Thank you for this! Question, were you able to plug in your laptop under the seat? Using the 2 prong plug (US, I guess, for lack of a better word), or was it an EU plug? Thank you!
Hi, thank you for your helpful video. I will be doing a domestic flight with China Eastern and I have an economy ticket. I was wondering if in addition to hand luggage, it is also possible to carry a personal accessory (small backpack or bag) in the cabin. I can't find any information on this, could you give me some guidance based on your experience? Thanks
Yes pangyou, I made the mistake not to fly it from Rome to PVG for 1380 € round trip in Business. I am xiabania ren, so I chose to fly from Madrid. Before I have to connect from the north. 1550 € was the rate, dirt cheap for business @@dchfoong
great video. I think the price that you paid was kinda price. I think if thee ticket price was 4000rmb that is a deal. Chinese airlines have great seat recline. Did you have any checed baggage. You have good english
Thank you and yes, I had checked baggage included in the ticket price. The ticket was a return ticket (Singapore-Shanghai-Rome-Shanghai-Singapore), booked about a month in advance, and was (from comparing against other airlines) by far the cheapest option, with other airlines offering tickets for S$1,600 (RMB 8,000) and above!
I’m sorry to hear that about the temperature. The temperature at the start of my flight was uncomfortable as well, but it got better once we took off. Glad to hear that the service was ok!
Knowing how the AC works : its only up to full capacity with engines running and giving full thrust for heavy takeoff bleed air is also reduced. How much power does the APU make and how much is useable for cooling I don't know. Crews from warm countries will mostly set warm cabins and crews from cold countries to cold temps. Both comes with advantages and disadvantages depending also if you fly from cold to warm climate or vice-versa. @@dchfoong
I believe you can pay for access as well (check the Plaza Premium website). This is in addition to a number of credit cards that Plaza Premium offers lounge access to.
The food, by and large, was very edible! Of course, don’t expect anything fancy or grand, and I would say the quality is still yet to match the top carriers. But on the whole, the efficiency of the food service and cleanliness of the plane more than made up for any downsides to the quality of the food. Having watched many behind-the-scenes videos of RUclips of how food for planes is made (and, in particular, the complicated process to make the enormous quantities that are pumped out daily), I am now more grateful for food served on a plane than I may have been years ago!
Not at all. She probably thought you were famous(ish). Keep up the good work mate! I'm also from Sydney but in consulting and have always thought about being an expat in Singapore but always too afraid to pull the trigger so I live vicariously through your videos now@@dchfoong
Thank you for the comment! I must definitely try China Eastern Airlines' domestic flight routes to compare it with their international flight routes! For this flight, I felt that the cabin crew's English speaking abilities were, overall, quite high and they made a good effort to communicate with non-Chinese speaking passengers. Do you think their international service has improved over the years?
Flying this route in december, looking forward to it
taking this in a couple of days, though after this long flight i have a 3h layover and another 4h flight to bangkok. i'll be exhausted
I Have Experience China Eastern Airlines A350 Amsterdam-Shanghai ,Was Not My Best Fligth.Great Video
Thanks! it was useful
great review
Thank you for this! Question, were you able to plug in your laptop under the seat? Using the 2 prong plug (US, I guess, for lack of a better word), or was it an EU plug? Thank you!
thanks for all of the information!
Hi, thank you for your helpful video.
I will be doing a domestic flight with China Eastern and I have an economy ticket. I was wondering if in addition to hand luggage, it is also possible to carry a personal accessory (small backpack or bag) in the cabin. I can't find any information on this, could you give me some guidance based on your experience? Thanks
Fratello, mi piagge il tuo anglese ;-) Nice, thank you for the review. The price is good.
Thank you for your kind comment!!
Yes pangyou, I made the mistake not to fly it from Rome to PVG for 1380 € round trip in Business. I am xiabania ren, so I chose to fly from Madrid. Before I have to connect from the north. 1550 € was the rate, dirt cheap for business @@dchfoong
great video. I think the price that you paid was kinda price. I think if thee ticket price was 4000rmb that is a deal. Chinese airlines have great seat recline. Did you have any checed baggage. You have good english
Thank you and yes, I had checked baggage included in the ticket price. The ticket was a return ticket (Singapore-Shanghai-Rome-Shanghai-Singapore), booked about a month in advance, and was (from comparing against other airlines) by far the cheapest option, with other airlines offering tickets for S$1,600 (RMB 8,000) and above!
How many hours did you sleep on the plane?
Had the same flight, the cabin temperature was uncomfortably hot to and from. Food was meh, but service was ok.
I’m sorry to hear that about the temperature. The temperature at the start of my flight was uncomfortable as well, but it got better once we took off. Glad to hear that the service was ok!
Knowing how the AC works : its only up to full capacity with engines running and giving full thrust for heavy takeoff bleed air is also reduced. How much power does the APU make and how much is useable for cooling I don't know. Crews from warm countries will mostly set warm cabins and crews from cold countries to cold temps. Both comes with advantages and disadvantages depending also if you fly from cold to warm climate or vice-versa. @@dchfoong
Hi, what do you need to acces the lounge at the airport. Do you need membership card?
I believe you can pay for access as well (check the Plaza Premium website). This is in addition to a number of credit cards that Plaza Premium offers lounge access to.
Do you need to fill out the health form if you are only transiting through Shanghai?
Not anymore
We if you don’t have WeChat?
I heard the food is horrible, how was ur experience?
The food, by and large, was very edible! Of course, don’t expect anything fancy or grand, and I would say the quality is still yet to match the top carriers. But on the whole, the efficiency of the food service and cleanliness of the plane more than made up for any downsides to the quality of the food. Having watched many behind-the-scenes videos of RUclips of how food for planes is made (and, in particular, the complicated process to make the enormous quantities that are pumped out daily), I am now more grateful for food served on a plane than I may have been years ago!
Europeans only eat hamburger and fries, they cant handle chinese stuff. @@dchfoong
Is better than China southern?
I’m sorry, I haven’t sat on China Southern before! Hope to do a review if/when I do!
Looking at the service, I think China southern is better which i also flew from rome. I think the skytrax rating of 4 VS 3 for CE is correct
9:35 the girl behind you is a bit of a hottie
I think she was giving me the evil eye! I hope she wasn’t put off by my video taking (i.e. not another vlogger)!
Not at all. She probably thought you were famous(ish). Keep up the good work mate! I'm also from Sydney but in consulting and have always thought about being an expat in Singapore but always too afraid to pull the trigger so I live vicariously through your videos now@@dchfoong
中国东方航空最好的航班体验是中国国内航线，中国的航空公司在国际航线上的竞争力超弱。餐食差，服务拉胯（因为机组人员的英语很差😂）很奇怪的现象。
Thank you for the comment! I must definitely try China Eastern Airlines' domestic flight routes to compare it with their international flight routes! For this flight, I felt that the cabin crew's English speaking abilities were, overall, quite high and they made a good effort to communicate with non-Chinese speaking passengers. Do you think their international service has improved over the years?
@@dchfoong时代在进步，航空公司的服务水准和语言水平肯定有改善，但是改善的速度太慢。特别是他们的服务人员的英语水平。这和中国不使用英语有很大关系。和日本一样。我们完全不用英语。我回复您的留言也是中文。