Originally Posted by
beierh
I have been trying to book tickets to HKG from LAX in early January (going to a wedding on Jan. 5) and saw some relatively cheap flights for ~$900 with Air China on Lessno, Kayak, ITA etc., however when clicking through to the confirmations the tickets somehow disappear ("airline failed to confirm" error).
Example: Lessno search, Lax-hkg, jan 1 to jan 6
The Air China (US) website is also absolutely horrible with broken links and seem to not have any of the flights they claim to have... (gives error message when you choose a flight).
Does anyone have any ideas what is going on?
Does the booking system with Air China not work? Makes me wonder if I should completely avoid them...
Thanks!
bingo! i'm hard pressed to think of a less desirable lax-hkg routing.... well, ok, cz is probably worse, but i digress. the combination of the 5a arrival in pek and the depressing layover there are the deal breakers for me. furthermore, ca's utter disregard for passenger comfort and pek's proneness to delays are the icing on the cake.
assuming you can't swing a good deal on cx or ua (they fly nonstop), i suggest you look into jl, nh, ke, oz, ci, and br. if you opt for br, be sure to check out their deluxe fares (often within $200 of regular economy).