Thinking about going to Shanghai

Shawnee123 · 04-11-2009, 06:13 AM

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My wife was scheduled that week to be on business in Lima, Ohio

NO. Don't. Go. There.

Lima was the closest place to get fast food, or anything, from my college town of Ada. That town is a rat hole.

disclaimer: this statements is not meant to cast asparagus, I mean aspersions, at the fine citizens of Lima OH.

Take great pics chris. Wow, to travel like you do...

chrisinhouston · 05-02-2009, 05:34 AM

Well we leave for a week in Shanghai on Tuesday. I ended up getting a ticket on Continental from Houton to Shanghai via Newark for around $675. Continental also has a deal going where we get double Elite Qualifying mileage credit so instead of around 17,000 EQ miles we each get 34,000. That will put me only a few thousand away from qualifying for Platinum Elite for next year!

My wife used a $500 voucher she received from being bumped from a flight a few months ago so her ticket was only $275. She is cashing in her Hilton Diamond club points so we are staying the 6 nights at the Shanghai Hilton and from what we can tell we will only have to pay the price for the HS Internet in our room, something like $16 per day. That leaves our main expenses for food and getting around but Shanghai is a great value for the money and local street food is good and cheap and they have a great public transit system.

I'll post pictures over in the Quality image section of the Cellar as I download them. I plan on taking quite a few!

Take care all and see you down the road!

xoxoxoBruce · 05-02-2009, 05:39 AM

Hooray! Your pictures will have us all green with envy.

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chrisinhouston Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Houston TX Posts: 1,857	Well we leave for a week in Shanghai on Tuesday. I ended up getting a ticket on Continental from Houton to Shanghai via Newark for around $675. Continental also has a deal going where we get double Elite Qualifying mileage credit so instead of around 17,000 EQ miles we each get 34,000. That will put me only a few thousand away from qualifying for Platinum Elite for next year! My wife used a $500 voucher she received from being bumped from a flight a few months ago so her ticket was only $275. She is cashing in her Hilton Diamond club points so we are staying the 6 nights at the Shanghai Hilton and from what we can tell we will only have to pay the price for the HS Internet in our room, something like $16 per day. That leaves our main expenses for food and getting around but Shanghai is a great value for the money and local street food is good and cheap and they have a great public transit system. I'll post pictures over in the Quality image section of the Cellar as I download them. I plan on taking quite a few! Take care all and see you down the road!

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