| I use to take China Air for many trips over to Asia | | | | BKK, the new seats slide forward giving the felling, if |
| especially Bangkok from LAX as Eva and China Air | | | | not an actual increase in the angle of the recline, and |
| almost always had the best deals, however for the | | | | it really felt much better. |
| past few years I have been getting good rates on | | | | The other thing that you will notice on this, again, the |
| Star Alliance Partners, either with Asiana, which if you | | | | cheapest flight to Bangkok that I could find at the |
| are going to Bangkok, routes through Pudong Airport | | | | last minute deal, the Boeing aircraft was also |
| in Inchon, or United going through Hong Kong & | | | | equipped with a great entertainment system that |
| Saigon Vietnam. | | | | had a large selection, probably at least 10 movies, |
| At the last minute I had to make a change to my | | | | and then lots of TV shows, as well as a very cool |
| flight reservation and move it up 6 weeks, and when | | | | interactive map that you could manipulate, and you |
| I called United to get my cheap flight changed on one | | | | could even send text messages via SMS if you had a |
| leg, they wanted almost $100 more for the change | | | | credit card or debit card with you. |
| than I paid for the whole round trip! So I hopped | | | | The only thing that I would comment that was less |
| online to see what was available. The best deal that I | | | | than my expectations would be the food, it was |
| could find to get to Bangkok at the last minute...China | | | | good, but I was hungry soon after, to be fair they |
| Air, which was the only game in town, everything | | | | did have sandwiches and fresh fruit available, but on |
| else was a couple hundred dollars more on a one | | | | long flights I like to get myself into a food comma, |
| way ticket. | | | | which is usually when I will get a short cat nap in. |
| I remember that the thing that I really hated about | | | | The other thing that I am noticing is that none of the |
| the China Air flight schedule was that there was a 6 | | | | international flights that I have been on in recent |
| hour layover at Chiang Kai-shek Airport in Taipei, | | | | memory are offering OJ with the water when they |
| which is besides LAX in my opinion, the worst airport | | | | come around the cabin. When I am in the big tube, I |
| in the world, back in the day there was no internet | | | | max out the vitamin C to hopefully ward off any |
| and the food and drink was horrible, and to add insult | | | | nasty bugs that are confined, re-circulated and |
| to injury they were charging 5 star prices. I use to | | | | amplified in the small space of a pressurized air cabin. |
| bring a pool mattress and an alarm clock and sleep on | | | | Along the same line, I would also like to see some |
| the terminal floor it was that bad. Well they have | | | | sort of sanitizer wipe given out at the beginning of |
| made some improvements to the airport, but | | | | the flight, even leave them on the seats so that you |
| thankfully the layover now is only 2 hours, which | | | | can wipe down all the surfaces that you are likely to |
| after a bathroom break and stretching your legs was | | | | touch, like the TV screen, the tray table and the arm |
| an easy one to do. | | | | rests, |
| On Cheap Bangkok flights I always have a problem | | | | All in all for a really cheap flight last minute LAX to |
| sleeping in the cramped positions back in the sardine | | | | Bangkok, I would give China Air a 9 out of 10 |
| section, so I was surprised when I actually slept a lot | | | | experience and will look at using them again in the |
| of the flight to Bangkok do to the new chairs on the | | | | future. |
| updated China Air 747 that they use from LAX to | | | | |