<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by arpee:
I don't know what group to post this question to, but I've been looking for an online site to book internal, domestic flights in China. Most of the big sites only book on the larger airlines. I'm talking about China Southern, Sechuan Airlines and others.
Any ideas?</font>
Here's a schedule of flights between PEK and CAN (Guangzhou/Canton) for a Monday in June. Some airline codes I recognize (CA) and others I don't (WH):
A 03JUNPEKCAN
03JUN-MO-1201A PEK CAN BJS/CAN) 10O/DIR
PLZ ADZ PAXS TO CKIN IN 3 HRS PRIOR
1 CA1321 C4 D4 S4 Y4 B4 H4 Q4 M4 PEKCAN 915A1205P 772 LL0
2 CA1315 F4 S4 Y4 B4 H4 Q4 M4 N4 PEKCAN 1250P 340P 733 LL0
3 CA1301 C4 D4 S4 Y4 B4 H4 Q4 M4 PEKCAN 250P 545P 772 SS0
4 CA 174 F4 C4 D4 S4 Y4 B4 H4 Q4 PEKCAN 300P 550P 777 SS0
5 CZ3196 C4 Y- B4 H4 Q4 M4 K4 T4 PEKCAN 830A1120A 757 0
6 WH2137 F4 Y4 B4 PEKCAN 1000A1250P 310 0
7 CA1309 F4 C4 D4 S4 Y4 B4 H4 Q4 PEKCAN 550P 835P 763 DD0
8 CZ3102 F4 Y4 B4 H4 Q4 M4 K4 T4 PEKCAN 1210P 305P 777 0
9 CZ3104 F4 C4 Y4 B4 H4 Q4 M4 K4 PEKCAN 330P 620P 772 0
1 CZ3108 F4 Y4 B4 H4 Q4 M4 K4 T4 PEKCAN 530P 820P 320 0
2 CZ3110 F4 Y4 B4 H4 Q4 M4 K4 T4 PEKCAN 645P 945P 777 0
Practically all the flights show availability (at least 4 seats to sell) but on line 5, the CZ3196 you see "Y-" in the display. This means that Y class is on a request-only basis. (It generally shows this way when an agent tries to request Y when it shows Y4 and CZ sends an "unable" (UN status code) message back to the airline.) It also means that all the availability after Y (B, H, Q, etc.) is most likely unavailable, too.
So, check with the airline you're flying over the water with and they will be able to quote you all kinds of schedules within China. The only thing is, though, that once in China, you have to visit the airlines' ticket office before your travel date to reconfirm your reservation so they can see you have a ticket.
[This message has been edited by PARSpro (edited 02-17-2002).]