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But back to the flight. buy bns gold I get the best seat on the plane! For some reason, they switch my seat, and give me the entire emergency row, immediately behind First Class, and it’s two feet from the bathroom. Air Max 90 Femme Fjallraven Kanken Kopen This is great, and not only for the obvious reason.
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I have a 2 ½ hour layover in Beijing airport, and while that seems like a good break, in reality, it’s incredibly short.
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I take the airport train downtown, but can’t get online anywhere, because all the coffee shops, like Starbuck’s – and I can already tell that they’re as ubiquitous here as they are back home – require you to get a code texted to your phone number – and I don’t have a phone yet.
So I’m really stuck, until I happen upon two German guys walking down the street and I ask them if they can have a code texted to their phone that I can use. Happily they agree, and I sit on the deck of Starbuck’s outside (it’s closed) searching for hotels. It’s a couple hours after I arrive – well after midnight – when I book one and take a taxi there. Aside from any jetlag, I’m just very tired.
PRACTICAL TRAVEL TIP: Aside from possibly selling out, which didn’t seem to be an imminent threat – there was no price advantage in booking a month, two weeks, or even a week ahead. Air China had seats on sale, with a scheduled end date, and as long as you booked during that time – even if your flight was tomorrow, you could get it for that sale price. Asics Gel Nimbus 17 męskie ray ban homme Unlike American airlines, which have something like 10,000 different fares for flights, depending on the micro-second you book and how many days out, etc.
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