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Hi everyone! It is now the summer holidays and after a memorable year of schooling and ‘homeworking’, it is now time for some rest and relaxation!!!
At first, we decided to stay in Shanghai for the holidays, but my dad had to attend to a meeting in Singapore, so he asked my brother to tag along with him. My mom booked their flight with Cathay Pacific once again as their fares are always cheaper than other airlines.
The problem was just about to start.
My mom then decided that she also wanted to go back to Singapore so she booked a flight again for us both. We glanced through the flights and the flight my dad and brother were booked in said ‘FULL’. Uh-oh. We then decided to just book another flight that leaves at a later time and go to the airport to see if we could get onto my dad’s flight.
(We booked the ticket 12 hours before the flight, which explains why my dad’s flight was full)
We woke up at 5am for the 7.40 am flight.
Departures area.
We headed to the Dragonair ticketing services counter and asked if my mom and I could go onto my dad’s flight. The staff was very friendly and told us that although the flight was full, we could go to the stand-by counter and be on stand-by. Then the staff added: “Only for this flight to Hong Kong. You would have to go to the Hong Kong airport’s transfer counter and be on stand-by again.”
If my mom and I could not get onto the Dragonair flight, we would have to wait at the airport for another 2 hours to check-in for the flight we booked on. Thankfully, we made it onto the dragonair flight my dad was on.
We were at the gate 10 minutes later. Boarding had already started, so no time for burger king.
On the way to the gate
Spotted a DL B777-200LR on the way to the gate
A Lego display shop
Arriving at the gate
Boarding via the jetway. (It rained heavily during the morning)
We were onboard at 0718h
Airline: Dragonair
Flight number: KA857/CX6857
Aircraft: A320-200
Aircraft registration: B-HSG
Flight time: 1h 50min
Business Class seat
I was sitting alone in the middle seat as the flight load was 100% in Y.
We took off at 0800 sharp and breakfast was served 30 min later with beverages.
Breakfast:
Chinese fried noodles with pork and vegetables
Or
Omelette with bacon and tomatoes
With fruits and apple juice
I chose the fried noodles as I’ve read that eggs on flights are bad
I was seated on the second-last row. Took a shot of the wing while my neighbor went to the lavatory
At first, we decided to stay in Shanghai for the holidays, but my dad had to attend to a meeting in Singapore, so he asked my brother to tag along with him. My mom booked their flight with Cathay Pacific once again as their fares are always cheaper than other airlines.
The problem was just about to start.
My mom then decided that she also wanted to go back to Singapore so she booked a flight again for us both. We glanced through the flights and the flight my dad and brother were booked in said ‘FULL’. Uh-oh. We then decided to just book another flight that leaves at a later time and go to the airport to see if we could get onto my dad’s flight.
(We booked the ticket 12 hours before the flight, which explains why my dad’s flight was full)
We woke up at 5am for the 7.40 am flight.
Departures area.
We headed to the Dragonair ticketing services counter and asked if my mom and I could go onto my dad’s flight. The staff was very friendly and told us that although the flight was full, we could go to the stand-by counter and be on stand-by. Then the staff added: “Only for this flight to Hong Kong. You would have to go to the Hong Kong airport’s transfer counter and be on stand-by again.”
If my mom and I could not get onto the Dragonair flight, we would have to wait at the airport for another 2 hours to check-in for the flight we booked on. Thankfully, we made it onto the dragonair flight my dad was on.
We were at the gate 10 minutes later. Boarding had already started, so no time for burger king.
On the way to the gate
Spotted a DL B777-200LR on the way to the gate
A Lego display shop
Arriving at the gate
Boarding via the jetway. (It rained heavily during the morning)
We were onboard at 0718h
Airline: Dragonair
Flight number: KA857/CX6857
Aircraft: A320-200
Aircraft registration: B-HSG
Flight time: 1h 50min
Business Class seat
I was sitting alone in the middle seat as the flight load was 100% in Y.
We took off at 0800 sharp and breakfast was served 30 min later with beverages.
Breakfast:
Chinese fried noodles with pork and vegetables
Or
Omelette with bacon and tomatoes
With fruits and apple juice
I chose the fried noodles as I’ve read that eggs on flights are bad
I was seated on the second-last row. Took a shot of the wing while my neighbor went to the lavatory
It's a good effort. Well done 
I used to be a SGean living in China as well. Glad to have moved on to the UK but I do miss being in China sometimes. My Yuan went so much further than the pound.
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