Originally Posted by
jiejie
If you can afford to fly the Chengdu-Jiuzhaigou (or vv) stretch, particularly during the rainy season (all summer through August, maybe early September), I strongly suggest you consider doing so. It was a non-starter for me since I could not afford the RMB 1300 all-in pricing, and unfortunately this is not a route that sees meaningful discounting.
I've been researching flights in/out of JZH recently. Indeed JZH/CTU seems to get very little discount if any. However, JZH/CKG appears to be a lot more reasonable. If the final destination is elsewhere in China the connections from CKG also appear to be superior to CTU.