Oh, no way!! It's just wild that this is the transit area, with people waiting there for long periods of time, with hardly anything by way of sustenance. I don't think it's a particularly Chinese thing, since I've flown from Kunming (domestic) and Shanghai before and both have far, far better options for food after clearing security. Beijing Capital is very sad by comparison. Hope you didn't board too hungry!!
My most fun was a flight to a work-related conference in New Orleans. Booked flights to arrive the day before, planning a lazy start the next day prior to the afternoon conference start.
I got to L.A. OK but thunderstorms in Dallas (my ticketed hub change) meant a delay which stretched to 12 hours (rather than the expected 4), cancelled flights, an unplanned diversion to Miami, 9 hours sitting there (in the middle of the night with nothing open in a terminal being rebuilt, familiar!?) then back to New Orleans.
Could have been worse, at one stage I was going via San Francisco, Washington DC & Orlando... or not till Saturday when the conference was over!
I finally got to the hotel at 14:00, the conference started at 15:00!
Ah! If it was Singapore, I would've gone down the giant slide, had my feet nibbled by fish, ordered a beautiful vegan burger and probably found some other wild entertainment, all in the first four hours!
June 2025 and it is the same. It is cazy that there are such limited food and drink options in a giant international airport.
I wonder if the Chinease way is to eat before security?? There were a range of restaurants above check in. (I know you were transferring - I wasn't)
Oh, no way!! It's just wild that this is the transit area, with people waiting there for long periods of time, with hardly anything by way of sustenance. I don't think it's a particularly Chinese thing, since I've flown from Kunming (domestic) and Shanghai before and both have far, far better options for food after clearing security. Beijing Capital is very sad by comparison. Hope you didn't board too hungry!!
My most fun was a flight to a work-related conference in New Orleans. Booked flights to arrive the day before, planning a lazy start the next day prior to the afternoon conference start.
I got to L.A. OK but thunderstorms in Dallas (my ticketed hub change) meant a delay which stretched to 12 hours (rather than the expected 4), cancelled flights, an unplanned diversion to Miami, 9 hours sitting there (in the middle of the night with nothing open in a terminal being rebuilt, familiar!?) then back to New Orleans.
Could have been worse, at one stage I was going via San Francisco, Washington DC & Orlando... or not till Saturday when the conference was over!
I finally got to the hotel at 14:00, the conference started at 15:00!
No hot chips available after 4pm is madness. If only it was Singapore Airport
Ah! If it was Singapore, I would've gone down the giant slide, had my feet nibbled by fish, ordered a beautiful vegan burger and probably found some other wild entertainment, all in the first four hours!
Oh no one told me about the slide!
The glamour of travel!
I know, right! We are so lucky to get around the way we do, but sometimes there's a link in the chain missing...
June 2025 and it is the same. It is cazy that there are such limited food and drink options in a giant international airport.
I wonder if the Chinease way is to eat before security?? There were a range of restaurants above check in. (I know you were transferring - I wasn't)
June 2025 and it is the same. It is cazy that there are such limited food and drink options in a giant international airport.
I wonder if the Chinease way is to eat before security?? There were a range of restaurants above check in. (I know you were transferring - I wasn't)
June 2025 and it is the same. It is cazy that there are such limited food and drink options in a giant international airport.
I wonder if the Chinease way is to eat before security?? There were a range of restaurants above check in. (I know you were transferring - I wasn't)
June 2025 and it is the same. It is cazy that there are such limited food and drink options in a giant international airport.
I wonder if the Chinease way is to eat before security?? There were a range of restaurants above check in. (I know you were transferring - I wasn't)