TRIP REPORT | China Airlines (Economy) | San Francisco to Taipei | Boeing 777-300ER
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From: San Francisco International (SFO)
To: Taipei Taoyuan International (TPE)
Airline: China Airlines
Aircraft: Boeing 777-300ER
Flight Number: CI3
Registration: B-18052
Seat: 70A
Flight time: 11 hours 57 minutes
Date: 20 August 2023 (Arrives 21 August)
Scheduled Takeoff Time: 01:05 PDT
Actual Takeoff Time: 01:23 PDT
Scheduled Landing Time: 04:45 TWT
Actual Landing Time: 04:20 TWT
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It is like I am on the same flight, all over again! Last January, I transferred from Vancouver, BC, to Taipei, to transfer to Jakarta. I have to say I would of also given Air China five stars. Even from Taipei to Jakarta was the best!
Also, worth noting, thank you again to all, from Taipei International Airport, to make sure I got onto that flight to Jakarta. The reason why I nearly missed it was because my first time ever, on my own, to fly from these Asian countries. I've already been to The Philippines, and South Korea, but with someone.
Interesting that now the face masks are not mandatory, like they were with that you had to show proof of being vaccinated, all last year still.
I cannot wait to travel back to those countries again ❤😊
My wife and I are going on this fligjt in November and looking forward to it! SFO-TPE-MNL
I was just in Bali, Indonesia about a month ago (Feb 2024) and one of the planes I took to get there was China Airlines. Had to go from San Francisco to Taiwan. It was one of the BEST flights I took, though it was long (as expected).
Thanks for the review! I’ll be flying CA towards the end of November, LAX to Chiangmai through Taiwan. Last year, I flew EVA Air the same route, so it will be interesting comparing the two carriers economy flights. I’m flying by myself, and with EVA, i waited until check in at 48 hours before departure to get aisle seat without paying ing for it. I’ll see what happens this time. One of the side affects of a cancer treating drug that I take is that everything tastes bland or bad, so I’ll hope for the best for dinner and take the geeks for breakfast. I’ll take my Bose headphones and drink plenty of water to stay hydrated. I’m more tired from the cancer drugs, so I hope that means that I get a few hours sleep. If I don’t, I have a house in Chiangmai, so I can crash immediately. I’m sure that as long as I don’t get a middle seat, I’ll be a happy camper.
🧐Since "China Airlines (CI)", a Taipei-based Taiwanese airline, is abbreviated to "China Air" in the video (not commonly used), this may lead to confusion with "Air China (CA)", a Beijing-based mainland Chinese airline.
The two are totally different in terms of flight service, in-flight entertainment, food, interior design, etc. China Airlines is way better than Air China from my experience and many YT flight reports. Just in case ppl will get confused.
Great review onboard China Airlines! I love the design of their cabin interior of their newer fleet. It looks so zen :)
Will love to try them out someday to see how they compare to other Taiwanese carriers :D
Thanks for the awesome video. I will be taking the same flight as you and transferring to Bangkok afterwards. I have never taken a flight so late before. I’m glad the flight went smoothly.
As a member of China Airlines and Taiwanese, I am really proud of that !!!
Possible i can contact you for a upcoming flight load? Lol
Why do u need to close the window if its dark outside? Just wondering
@@user-rf3fs4vj9q I just google it and found a news said「 by closing the window can reduce the uncomfort of the light from sun rise」
I flew with them with my dog and I love this airline. They took good care of my dog. Jfk-tpe-cebu
I’m taking this exact flight on Friday
You could have accessed the Virgin Clubhouse or Golden Gate lounge with your priority pass at SFO, it was in the same terminal
Those lounges close before 10:30 PM and I didn’t get to the terminal until about 11:15 PM
@@TheTripReporter Priority Pass is becoming useless worldwide. I lost count of times I've gotten denied entry.
that is cool how they let your gate check your carry on for free. Not many Chinese airlines are forward-thinking like that.
Awesome 👍
Thank you so much for uploading the video 😊❤ and what is your next flight video?
Very helpful video since it will be our first time transferring through SFO in about 2 weeks.
Question- Did you have to rechecked your bags or not before going to the other terminal?
What airline are you transferring from? If its a big airline such as UA, DL, AS, etc, the agent at the first departure station will tag your bags all the way through to your final destination, granted that you are taking CI the whole way through. But if you’re taking Southwest, Spirit, or Frontier or any other LCC, then you will need to pick up your bags and recheck them at China Airlines in SFO.
Great video. Question: Why were you not allowed to store personal bags underneath the aisle seat?
I'm going to guess that retrieving and carrying personal bags would slow emergency evacuation.
@@USARAY1947 But then the only place to put it would be the overhead bins which is already being taken up by carry-on luggage. Just seems very strange.
@@kelody You see lots of folks putting two bags in the overhead bins which often makes finding overhead room near your seat impossible.
@@USARAY1947 Yes this is true. Anyway, thanks for responding. I'm bringing a small personal bag with my essentials and it just doesn't make sense that I wouldn't be able to store it under the seat in front of me when I need to access my things often.
It's now $70 to select an economy seat on this flight.
I fly CI every summer from sfo to visit family in Taiwan, and I can definitely say their lounge in sfo is just not good at all. if you get the chance, try one of the CI lounges in Taipei, they're much better overall. other than that, I've always had amazing experiences with CI
What do you expect? One lady attendant does everything and there is only one flight at night except a few busy seasons. They actually some decent hot food, not fancy but decent. Compare to the crappy meal onboard, anything is better.
Another W Video
Thanks for your video. Can you use Bluetooth head phones on their TV screen?
No
Taiwan best airline CI
Great video! Question - do you use a gimbal or just hand hold your phone?
I just hold my phone
@@TheTripReporter excellent. Thank you!
Great review! I am going in a few months with a friend. How do you ensure seating together? Recommendation
Pick seats together through the China airlines website
Awesome Video! Was there a reason why you had to go to the ticket counter for China Airlines? I'm flying Delta into SFO and connecting to this same flight to Taipei, and I was going to load up my carry on because I figured there's no way they should know (Bags will be checked from Delta all the way to TPE and Delta says they will give me a boarding pass all the way to TPE). Did they not give you a boarding pass for the China Airlines flight when you checked in for your Alaska flight? Just trying to figure out why, don't want to screw myself with overloading my carry on if somehow we're forced to check in for some reason at the China Airlines counter there in SFO. Thanks for the help!
Yeah I didn't get a boarding pass from Alaska. I also was not able to check in online since the trip was under one reservation with multiple airlines, it's common for that to happen. I went SEA-LAX-ICN-CEB on Delta and Korean and I had to go to the Korean Air counter too.
China Airlines do not take Delta's boarding pass and vice versa. I fly both airlines every week. I don't know why that both airlines' ground staff tell passengers wrong information - the one one airline prints is not accepted by the other. Whether it's SFO, LAX, ICN, HND, you have to get your boarding pass reissued at these connecting cities.
So theres no online check in for united states customer since i tried to look up my bookins
From AeroRoutes: China Airlines this week filed service increase on Taipei Taoyuan - San Francisco route for Northern summer 2024 season. From 31MAR24, the Skyteam member will operate 10 weekly flights, instead of previously filed 7 weekly. The airline has been operating up to 9 weekly flights since Northern summer 2023 season.
Following schedule is effective 31MAR24 - 30JUN24.
CI016 TPE2235 - 1900SFO 359 357
CI004 TPE2330 - 1955SFO 77W D
CI015 SFO0010 - 0440+1TPE 359 146
CI003 SFO0105 - 0525+1TPE 77W D
SFO has too many Taipei flights. EVA has 2, United has 2, Starlux has 1 and China only needs 1 most of the year except vacation seasons.
@@_w_w_ To your point, EVA actually has 3 daily flights SFO-TPE.
@@walterwlim You are right, they added a 3rd flight at the beginning of 2023. It's mostly used for connecting traffic. China Airlines is pretty bad, so most people rather fly EVA, hence they can do 2 or 3 flights a day.
@@walterwlim By the way, CI reduced SFO from 10 to 7 flights weekly. I am on the A350 flight frequently, it's so empty that I can't see it sustaining most of the year. The increase is only for 2 or 3 during the height of summer vacation. They also added a flight a week during winter holidays. China Airlines fare is consistently the highest out of SFO, even topping the new Starlux. Their service is only a hair above United, so of course it's not sustainable.
China airlines 777-300er. seat pitch is 39 inches. The width is 19 inches. Better the EVA.
For Economy+ yes, but for what I reviewed it is not 39"
You are wrong. China Airlines' 777 is one of the worst in the sky! 10-abreast economy = 17/1" width and 31" pitch. EVA is actually better, except EVA's Boeing 787.
What other option flights on other airlines where there from SFO TO Taipei? You would recommend?
Eva Air or StarLux easily. United isn’t too bad of an option either
0:37 is that picture in 2006 at sfo?
No, TPE
@@TheTripReporter Where was it departing to? Or where did it arrive from?
In order to get a better idea about comfort and seat pitch could you please give your height?
5’9
I fly them every week... Whether the Boeing 777 or Airbus 350, it's very very uncomfortable, so bad that I would even buy a connecting flight just so my China Airlines' segment is short as possible.
@@_w_w_ Thanks for that. I've been thinking of using them to fly directly from Ontario, CA to Asia and avoid the LAX mess. But not anymore. I've also been told their premium economy seats blow. Too bad.
@@johnjolly2087 ONT or LAX, that's a choice of convenience. As far as seat is concerned, Taiwanese love their seat and bed hard. Taiwanese also get a ton of influence from Japan, which also love their seat and bed hard. The Premium Econ seat itself isn't bad but the seat back and seat padding are horrendous, very very hard. Most of the padding are at the left and right, and your spine is literally pressed against cloth wrapped hard plastic with no padding. For regional flights, they even give away the premium econ seat to frequent flyers for free. I would decline that upgrade if I have a decent economy seat. The economy seat's padding is slightly better. Out of LA area, you don't have a lot of choices for Taiwan. I personally fly into Japan or Korea, then connect, so my China Airline segment is under 3 hours.
The guy sitting next to you and the male FA are very handsome
Wow but not me :/
Also what if you dont choose your seat so that you can’t pay extra but you are travelling with someone, are you guys going to be separated or not?
It’s technically possible that you would be but is SUPER unlikely as when you’re checking in as a couple they will give you two seats next to each other if they’re available. And almost certainly going to be available. Personally I wouldn’t pay for seat reservation.
I've flown this flight many times and it is always full in economy so don't rely on getting two seats together upon check-in unless reserved.
Is it possible to bring my own water bottle with water inside? Or there is a limit for it?
Yes, empty it before going through TSA security and refill it from a water fountain on your way to the gate or you can buy water before your gate.
I can never afford China Airlines even flying from the U.S. to Taiwan. Had to fly United.
I think it’s poor that they have no Bollywood movies.
They’re a Taiwanese carrier why would they show Bollywood?
I’m afraid flying out with this china airline, I have been reading about the history of this airline. So many fatal accident crashes and very concerned for safety do to engine problems. I’m the past 30 to 40 years and year 2022.
That's why they hire the best looking flight attendants in Taiwan. If something would to happen, you will be surrounded by beautiful looking crew.
I have flight coming up from San Francisco to Taipei n then connecting to bangkok . I have only an hour transit at Taipei will it enough time for me to catch a flight to Bangkok ?
Just an hour? Better hope your flight arrives early. Usually for international flights if there’s very few flights the flight will wait for you, if not you get transferred to the next flight
Not to worry. I've taken this flight for years and if there is a delay of the SFO flight, CI will know about it and have ground attendants guide you through security and the train to the next terminal. CI is well aware that many passengers have to make that connection and will delay the Bangkok flight until everyone is on board.
Can you choose seat in the booking process?
Yes but I had to pay extra
No more free seat selection - they changed it a couple of years ago. All except the full fare economy do not allow pre-selecting of seat. But you don't have to worry too much, because normal sane people don't buy full fare economy, so the seatmap is 95% empty. Only China Airlines' elite frequent flyers get to select seat... not even SkyTeam Elites can select seat nowadays.
$70 per flight.
China airlines is getting greedy. 17" seat width for a 15 hours flight?
I believe it’s 18” width
@@TheRudyChina 17". The Boeing 777 is configured for 10-abreast, 17.1" to be exact, and 31" of pitch.
i have f,own with china airlines and xiamen arillines economy and wow ch9ina airlines was cheape rnad way better than xiamen, xiamenr arilnes only offer wifi for business class wich sux s such a lonf triop with no wife is terrible
Everything on the flight looked average. I did not see anything that I thought was outstanding or set China Airlines apart from any other airline. There was one huge annoyance for me...when I am on the window, I like to control the window shade. I do not like other passengers or aircrew telling me what position in which it must be. That alone would make me seek another airline for the journey. You book a window seat, you should own the window shade, especially if you paid any kind of fee for it.
@@lakertang China Airlines is overrated. I fly it nearly weekly and SFO-catered food is horrible - everything is swimming in oil just like the video shows. It's really not very good, the seats are super tight and rock hard. For this route, I rather fly United. United is just as bad but the seat padding is softer.
@@_w_w_United is ass as shit
@@_w_w_How would you rate the food on China Airlines ?
If you watched the Twilight Zone episode with William Shatner (yes, Capt Kirk) you will understand why the flight crew wants shades down during flight
@@shihlin1 Pretty bad, especially in meals prepped at outstations.
First @thetripreporter!
Very helpful video since it will be our first time transferring through SFO in about 2 weeks.
Question- Did you have to rechecked your bags or not before going to the other terminal?
I did not have to recheck bags, though make sure the airline tells you too