Thursday, May 20, 2010

Continental Airlines

We are happy with our experience with Continental Airlines. We got our tickets to LA during the travel expo and it was really cheap considering the we are flying during peak season. Although it was a long flight because it had two lay-overs, Guam and Honolulu, it worked to our advantage. Guam is the port of entry to the US, that is, you go through immigration while customs inspection is held in Honolulu. This saved a lot of time for us since we had an NY flight to catch two hours after our touchdown in LA. A bonus point is that the immigration officers in Guam and customs officers in Honolulu are a lot nicer than those in LAX., that is, they are not rude. Likewise, Continental made sure that the length of time for the lay-overs sufficiently covered the time needed to go through immigration and customs and with enough time to lounge around the airport.

In sum,
US Port of Entry:
1. Guam - first lay-over approximately 3 hours
              - go through immigration: present passport with US Visa;
                 submit completed arrival departure record forms;
                 interview and provision of biometric identification

2. Honolulu -  second lay-over approximately 3-4 hours
                  - get check-in luggages 
                  -go through customs: submit completed customs declaration forms (given-out by flight attendants during the flight)
                   - give your check-in luggages to the proper airport officers for check-in (you don't have to go the check-in counter again)
Air fare cost: We flew with Continental for the sole reason that their tickets were on sale during the Travel Expo last February 2010. 

Service: The flight attendants were warm and friendly and service was efficient. Our flight going to the US was on time.

Food: A hit or miss. We enjoyed the food served during the flight going to Guam and Honolulu. Overall, we were satisfied with the food and variety of drinks being offered.

My apologies for the superbad quality of the photo. I did not use any flash photography so as not to disturb the other passengers. I used my  3.2 megapixel Canon point and shoot camera.
Manila to Guam
Bread, salad, fish with rice, and local cookies from Guam
















Choice B:
















Guam to Honolulu:
















Choice B:


Snacks

Honolulu to  LA



Another photo angle

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