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Taiwan’s China Airlines has made a name for itself as a top-notch international airline, and a recent flight I took to Taipei from Vancouver, Canada, reinforced for me that this is a carrier on the upswing.
As one of the largest airlines of Taiwan, China Airlines unsurprisingly has flights to five North American cities including Honolulu (HNL), LAX, New York-JFK, San Francisco (SFO) and Vancouver, Canada (YVR) to its hub in Taipei (TPE).
In my case, I was already in Seattle, so decided to limit my searches to flights from the West Coast. China Airlines is a member of SkyTeam, so you can redeem your Delta SkyMiles or Air France-KLM Flying Blue points for award tickets on China Airlines. You can easily search for award space on Delta's website or ExpertFlyer.
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Since there wasn't any availability for the dates I needed to fly, I set some ExpertFlyer alerts, but ultimately no award seats became available. We ended up paying for my ticket directly on the China Airlines website using the Platinum Card® from American Express, which earned 5x Membership Rewards points per dollar spent on airfare purchased directly with the airline or Amex Travel.
Had award seats been available, my flight would've cost 95, 000 SkyMiles with Delta and 85, 000 with Air France. China Airlines releases a fair number of award seats, so it's definitely something to consider when flying to or from Asia.
The online booking process was simple, but I immediately received a follow-up email saying that I needed to verify my credit card. To combat fraud, tickets purchased with international credit cards on the China Airlines website require additional verification.
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I had two options to verify the card: either present the card I used for payment at airport check-in or fill out a form with the credit card information and provide copies of the credit card and the cardholder's passport. I did latter and found the process annoying.
I first needed to locate the form on the website and then call the reservations hotline to ask where to send the completed form. After collecting all the required information, I emailed the form and waited. And waited. Three days later, I received an email saying that one of the scanned pages was illegible so I needed to resubmit the form. After a week of back and forth, I finally received confirmation that the verification was complete.
Lesson learned: Don't book China Airlines flights directly through its website. Use an online travel agency to avoid the manual credit card verification step.
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I tried checking in online but received an error message directing me to proceed to the airport check-in desks. It wasn't related to the whole credit card-verification ordeal. The check-in agent needed to manually verify my passport and visa info for entering China, since I had a connecting flight to Shanghai (PVG).
All the extra verification slowed down the overall check-in time, but my boarding passes were still issued in about 10 minutes. I was lucky I wasn't flying economy, because the regular check-in lines were crowded and barely moving.
After checking in, I headed straight to security. There wasn't a SkyPriority lane in sight, but it didn't matter given the late hour. Five minutes later, at 10:30 p.m., I was airside with tons of time to kill before my 2 a.m. departure.
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Business-class passengers were invited to use the open-air SkyTeam lounge in Vancouver, which also welcomed Priority Pass members. The lounge was open 24/7, overlooked the terminal and was empty when I got there.
It was a very different story as it got closer to the 2 a.m. bank of departures to Asia though. The lounge wasn't big, and because hundreds of people had access, it definitely got crowded.
The food selection was limited for an international business-class lounge. There was a small noodle bar and hot items like pesto pasta, chicken-breast strips and mixed vegetables.
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Worse than the relaxation chairs were the two shower suites. I asked to shower and was let into a partially cleaned shower room. The biggest offense? There were two(!) bars of soap left by previous guests .... I felt cleaner without showering.
Once the lounge got crowded, I made my way to the gate area. There was plenty of seating and expansive windows for some AvGeeking at the 3-year-old Airbus A350.
Boarding started at the scheduled time of 1:20 a.m., with business-class passengers invited to board first. China Airlines used two jetbridges, which helped minimize foot traffic during the often hectic boarding process.
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All of China Airlines' North American routes operate with the same excellent Collins Aerospace Super Diamond business-class seat. Short of a suite, I find this reverse-herringbone configuration comfortable for both sleeping and lounging.
Everything from the gold and faux wood accents to the gray seats. This was one of most elegant business-class cabins I'd ever seen.
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I also loved that there weren't overhead bins over the center seats. The added volume made the cabin feel extra spacious, almost like a first-class cabin.
The fully flat, 74-inch-long seats were in a 1-2-1 configuration across eight rows. I was seated in 18K, the window seat in the last row on the starboard side of the plane. While I typically like to sit at the back of the business-class cabins to better observe the service flow, Row 18 was missing a window. Next time, I'd suggest Row 17 or Row 10 for the larger footwell.
The seat itself had ample enclosed storage: two compartments flush with the window and one on the raisable armrest adjacent to the aisle.
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I could easily store shoes underneath the footwell. Speaking of footwell, I found the space for my feet plenty big, a feature I like about the Super Diamond reverse-herringbone seats.
The 17-inch-by-18-inch bifold tray table slid out from under the TV screen. The table easily fit my 13-inch MacBook Pro, and I really liked how the tray table design matched the rest of the cabin.
The seats were controlled by the small touchscreen on the window side of the seat. There were preset modes, as well as controls for finer tuning.
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There were two lavatories dedicated to the business-class cabin, yielding a seat to bathroom ratio of 16-to-1. However, there were always lines to use the bathrooms, as premium economy passengers made their way forward to use the business-class bathrooms.
Bathrooms were stocked with Acca Kappa body lotion and eau de toilette, but the coolest feature was the soothing ambient music playing in the background.
There were plenty of gifts waiting at my seat upon boarding. The gold-accented pillow wasn't supportive or thick enough to keep me comfortable during the flight, but the flight attendants happily gave me extras when I started tossing and turning. There was also a plush blanket that helped me stay warm throughout the night.
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Finally, the North Face amenity kit had already been placed in one of the armrest storage compartments. While I liked the unique kit design, I didn't find the contents to be that exciting or particularly useful in flight. The eye mask was of terrible quality, and no socks were provided. I did save the two face masks (by Laneige) and the hair treatment (from Moroccan Oil) for home, though.
There was plenty of entertainment to keep me occupied on the 12-hour, 10-minute flight to Taipei. To start, each seat had an 18-inch high-definition touchscreen. The user experience was sleek and easy to navigate, and I didn't experience any lag throughout the flight.
The screen could also be controlled using the 4.5-inch remote, which doubled as a second screen. In my case, I kept the airshow looping on the remote to keep track of our progress to Taipei.
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There wasn't live TV or a tailcam, but there were 169 movies and 36 TV shows, including full seasons of many western TV shows like The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, The Handmaid’s Tale and Veep.
All China Airlines A350s and Boeing 777-300s feature Panasonic satellite Wi-Fi. The Wi-Fi worked well on both flights, allowing me to stay in touch with family, friends and colleagues back home. Business-class passengers were entitled to three hours of free Wi-Fi, but you needed to sign up for a voucher code
I had no trouble redeeming my voucher, and once it elapsed, I purchased a 24-hour uncapped session for $21.95. The Wi-Fi pass even worked on my connecting flight. Speeds were good at around 10 Mbps download, and reliability wasn't an issue on either flight.
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