Comments on: China Eastern flight cancellation

By: fhfh

fhfh — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:56:54 +0000

To the person who was asking for a place to buy cheap china flights, I’ve been booking my flights from http://www.bamboobookings.com for the past 3 years that I’ve been living in China and have had great reliability. Other companies end up never booking what I want and I end up wasting time and money going to the airports.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:20:00 +0000

In my opinion, China Southern is a first class service. If I get good or bad service from an airline,I always tell the airline first. But – perhaps this is a brand new idea?

By: Woaizhongguo

Woaizhongguo — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 04:34:00 +0000

Yes this is a familiar tale which any frequent traveller has encountered. If your flight is cancelled good luck trying to compete with the crowds to get a different flight. It’s not China Eastern – they’re all equally bad or even worse so you can’t do much about it.

The only other thing worth trying is going to another airline counter (China Southern for example) and buying a fresh ticket.

By: David Scott Lewis

David Scott Lewis — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 05:22:00 +0000

The sad truth: China Eastern is one of the better airlines in China — and I’ve flown on most of them at least a few times.

The safest thing is to choose an airline with the most flights to your destination. So that’s what I do. When there’s a problem, I’m more likely to get it resolved.

The downside with this approach is that it doesn’t work well for day trips (as in your case, if you have to wait several hours, the day is shot) or for late night flights (which are almost always the least expensive, at least when booked through Ctrip). Heading back home in either BJ or QD and taking a cab back will cost me RMB 135 in BJ, RMB 180 in QD — so there goes the cost advantage of my less expensive flight.

As we all know, it’s tough to get domestic flights to PVG, but taking the shuttle bus or a cab from SHA to PVG to make an international connection is a pain-in-the-butt (especially if I have a few bags), so I have only one option in the morning and one in the evening when I have to flight out of Shanghai. Risky since I may not make my connection (but always have).

Q: So, how do you know that you’ve been living in China too long? A: You come to the realization that retrieving your luggage stored in an overhead bin during final approach does indeed save time!!

By: lin

lin — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 08:08:00 +0000

Oh poor.. I thought people’s luck will become better a lot after their birthdays. ha:) joking.

But…How can they behaviored like that? Oh my God..That is one of many issues I always feel shame to admit in China. Will they turn a little bit kinder one day? …..

En,en, many things need to be changed…how do you think on Olympic?