Originally Posted by
steveben53
done a lot of digging and have come up with a Cathay series of flights which suit my travel plans for just £400 more than Air China.
Its now a no brainer
Incidentally, if i include the side trip to Beijing, the ticket price is £1850. If however, i take exactly the same flights to and from Hong Kong, and dont bother going to Beijing, the ticket price is £2750 !
I will never understand airline ticket pricing
CX is a convenient/preferred on option on LHR-HKG, but this is not the case wrt LHR-PEK, so if they fancy selling tickets LHR-PEK, they need to price competitively. Most airlines price this way (e.g. google "hub premium").