Walk-up International Air Tix Purchase in China
May 15, 2006, 11:07 am
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Walk-up International Air Tix Purchase in China
I'm leaving for Chengdu in less than a week. Most of my inside-China travel will be by inter-city bus, and I will end up in Kunming (KMG). My return to the U.S. is from BangkoK. So I have to fly from KMG to BKK.
O/W airfare on TG or MU from KMG to BKK is $293(!), and I am resigned to getting hosed in paying it. I chose not to buy ahead of time because Expedia and similar bookers want $5 per ticket fee plus $20 to ship paper tickets to me.
I will be passing through airports in PEK and CTU. Am I more likely to get a discount from China Eastern's in-airport ticket office, or should I look for a travel agent in Chengdu? (There are three at the Traffic Hotel alone.)
Bowgie
O/W airfare on TG or MU from KMG to BKK is $293(!), and I am resigned to getting hosed in paying it. I chose not to buy ahead of time because Expedia and similar bookers want $5 per ticket fee plus $20 to ship paper tickets to me.
I will be passing through airports in PEK and CTU. Am I more likely to get a discount from China Eastern's in-airport ticket office, or should I look for a travel agent in Chengdu? (There are three at the Traffic Hotel alone.)
Bowgie
May 15, 2006, 2:06 pm
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Originally Posted by Bowgie
Am I more likely to get a discount from China Eastern's in-airport ticket office, or should I look for a travel agent in Chengdu? (There are three at the Traffic Hotel alone.)
For example, I often fly AC between China and the US and, whenever I've called AC in the past, they've given me phone numbers of travel agents that undercut them by 40%+. In fact (while not relevent to you), one of them is near the Lido in Beijing, which is on the way to the airport for pretty much everyone.
