Originally Posted by
moondog
The 3rd or 4th largest Shanghai based airline. I end up on them fairly often; not good, but not bad either. I will say that they are remarkably stingy when it comes to doling out miles in their own program (i.e. I typically book a day or two in advance, and the vast majority of my flights accrue ZERO), and I am doubtful that they will suddenly become more generous after they join *A.
But in China many times deep discount fares are released a few days prior to travel.