I guess I need to give some background information: I'm planning to fly into HKG on the afternoon of August 2, and I'm flying out on the evening of August 11. If all goes well, I'll be able to spend at most three days in China (August 3-6, with an early return on August 6).
Originally Posted by
jiejie
If you want the beach in Sanya, then fly there directly, not to Haikou. I don't think your price is all that good. On travelzen.com, I'm seeing Shenzhen-Sanya tickets one-way all-in for under RMB 700 (on the night flights) and even full fare all-in for day flights is only RMB 1050. It is annoyingly expensive given the relatively short distance, but there you are. If you are flying into HKG, then look into direct HKG-SYX flights on HK Express or Dragonair--I'm seeing some days in August for HKD 1693 all-in each way.
For the dates I'm there, Tianxun is giving me RMB 1650 for SZX-SYX, and RMB 1061 for SYX-HAK.
Originally Posted by
jiejie
On phone number, AFAIK there's no way to get SMS notification without a Chinese SIM. So...just get an email confirmation rather than an SMS one. Assuming you have a smart device, you can access your email from that. If you end up getting a new SIM in HK or China, you can always add it to your ctrip profile and change your preference from email to SMS notification.
Ctrip is not allowing me to get just an e-mail: I have to enter a phone number to move forward.
Originally Posted by
moondog
Get your hands on some BA miles. KA flies between HKG and both Haikou and Sanya for only 4,500 miles and $30 in taxes each way. Getting from HK to SZX will cost you at least $20, and you'd need to allow plenty of extra time.
I don't have BA miles. (My oneworld program is AY, and I have yet to earn miles on a oneworld carrier after I flew MA two years ago.)
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If all else fails, I use some of my DL miles and fly either from SZX or HKG somewhere. Depending on how things go, if I don't end up going to Hainan, I could end up going somewhere up north, so long as it's within 850 km of Hong Kong (so, realistically, I could go to Shanghai on MU for only 6,000 miles).