Getting there: Boston to China and back -- preferences?
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Getting there: Boston to China and back -- preferences?
I'm off to China in September. I'm looking at airfare now and have resigned myself to coach, but going United will allow me to buy 5 more inches of legroom. My options for getting there are:
BOS-IAD-PEK or BOS-ORD-PEK
Any reason why I should choose one over the other? Other than the IAD flight being 30 minutes longer?
Coming home, it's PVG-SFO-BOS or I could do a red-eye through LAX, which I'd like to avoid since it gets me home the morning of my only day off before I go back to work. Looks like I'd have a 5 hour layover in SFO, which will be painful, but maybe getting through immigration will eat some of that.
Any thoughts or suggestions? Is there a more comfortable way of making the trip that won't break the bank? Thanks!
BOS-IAD-PEK or BOS-ORD-PEK
Any reason why I should choose one over the other? Other than the IAD flight being 30 minutes longer?
Coming home, it's PVG-SFO-BOS or I could do a red-eye through LAX, which I'd like to avoid since it gets me home the morning of my only day off before I go back to work. Looks like I'd have a 5 hour layover in SFO, which will be painful, but maybe getting through immigration will eat some of that.
Any thoughts or suggestions? Is there a more comfortable way of making the trip that won't break the bank? Thanks!
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ORD is the better of the two. At IAD, you might actually have to be bussed to the customs site which takes some time. The walks at ORD are long but we've never had a problem getting to our next flight.
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Hmmm...I don't think customs is a problem leaving the US, but coming back (I'm not coming back through either, just leaving), and weather should, knock wood, not be an issue. Still a bit undecided as here and FlyerTalk give the same pretty split preferences. Thank you!