You Trip Report

	DATE	FLIGHT NUMBER	SEAT	AIRCRAFT
27 May 19	MU2670	47C	737-800
CLASS	VIEWS	LANGUAGE	AUTHOR
Economy	89780	English ,French	AntoinePil

Prologue:

Return flight from Jinzhou, with an aisle seat again! So, there won't be any pictures during the flight.
Despite that small airport, we had the opportunity to visit the lounge.

Arriving at the airport that's easy to take a full picture of the airport due to its size!

Priority line to check-in. It's interesting to point out that policemen and soldiers also have the priority access in the airport.

View of the hall

1st departure hall on the groundfloor

2nd departure hall on the 2nd floor

From the opposite side

Our flight is delayed and as often in China we don't know why neither when it will arrive...

6pm we will start the boarding (instead of 4:25pm). We start queuing in the priority lane. On the normal lane a senior citizen who must travel for the first time started to complain as we were boarding before him. To avoid any conflicts the staff decided to let him go first before giving the priority back to the SkyPriority lane.

View from the first class lounge 3.

The reception desk...

From one side

To the other side

Food and beverage offer in a Chinese style

2 plugs for the whole lounge

Some reading

I was surprised to discover English written newspaper in this airport. However while checking for the newspaper name I've found out that it was outdated of a couple of months (Feb 11 2019)!

A more recent newspaper (only 3 days old) from May 24 2019

The business seats look comfortable but we're going to the 47C seat.

1st for boarding we can enjoy the empty plane.... for now!

Enough place for my legs anyway the flight is only 2h long.

This time it's impossible to adjust the head support despite we're also in the 737-800 but the configuration is différente

The flight is full again. That's the only flight to Shanghai of the day.

Safety instructions

And the movie for the entertainment. I cannot recommend the movie as I didn't understand the story!

Dinner time

Better to avoid it...

Finally arrived at Shanghai Pudong Airport at 8:40pm after 20min taxiing!

The famous shuttle bus to reach the terminal

========== Jinzhou Arpt (JNZ) - ==========

Security/Immigration efficiency: 10/10

Access and parking: 10/10

Services and activities: 10/10

General cleanliness: 10/10

========== First Class Lounge 3 ==========

Staff Service: 4/10

Entertainment: 2/10

Business Center: 1/10

Food: 4/10

Lounge Design: 4/10

Spa and Bathroom: 0/10

Wifi: 1/10

========== China Eastern - Airline ==========

Cabine comfort: 8/10

Crew: 10/10

Entertainment: 1/10

On-time performance: 1/10

Appetizer: 1/10

Starter: 0/10

Main Meal: 1/10

Main Meal-2: 0/10

Cheese: 0/10

Desserts: 0/10

Alcohols: 0/10

Mid-flight snack: 0/10

Breakfast or light meal before arrival: 0/10

========== Pudong International Arpt (PVG) - ==========

Security/Immigration efficiency: 10/10

Access and parking: 10/10

Services and activities: 10/10

General cleanliness: 10/10

Summary:

Return RT from this one (https://www.youtripreport.com/reportdetails?Id=869) and end of the journey in Jinzhou.
That is a small airport so we were already lucky to have and be able to access to the lounge. It was useful to seat in a quiet place due to the 1h30 delay of the plane.
Normally, people won't visit this place as it's tiny without many famous spots, however, in my case, that was a trip in my gf's family.

12 Comments

Thomas — May 30,2019

Merci Antoine pour ce TR. Ah les salons en chine un grand moment ou je retrouve les memes choses. Le point positif reste le catering qui a le merite d'exister. A+
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AntoinePil — May 30,2019

Pour la défense du salon, il s'agit d'une toute petite ville chinoise (oui 3millions d'habitants quand même...) avec 2 ou 3 vols par jours au départ et à l'arrivée je dirais. Je ne m'attendais déjà pas à avoir un salon là-bas! Il faut pas comparer avec Shanghai (~30 millions de personnes!).
Emile — May 30,2019

Quand meme fou de voir que sur une cie chinoise tu peux manger mais pas sur AZ, BA et autres. Merci du YTR.
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AntoinePil — May 30,2019

De rien! D'autre YTR arriveront bientôt, j'ai enfin le temps de poster sur le site >__<
Vendredi13 — May 30,2019

Ouf !
Les sachets, au salon, donnent de la couleur ! Salon qui a le mérite d'exister et, au vu des photos, on a l'impression qu'ils veulent bien faire. Et ça, ça n'a pas de prix.
Prestation à bord conforme au vol aller.
Merci, Antoine pour ce vol retour !
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AntoinePil — May 30,2019

Exactement ils essayent et vont s'améliorer avec le temps car la ville veut attirer d'avantage de visiteurs! et au moins ils étaient moins pénible quant à l'accès à ce salon.
Casper — May 30,2019

Hello Antoine,
Merci pour ce TR, le salon existe et c'est une bonne chose. Le plat n'etait pas bon alors ? La encore cela existe. A plus Antoine.
Casper
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AntoinePil — May 30,2019

Hello! Je trouve que les plats en vols domestiques sont rarement bons, mais là, ils avaient fait fort: même le riz devait être mis de côté!
Capoune — May 30,2019

Salut Antoine et merci pour ce vol retour.
Là au moins tu as pu accéder au salon ce qui est quand très appréciable!
Pour un domestique et/ou si court je trouve la prestation vraiment pas mal avec ce plat chaud.
Merci pour le partage et à bientôt
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jetsetpanda — May 30,2019

Thank you Antoine for sharing this interesting TR.

The F lounge is not really that First class after all. At least it is nice to see this facility in such a small airport.

For a domestic flight a hot meal is appreciated. Then again Chinese like to eat hot meals and have an aversion to cold food.
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AntoinePil — May 30,2019

Indeed, it was a first class lounge only by its name! I agree, it's pretty convenient to have those facilities at least.
Regarding the hot meals, i flight both way during lunch and dinner time which might explain this meal.
GRMY — May 31,2019

Merci Antoine pour cette suite.

L'accès au salon t'a permis de patienter pendant le retard.
Vol avec un bon pitch mais apparemment un plat décevant.

A bientôt.
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