January 18th, 2013 - Flying Calgary to Phuket

A 27 hour trip from Calgary to Phuket, Layovers in Seattle and Beijing
On January 16, 2013, at 6:00 in the morning, LuckyStar and I got on an Alaska Airlines flight bound for Seattle. By the time we got there, she was thoroughly airsick, I was half-way between sleep and confused terror (it was a very turbulent flight), and we both were considering just moving to Seattle instead of getting on our trans-Pacific flight to Beijing.

A  five hour layover where we managed to get some sleep in the extremely uncomfortable seats left us both refreshed enough that we got on our Hainan Air flight with only mild trepidation. Luckily, it was completely undeserved! Hainan Airlines is amazing!

I am not even going to lie to you—I've only flown Alaskan Air, Air Canada (God bless them, because no one else ever will), and WestJet before, and Hainan blows all of them out of the water.