# Flight Reviews
Big breakthrough? China and the U.S. have now each approved 4 weekly China–U.S. flights, with Delta and United getting 2 each per week
Ever since the CAAC announced the new Five-One policy, airlines on both sides have been making moves behind the scenes. United and Delta have both received approval in Shanghai to...
Alaska Airlines Inflight Meals I’ve Had Over the Years
The last time I flew this year was back in early February. Feels like forever ago, so let’s look through some old photos and reminisce a little......
A Complete Journey Log from Seattle to Shanghai During COVID-19
In early March, I finally decided to have my mother-in-law take my daughter back to Shanghai. I’d like to share our experience booking flights, making connections, going through ar...
Qatar Airways Business Class Qsuite Review (Doha DOH to New York JFK)
Qatar Airways’ Qsuite was absolutely perfect and well deserving of its No. 1 ranking among business-class products (I’ll have to try ANA’s The Room someday for a comparison). The p...
China Southern First Class Review: Sydney SYD to Guangzhou CAN
This first class ticket cost only 10,000 more miles than business class, which made it a very solid value by comparison. You could also tell from the big difference in photo qualit...
China Southern Business Class Review: Guangzhou CAN to Sydney SYD
Overall, China Southern’s business class was solid but unremarkable. The space, comfort, privacy, and food were all fairly average, with no real surprises—but that was more or less...
Oman Air Business Class (DXB-MCT-DOH) + DXB/MCT First Class Lounge Experience
Both lounges were excellent, but both flights were only on the standard business-class seat. Since these were short hops, we were basically at our destination right after eating, s...
Etihad Airways Business Class Review (Beijing PEK to Abu Dhabi AUH)
This is the first post in my UAE and Qatar trip series, and I was really excited to finally try one of the Gulf carriers in a premium cabin for the first time. The hard product was...
From West Coast to East Coast (Alaska Airlines Award Redemption in Practice)
After this late-night business class trip across the U.S. from coast to coast, I think I probably won’t want to do this again anytime soon... Even though the seat was a bit bigger...
Air China Business Class Frankfurt to Shanghai (FRA-PVG) + FRA Lounge Review
The Air China experience was surprisingly good. It was a stark contrast to MB’s previous Air China review, with a very spacious seat, strong privacy, and a few pleasant highlights...
Winter Break Business Class Return Trip Diary (3): Air China Paris–Shanghai
Before I flew Air China, I was really worried about the service attitude, because there are so many negative comments online about Air China’s cabin crew. But it turned out the fli...