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Old Mar 18, 2015 | 1:01 pm
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Originally Posted by americanonabudget
Spoke to AA, they told me the flights were cancelled due to the fare not being approved by the Chinese government. The biggest load of BS i've ever heard. I'm sure the DOT will love that.
Originally Posted by Tblack15
LOL!!!!

I'm pretty sure the Chinese Gov't only has jurisdiction to whether or not the flight itself operates, not what the fare is. Just like most other int'l flights, they are 'subject to gov't approval'.
I'm not exactly sure how it works with Open Skies, but int'l fares did need to be approved in the old days. I doubt it works that way today. But are the Chinese like the DOT and have "operators standing by" to process this?
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