Originally Posted by atflyer

Well, for this the OTA is to blame. They should not publish prices you cannot book.

Having said this, I have peculiar experiences with Chinese tickets (particularly domestic). If you book from outside the country, you often are forced to pay full-fare Y. If you add a leg that brings you abroad (e.g. PEK-SHA-BKK) prices drop significantly while you get an additional leg, since then all of a sudden you can book in lower fare buckets. I spent a few months visiting some institute in China and from there I still have a Chinese phone number and bank card allowing me to book on domestic sites - and then you get more reasonable prices.

Back to the original topic, Xiamen air is a decent airline which I flew often - au par with the other Chinese majors. Always FB Plat recognition in the form of a pillow and wate bottle on your domestic Y chair. It is no 4 after Air China, China Eastern and China Southern and if I am right controlled by one of them. Food on domestic flights is just ok (rice with chicken or so) but in any case better than the KL or AF sandwich I am used to in Europe.