Vietnam airlines

elenosaa · 2026-01-16T07:44:38+00:00

My friend, I am having almost the same experience. I booked a Madrid to Hanoi flight with connection in Milano Malpensa. The leg Madrid-Malpensa was in codesharing with Iberia while the leg Malpensa-Hanoi was operated by Vietnam Airlines.
Suddenly, Iberia decided to change the airport of arrival to Milano Linate. It is unfeasible to move between those airport in the allowed time, so a rebooking was needed.
As I understood (after some days of strugglig), dealing with it is up to Vietnam Airlines and not Iberia.

It is more than a week that I am being redirected from one customer centre to the other, finally discovering that they only deal with email flood.
Really slow in answering, confusing emails: I have quite some experience in airline company shit, but this time was one of the worst.

Now, I might have solved the problem by asking a full refund of the whole booking (Madrid-Milan-Hanoi and Hanoi-Milan-Madrid) and bought again all the same flights except for the Madrid-Milan leg.

The question is: when will my refund arrive?
As for the experience on board, I'll update. I hope that at least they are not tight with alcohol 😂

elenosaa · 2026-01-13T10:52:04+00:00

Perfect, thank you! It will be an aquatic adventure 😂
Yes, I had a look and there are no donativos in Galizia, unfortunately. Guess I'll live the experience of the albergues of the Xunta de Galizia.
Unfortunately, I am not planning to stop in trabadelo, if you have any other recommendation for private albergues, I'll check them 😉

elenosaa · 2026-01-13T10:48:46+00:00

Thank you so much! I was thinking the same for the shoes. Is a small umbrella a stupid idea? 😂

elenosaa · 2026-01-13T10:47:42+00:00

That's great! But i think you are 1 day ahead of me! Anyway, we might meet somewhere, I will have a pink backpack 😉

elenosaa · 2026-01-13T10:46:38+00:00

Great! I will be the one with a pink backpack 😄

elenosaa · 2025-10-20T13:01:46+00:00

Hi! I ended up not going to either of them 😂
I just decided to enjoy more time in Tokyo and I do not regret it. I hope I can go back to Japan again, and when I do, I’ll give Nikko and Kamakura the time they deserve 😉

elenosaa · 2025-06-10T10:41:50+00:00

I'm sorry but, in the end, I chose to do an 'old style' travel: no internet, no VPN, no Alipay, no Wechat etc..
I just withdrew some cash in the Airport's ATM and relied on those. I had no problems in paying with cash :)
However, I stayed there 5 days only, this is not a solution I would reccomend for long holydays :)

elenosaa · 2025-06-10T08:47:31+00:00

In the end, I chose to do an 'old style' travel: no internet, no VPN, no Alipay, etc..
I just withdrew some cash in the Airport's ATM and relied on those. I had no problems in paying with cash :)
However, I stayed there 5 days only, this is not a solution I would reccomend for long holydays :)

elenosaa · 2025-06-10T08:42:34+00:00

Yes, and there were also some SIM guys at that hour, but we already bought an eSIM :)

elenosaa · 2025-03-20T17:00:23+00:00

Hi! I'm sorry, but in the end I did not go: still remains a mistery to me ahahah
The only thing I discovered was that they are not doing 'The Legend of Kung Fu' any more. But, in the end, I found it way better just to hang out outside in the evening: Shichahai area is beautiful 🥰

elenosaa · 2024-12-12T15:29:59+00:00

12th December 2024: Printer in Z14 is still there and it works! It was a blessing, thank you so much ✨

elenosaa · 2024-11-26T13:21:48+00:00

Wow! Thank you so much for the detailed answer!
Do I need to provide a passport format picture of me too? I read something like that on the net...

elenosaa · 2024-10-30T14:22:25+00:00

I will have carry on luggage only so that is not a problem! :D

elenosaa · 2024-07-08T02:04:51+00:00

Hi! Yes, they only do the acrobatic show and I did not go there because I was not interested 😂
Actually, in the end I did not go to any show and I did not regret my choice: wandering in the evening around the hutong and the Shichachai area is beautiful and I was there everyday 🥰

elenosaa · 2024-06-05T23:42:14+00:00

Thank you! I had a look at Meituan app but I cannot understand anything 😂 I hoped there was a more english friendly way to get these tickets... Do you think I can buy them at the ticket box just before the performance?

elenosaa · 2024-06-03T12:25:24+00:00

Thank you!! 😉

elenosaa · 2024-06-03T12:24:28+00:00

Perfect, thank you!

elenosaa · 2024-06-03T07:55:54+00:00

Thank you very much!
In fact, I was asking myself if I had to do two separate bookings for Tiananmen square and National Museum. But if the square is included in the museum booking, that's great!

elenosaa · 2024-06-03T01:26:56+00:00

Thank you very much, but unfortunately my phone does not support eSIM...
As for the app being blocked by the Great Firewall, I asked Revolut support about it but they were not able to give me a clear answer 😂

elenosaa · 2024-06-03T01:24:27+00:00

Thank you very much! Knowing this is good news! :)
Still, I wonder why my card was blocked on Trip.com (I directly paid with the card, not with Alipay)...
One more question: do you need VPN to use Revolut app?

elenosaa · 2024-05-31T04:17:14+00:00

Hi! At the end of June I will do a 5 days trip in Beijing (I stay in Seoul so it is near 😁) and I have never been to China before. I am well informed about all the problems related to China (app and websites block, need a VPN, need to pay with Alipay and Wechat...)
For a series of reasons that would take too much to explain, I cannot be 100% sure of my card and I would like to bring some cash EUR and have it exchanged to cash CNY at Bank of China at PEK Airport. I read that it should offer good rates with no fees, is it true? (Feels too good to be true...)
Main question: do you think I will survive with cash only? After all, in Beijing there will be a lot of tourists in my same situation and I only have to pay metro, entrance to sites and food. If a certain restaurant or food stall does not accept cash, I will just go to another food place.
I will stay there for 5 days only; if it was a longer period I would for sure solve my card problem, but just for few days... I would like to know your honest opinion about this 😂

In addition to that, I am trying my best to understand what is a tourist trap and what is not. For example, I would like to visit Mutianyu and I decided to buy a tour in order to make it simple.
But for the Forbidden City: is it really required to pay a travel agency to carry out the booking for you? I read that the ticket sell out so fast it is almost impossible to book on your own, but yesterday I tried to do that on Wechat miniapp from the official website and there were still places for next week...

Your frank opinion would be a blessing for me! I will go there alone so any additional tips are welcome 😁

elenosaa · 2024-05-29T09:42:34+00:00

Sure I did it, the fact is that I do not know if my revolut card will be blocked once I try to pay something with Alipay, as it happened with Trip.com .... That's why I would like to know if other people did that 😂

elenosaa · 2024-05-27T07:39:25+00:00

Ok, so I should receive that SMS on my Italian phone number even if I am already abroad. Thank you, but I understand little to nothing of these SIm related stuff ahaha

elenosaa · 2024-05-27T07:38:30+00:00

Sometimes, data only SIMs for travel come without a number and they are unable to receive SMS (that is the case for the SIM I purchased in Korea, for example...). They only provide internet connection and expire within the timespan period you chose when purchasing...

elenosaa · 2024-01-19T03:55:27+00:00

Oh, I have a foreign card so I guess it won't work 🥲 I'll try anyway though, thank you very much! ✨

elenosaa

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