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Europe’s sleeper trains are back, with a modern design twist
Jan 07, 2020, 02:11 PMRecently travelled from Prague to Zurich in a Deluxe Sleeper. Had a private shower and toilet and comfortable bed. The service by the train staff was impeccable and could not be faulted in any way shape or form, especially over breakfast. The nature of the ride was interesting as my carriage was ...
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Business class vs first class on China's high-speed rail network
Dec 04, 2019, 09:56 AMBusiness on longer haul train journeys in China can feature a regular meal, not just a snack. However there may not be Business Class on every high speed train. Sometimes a Premium seat is also sold, higher in price than First Class, but they are just the same as the First Class seating. They are...
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Aerotel Beijing hotel opens its doors at Beijing Daxing Airport
Oct 09, 2019, 04:11 PMXi'an has the Sleep Box Hotel with their cabins on the Departure Level of T3. Made use of it in July after a late night arrival. Was comfortable and surprisingly quiet, despite the location. Very comparable with my experience with Aerotel, just without an attached lounge.
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Starlux Airbus A321neo with lie-flat business class to launch Jan 2020
Oct 09, 2019, 04:02 PMIt will be interesting how a FOURTH Taiwanese regional airline will go. The current third airline being the struggling Far Eastern Air Transport. So it might be a better comparison with FAT, rather than EVA or China Airlines.
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Qantas Domestic Carry On: Baggage Allowance [Updated 2019]
Nov 28, 2018, 03:08 PMI hate it when the airlines try to enforce that a bag is 7.5kg or such as being overweight. Nowhere in their information does it mention a decimal place or 7.0kg as being the limit. 7 kilograms is still 7kg up until you reach 8kg. They nit-pick too much on this. Especially on LCC who then try to ...
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Communicating with Home from China
Dec 04, 2017, 05:32 PMYou can buy a China Unicom (Hong Kong) cross border SIM card. This connects via Hong Kong's phone network and allows your phone/tablet to be outside the Great Firewall (Golden Shield). There are voice/data or data only options available, although there may only be data only SIM cards next year du...
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Load factors for Virgin's Hong Kong flights
Oct 04, 2017, 03:14 PMThis week is the October National Day Golden Week for China, which allows many Chinese to travel. So it should be interesting to see how the successful the loads are. Foreign flights from Hong Kong are still seen as preferable for many Chinese, who want a stopover in Self Administered Region. A p...
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Closest non-Airport railway station from Melbourne and Brisbane Airports
Sep 26, 2017, 01:02 PMOriginally Posted by Doubleplatinum : Some people can't value their time too much to go spending so much extra of it to save a few bucks? Sometimes you can find yourself in the position of being time rich but cash poor. I had a wallet stolen the day before returning home to Australia, so no time...
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Hong Kong Airlines and Hainan Airlines operated lounges for VA plat/gold members
Jul 19, 2017, 02:42 PMDespite it not being official, I was still able to get into the Hainan lounge at Urumqi. There are actually two lounges in their domestic Terminal 2 location, either side of the security checkpoint. One lounge, to the right of Security at Gate 11, featured a large seating area for a few dozen peo...
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Hong Kong Airlines and Hainan Airlines operated lounges for VA plat/gold members
Jul 14, 2017, 07:56 PMThat is great news, I'll check out the Urumqi lounge on Monday morning with this news.