How can you buy tickets with China Eastern ?
#1
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How can you buy tickets with China Eastern ?
I travelled 2 years ago with China Eastern, Chengdu-Seoul with stopover in Shanghai, where they asked me to pick up the luggage and checking in again - they manage to lose the luggage, Shanghai security is worse then arriving in US, anyway, bad story.
I will do several travels in SE Asia this year and i want to use CE again in order to get FB miles, legs, etc.
However, im seeing the same idiotic asian thinking when it comes to buy online tickets. I want to travel for example Singapore - Seoul via Shanghai. On their website - http://www.europe.flychinaeastern.com/home.htm there is no way i can do that. Pure and simple its not possible to select that flight, or any other flight that connects two different countries. You can select only fligths starting in Europe and ending everywhere else. If you choose as departing country China, you have access only to chinese language and you CANT select flights originating from anywhere else except China. Same for Korea, same for everything else.
BUT, you can buy those flights from milion other sites, like priceline, asiatravel, etc.
I remember a similar situation last year, when i travelled SEL-PUS with Korean Air, tooke me several hours to actualyy be able to buy the ticket online.
Am i missing somthing here?
I will do several travels in SE Asia this year and i want to use CE again in order to get FB miles, legs, etc.
However, im seeing the same idiotic asian thinking when it comes to buy online tickets. I want to travel for example Singapore - Seoul via Shanghai. On their website - http://www.europe.flychinaeastern.com/home.htm there is no way i can do that. Pure and simple its not possible to select that flight, or any other flight that connects two different countries. You can select only fligths starting in Europe and ending everywhere else. If you choose as departing country China, you have access only to chinese language and you CANT select flights originating from anywhere else except China. Same for Korea, same for everything else.
BUT, you can buy those flights from milion other sites, like priceline, asiatravel, etc.
I remember a similar situation last year, when i travelled SEL-PUS with Korean Air, tooke me several hours to actualyy be able to buy the ticket online.
Am i missing somthing here?
#2
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Probably not the answer you are looking for (I have no idea what might be the problem with their website), but why not book through an agent? Using expedia or the like you will also gain for example expedia points
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Plus last time I checked them (3 years ago), there was something fishy with them. Don't remember exactly but I think we had to go to their office in Paris to get the tickets or something in that flavor.
Plus seating on their 777, nein danke...
#6
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Not sure what your question really is.
But if you choose to fly SIN-ICN by MU (via Shanghai or elsewhere in China) in order to earn miles/segments on FB, be ready for more discomfort than simply not having a MU website to sell you that ticket.
But if you choose to fly SIN-ICN by MU (via Shanghai or elsewhere in China) in order to earn miles/segments on FB, be ready for more discomfort than simply not having a MU website to sell you that ticket.
#7
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Indeed. And if you do, it does (personal preferences aside) not really matter wether you go with MU or CZ: a Chinese airline is a Chinese airline after all!
#8
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Who would want to fly with China Southern?
Plus last time I checked them (3 years ago), there was something fishy with them. Don't remember exactly but I think we had to go to their office in Paris to get the tickets or something in that flavor.
Plus seating on their 777, nein danke...
Plus last time I checked them (3 years ago), there was something fishy with them. Don't remember exactly but I think we had to go to their office in Paris to get the tickets or something in that flavor.
Plus seating on their 777, nein danke...
#9
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Indeed MU is not good, CA also, CZ not much better. Their Longhaul international flights are improving, but international regional flights can be quite bad according to Asian standards (sometimes OK, sometimes bad). Domestic can be really poor. Of course, the trend is positive but they have so many aircrafts and staff to train that improvement is slow. Usually OK, but many bad experiences. However, they are investing massively and their longhaul product is becoming attractive.
Hainan airlines is a private airline (the fourth in China) with subsidiaries Hong Kong airline and Hong Kong Express. It just got a 5* ranking by skytrax and has good reputation.
Hainan airlines is a private airline (the fourth in China) with subsidiaries Hong Kong airline and Hong Kong Express. It just got a 5* ranking by skytrax and has good reputation.
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Indeed MU is not good, CA also, CZ not much better. Their Longhaul international flights are improving, but international regional flights can be quite bad according to Asian standards (sometimes OK, sometimes bad). Domestic can be really poor. Of course, the trend is positive but they have so many aircrafts and staff to train that improvement is slow. Usually OK, but many bad experiences. However, they are investing massively and their longhaul product is becoming attractive.
Hainan airlines is a private airline (the fourth in China) with subsidiaries Hong Kong airline and Hong Kong Express. It just got a 5* ranking by skytrax and has good reputation.
Hainan airlines is a private airline (the fourth in China) with subsidiaries Hong Kong airline and Hong Kong Express. It just got a 5* ranking by skytrax and has good reputation.
#13
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Frankly, I much prefer a domestic China flight on HU than a domestic Europe flight on AF (in terms of service, food, seat).