Unusual and Tiring
Viking Emerald Cruise Review to River Cruises - China/Asia
12 Night Imperial Jewels Of China (Shanghai To Beijing)
Sail date: November 19, 2016
Ship: Viking Emerald
Cabin number: 510
Traveled as: Couple
Reviewed: 8 years ago
Review summary
American Airlines Vacations completed the package and positioned the sale as having upgrade seats in Business Class Available using miles for the upgrade with the inclusion of $1,400 in cash. After checking with the airline to insure the Business Class Seats were available and could be upgraded as described we booked the cruise through American. After waiting for a day for all the transaction parts o clear we called American to upgrade and the airline indicated no seats were available for upgrade even though none had been sold for either the outbound or return flights which were reserved and booked..... they were the same flights we checked on the day before and received assurance from American the seats were upgradeable... can you say "BAIT AND SWITCH"!!!!
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Ship tip
Shanghai and Beijing smog and pollution were worse than expected and made both my wife and I ill with some form of reaction like bronchitis. Was surprised how bad smog and air polluiton were throughout the trip. didn't see the sun till late in the trip and it was bright red from the polution.
Ports of call
Flight From Shanghai To Wuhan
Yueyang, China
Flight From Chongqing To Xian
Flight From Xian To Beijing