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  1. 06-Jan-2019, 09:11 AM #1
    wills
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    [QUOTE=JayAlexandra;83067]Hey guys. Sorry I meant to come here and reply before but I was so busy with Christmas coming up and preparing to leave for this trip. I meant to thank you for Letting me know there was a Hong Kong to LA flight, that got added in the last few years I guess and I didn’t even know it existed! For some reason on American Airlines regular website Hong Kong isn’t showing up on the where we fly map from either Dallas or LA so I would’ve had no idea if you guys hadn’t pointed it out to me! Well currently I am sitting in a diner in Hong Kong, one of my friends is trying to get home on D3 tonight and the gate agent told her that immigration might ask her to buy a ticket home if she comes in and out. Do you guys know if this is a thing? My ex got stuck in Hong Kong on a D3 for one night and left and came back to the airport and didn’t experience any issues. Also the flight loads are so full we’re looking at potential he being stuck here a few more days.[/QUO




    My rule when non-revving goes bad is to get out of the city I am in. For your friend who needs to return to work, if you can get her to one of the European cities AA flys from, you can change her ticket and get her home. The only one that looked good for a D3 was MAN. Below is a flight tomorrow to LHR which has a lot of availability. I'd send her to LHR. If you're in a situation where you can wait and aren't bleeding money, then enjoy HKG, but after a few days of lodging and meals, you start to approach the cost of a ticket. She'd be a thru so she wouldn't have to pay the LHR taxes. Just tell her to hold onto her boarding pass to show to LHR. Hope this helps! BTW, if you haven't used it, the ITA matrix by google is a great site to check flights to anywhere and it allows you to widen the range of destinations 2000 miles. I tried to include all of your options but there were too many images.

    One-way: Hong Kong to London, Mon, Jan 7
    ► Complete trips► Time bars
    PRICE ▼ AIRLINE ▼ DEPART ▼ ARRIVE ▼ DURATION ▼ FROM/TO ▼ STOPS ▼ ADVISORY ▼
    $800

    Cathay Pacific + others    		 12:50 am 1:30 pm 20h 40m HKG to LHR DUB


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  • 06-Jan-2019, 01:19 PM #2
    JayAlexandra
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    Hey Wills. Thank you so so much for your reply! Now that I’m thinking of it I’ve definitely looked at that ITA back in the day before I non reved. So you’re saying she would buy a ticket to LHR and then fly AA non rev back home? Well as I was writing this post my friend that’s stressed out about work (and didn’t get on the first try out to LAX tonight) just bought a ticket on United from HKG-ORD-DEN. Honestly she has the money to do it, while it’s unexpected and a bit of a setback she had the cash on hand and her credit cards are mostly clear, so she’ll be fine. Also she got premium econ on the way over here so all things considered she saved a lot on that experience. Also I’m just glad the stress of figuring things out for her is off my mind. Now I just have to worry about my other D3 that is trying to get back to PHX. And me, since things are looking rough for D1s out of here (but I wouldn’t use a D1 til my D3 is gone anyway). Also I have another week off and a visa to mainland China with a friend that teaches English in Guangzhou, as well as my friend that teaches in Tokyo. So I could always go stay with either of them if I’m tight on cash (also flights out of Tokyo back to US are still rough but looking slightly better than this HK mess).

    Well, I’m headed off to bed but I will certainly be back with an update lol. I’ll be repeating the non rev prayer tonight in my dreams and tomorrow too! Thank heavens for this board haha.
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