing fast as well. I just recently had the opportunity to go on a trip to Russia. I have been to Russia only once before — … Continue reading

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Advice on dealing with luggage at S.Korea’s Incheon Airport

Earlier last week I posted my account for the recent flight on Korean Air and how incredibly weird the handling of carry on luggage is with that airline. Now I wanted to continue with another idiosynchrosy of Incheon airport. As … Continue reading

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Advice on how to NOT check in your carry on luggage – How to save yourself the hassle of lost luggage

Flying on some airlines around the world is an “interesting” experience. Why? Well, here are two recent experiences: * just this week I needed to take a flight from Taipei to Seoul. The airline which was my carrier this time … Continue reading

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More updates on Travel to/from Hong Kong Airport to Shezhen

The questions about how to get from Hong Kong Airport to Shenzhen and back keep coming up in various forums. Even now that there are direct flights from Taiwan to China (rather than via Hong Kong) the topic is still … Continue reading

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Interesting experience going through Beijing International Airport Terminal 3

Recently a took a flight from Taipei to Beijing. Yes, the flights between the two cities are now becoming the norm. Earlier in the Summer (of this year) I flew from Shenzhen directly to Taipei, and now from Taipei directly … Continue reading

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Flying in China, or anywhere in the world for that matter…

Over the past 2 weeks I had the interesting experience of having a bunch of flights between Shenzhen, Shanghai and Beijing. The reason I call them interesting is that I heard again the strange explanation of why flights get delayed. … Continue reading

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More on Air Travel in China – Also an observation about what services and products support need to be

About a year ago I posted on some of my experiences with how Chinese airlines manage delays and overall information to passengers…Well, it seems that a boiling over point has been reached for travelers in China. Recent article posted by … Continue reading

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