Originally Posted by
moondog
Circa ~1997, pricing schemes that favored PRC nationals were abolished tmk. This was the first instance I've seen of such during the past decade+. Were I to purchase a ticket of this nature, you can bet that I'd try my best to get it honored.
Just found a MU fare PVG/SZX that's Y390 (+Y90 taxes/surcharges) on ctrip.com. Tried to book it and they called me to say that it's only available to Chinese nationals.
It appears to be an MU-only thing, perhaps Expo-related? Anyway it books into fare code X.