Originally Posted by jiejie

We're not going to change each other's minds. my gut says ctrip is going skanky and quickly, like so many Chinese companies tend to do. I question HOW they are able to put out these drastic "exclusive fares" when nobody else in the marketplace seems able to do so. If there's no gotcha for the consumer, then either they are shaving profit to nothing or putting out some loss leaders and having those losses covered by....well, let's say I have my suspicions over how they're able to make this pencil at least in the short term. I don't particularly trust ctrip as much as I used to, and while I will use them selectively (primarily in the China domestic and ex-China intraAsia routes), I will also limit my total ticketing exposure amount at any given time. You all do what you want--there's no point in continuing to argue about this.