[Quick Take] Delta adds Los Angeles – Beijing Service
Delta is adding a daily fifth service to Asia from Los Angeles. This time it is Beijing on a 777, starting Dec. 16, 2016, and...
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Winning the AA Held Ticket Lottery
Lots of people bought AA tickets from Washington to Beijing last night. Some used the 24-hour hold and lost the seats. I managed to get...
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Philadelphia to China for under $500
Update (3pm 4 Oct 2013): Fare is gone; planning/logic remains valid for future similar deals. I don’t post airfare deals too often here, but this...
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Yes, American really is that far behind in Asia (sorry, Cranky)
Cranky Flier has a post out this morning suggesting that American Airlines really isn’t so weak in Asia. There are some interesting numbers in the...
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Hipster heaven at Beijing’s HouHai Lake
It is a story told over and again all around the world. A neighborhood is considered undesirable, with a rather seedy populace and low rents....
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Checking in: TianAn Rega Hotel, Beijing
The range of hotel options available in Beijing is tremendously broad. From dirt cheap rooms with no windows to grand luxury with a few more...
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Peking duck as a local specialty
There’s something to be said for enjoying the local dining delicacies when traveling. Whether Peking Duck is actually a local dish in Beijing or not...
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Climbing the Stairway to (Temple of) Heaven
Let’s say you’re a Chinese emperor, ruling the kingdom at some point between 1420 and 1911 and it is time to offer sacrifices and pray...
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The Forbidden City is neither a city nor forbidden: Discuss.
I don’t think that I gave the Forbidden City a fair shake. I was pre-disposed to not being particularly enamored with it thanks to comments...
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To the top of the Great Wall of China!
The Great Wall of China can [apparently, despite my youthful indoctrinations, not] be seen from outer space. I’m quite certain it was not visible today,...