Originally Posted by
wadrian6
I made a third party travel agent (trip.com) booking for Shenzhen air and got a PNR and e ticket number. I usually try to find the booking on the airline manage my booking to verify everything is correct, but the official website doesn't recognise the e ticket number or PNR.
One of Ctrip's most compelling value propositions is that you get to deal with them instead of directly with àairlines (including their sketchy websites).