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Old 11-25-2010, 12:06 AM
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I have a scheduled DH from DEL to PVG on Asiana (OZ), I was thinking of deviating and taking China Southern from DEL to PVG (first class).

Anyone ever DH on them? Service? They code share with Delta, so could use the extra miles.

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I once had a China Southern DH CAN-HKG in coach. I would best describe it as unreMARKable ... not great, not bad ... let us know how it turns out. Thanks

And the Asiana part sounds a bit scary to me ...
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I have not used China Southern, but I have used Asiana multiple times with great service. Their head to head competition with Korean Air has made them Airline of the Year a couple of times.
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China Southern was not good. They cancelled my reservation to PVG, for no good reason. Then they had to re-book me into the other airport, vice Pu Dong. First class might be OK, but the back is a cattle car.
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I flew them DEL-CAN last week in business class and it was OK. I slept most of the flight. The back is a cattle car though. For some reason my business ticket that I already had was changed to coach. I realized this and had corp travel rebook me in business. They said someone else changed the class? I was on the scheduled DH. So pay attention to being rebooked.
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Not that it's related to your question but China Southern just put out an ad for cadet pilots.

Job requirements:

1) Willingness to pay RMB710,000 (USD107,000) for your training.
2) Willingness to sign a 15 year bond!!
3) Willingness to accept a salary of RMB200,000/year (USD30,000/year) once you complete your training (Salary maxes out for captains at about USD75,000/year).

Personally, I'd rather give my business to somebody else.
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Did China Southern First Class from CAN - LAX (-777) a couple years ago. While it was no Cathay, it was decent. I'd compare it more to business class with one of the other carriers. It was a big seat that reclined probably 140 degrees or so, they fed us a couple meals that were ok, and I drank as much free beer as they would give me.

Never had a bad experience with Asiana, but on a long leg like yours it may be worth going with China Southern for the bigger seat.

Look at it this way: either carrier you go with will be taking you away from DEL so that alone is a great thing
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Originally Posted by Fedex View Post
I have a scheduled DH from DEL to PVG on Asiana (OZ), I was thinking of deviating and taking China Southern from DEL to PVG (first class).

Anyone ever DH on them? Service? They code share with Delta, so could use the extra miles.

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Can you guys even DH on China Southern? In a previous life we could not DH on any Chinese airline except Cathay... This was due to serious safety problems with all Chinese airlines.

This was in our union contract, not company policy.
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Originally Posted by PCLCREW View Post
Can you guys even DH on China Southern? In a previous life we could not DH on any Chinese airline except Cathay... This was due to serious safety problems with all Chinese airlines.

This was in our union contract, not company policy.

We had to make a lot of changes to ensure we memoralized the chinese flying (the irish pilots were breathing down our necks; some say they still are ) but that is another story.
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We had to make a lot of changes to ensure we memoralized the chinese flying (the irish pilots were breathing down our necks; some say they still are ) but that is another story.
Not since the Citizen/Employee verification form.............
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