We’d flown Delta 767 economy class into Terminal 2 of Beijing airport from Seattle ( SEE: Delta 767 economy class review: Seattle to Beijing), so I didn’t have much of an idea what we were dealing with flying out of Terminal 3. On the whole our experience using the TWOV in China went very smoothly.Īrriving at Beijing Capital Airport for our flight Using Alaska’s awesome award policy that allows a stopover on a one-way award, I was able to combine both our onward leg from Beijing and our return flight into a single ticket.Įven though Hong Kong is technically part of China, as a SAR, it does qualify as a valid onward destination for the purposes of TWOV. I booked the flight as part of a business class award ticket using 50,000 Alaska miles and ~$70 in taxes and fees per person. Luckily (okay…not luckily, it was well planned), I’d booked us a flight to Hong Kong flying Cathay Pacific 777 premium economy to the special administrative region (SAR). Otherwise we’d be in a bit of hot water with the Chinese authorities. After spending a solid 6 days in Beijing, pushing the limits of the 144-hour Chinese transit without visa (TWOV) available in the Chinese capital, my kids and I had to move on.
