Originally Posted by
Loren Pechtel
I don't have all the details. The flight in question was Shanghai -> Chengdu, SIL (Chinese citizen, living in Shanghai) found a fare substantially better than what I could find but when she tried to book it they wouldn't accept people with US passports. I have no idea what would have happened with any other foreign passport.
It sounds like this may just be a TA or web site issue that they can only enter Chinese ID #.