I would like to share my experience on AAX return LCCT - HangZhou, it was pretty I would say for the money that I paid...

But the thing I hated was that we had to WALK to the plane and then gotta climb the damn long steep stairs up the plane... And after walking I already sweating like a pig, and guess what they didn't turn on the air cond for like half an hour, I think they were trying to save some costs there due to a short delay...

Food was alright, I had 1901 hot dog for RM9 and luckily we paid for the baggage when making the booking because a lot of people didn't know that there wasn't any FREE checked baggage allowed, not even ONE KG!! And we thought that we wouldn't want to fight for seats, so we paid to pick our seats too, BUT surprisingly, the flights were SO EMPTY!!! So many people went to sleep on long center rows horizontally...

I think another bad thing was no entertainment!! And I overheard some people conversation saying "5 hours with AA is sooooooooo long, because there is no entertainment" And again I was lucky that I already expected that so we brought our own portable DVD player along, so that we had entertainment and most importantly we got to choose what we wanna watch too...

But my trip was actually to Shanghai so I had to stay a night in Hangzhou then I got to visit Hangzhou too then to Shanghai the next day... Extra spending on hotel stay and the train/bus trip to shanghai, but it was too late that their bus/train services were closed, it's either you stay for a night or you take a taxi to shanghai for... RMB600... But we spent RMB800 for the hotel and gotta visit Hangzhou too... But if MAS, it would be around RM2.2k compared to AAX RM1.2k, but your MAIN PURPOSE is only Shanghai then I would say taking MAS is much worth it, for that you don't have to pay the RMB600 x 2 taxi fares (2 ways) or the RMB800 hotel + around RMB200 (2 ways) for the train/bus...

Surprisingly, the flight back was SO PUNCTUAL!! Arrived exactly as expected!!

Actually AA is not that bad for the amount of money you are paying, just be ready for what you are getting, and read all the terms and conditions carefully then you will be fine...

HAHAHA... wooops sorry, i just find it kinda funny as that happened to me too!!! i didnt know that i needed a visa to go china!! i had it done at china embassy on jalan ampang, plaza OSK if you are in kl... others i have no idea... mine was urgent so i had it done on the same day paid RM140 i think... but if you have time to wait... RM30 is good enough...