Originally Posted by
narvik
I am also a little surprised about your routing: where many of us are desperate to find cheap[ish] flights to China and resorting to having to fly via other Asian airports (including HKG) to get to China; and here you are transiting via PVG to get to HKG???
In Europe we are starting to see the Chinese carriers discount indirect itineraries in Y via China, to Asia and Australia. I've seen £400ish to SEAsia and £600 to Australia. Direct flights to China from Europe can be found at near normal (pre-pandemic) price levels now, although there can still be a bit of a premium.