One of the biggest lessons that I have learned from my recent trip to the Philippines is: Avoid going through Beijing airport if you donlt have at least 5 hours overlay before your connecting flight. We only had two hours and as expected, we were left behind by our flight to Manila. Beijing airport is so huge and you need to go to another building by train to claim your luggage and to another terminal by a shuttle bus. Immigration is so tight and security as well so that it takes so long for each passenger to get cleared from one process to another.
While taking for a bus outside the airport, you need to get ready with a thick coat or jacket if you don't want to freeze to death, lol! We missed our flight and were asked to pay a rebooking fee of $165 each and had to wait for another 13 hours for the next flight. It is so difficult to communicate with staff in the airport because they hardly understand English and just like any airports, everything is expensive and get ready with cash in their currency. But to sum it up, it was part of the experience and part of the trip and gain friends who were with us during the 13 hours wait.
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