Traveling by Air in China

15. Mr. Chen Upgrades Our Tickets

Mr. Chen took care of upgrading our tickets. We gave him the money for the upgrade. Mr. Kent Wang, our boss, gave us the money. The Chinese have a game they play with foreigners. There are no seat available for the tourist class of your tickets. We had "Y" class tourists seats. None are available for the next two months they tell you. But for 500 Yuan you can upgrade. That upgrades you to another tourist class that has seats. You pay or stay. We paid but our boss gave us the money to upgrade. You now sit in tourist class as before but with a little less money.