Originally Posted by
jiejie
But you are not addressing my main concern. You are talking about flights originating in PVG or HKG. I specifically mentioned/implied in a post above that for intl flights originating in China (I'll extend that to HK) ctrip is not a problem and I have used them for these sorts of flights. But @no1cub17 was talking about a USA-Europe flight, and I see a difference in that.
The reason this sidebar exists is because Ctrip IS offering exclusive fares in markets like US-Europe.