Experience With Hainan Airlines (HU)
Nov 25, 2018, 4:16 pm
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That's a great price. It drops to $2087.30 when push through to the Hainan site. I originally put those segments on google flights at got same rate as ITA above. It also qualifies for the limo service and CTU i believe is eligible for the transit hotel.
Last edited by CDKing; Nov 25, 2018 at 4:21 pm
Nov 25, 2018, 6:02 pm
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These $1800 base + $300 YQ fares all expire in December (some as late as Dec 31). I'm hoping that they publish more of the same for 2019. My travel is all pretty much booked through spring, and I don't really want to go in the summer because of the weather, so I'll probably set some fare alerts for fall travel.
Nov 25, 2018, 6:44 pm
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It's not particularly unusual for domestic segments to book into a higher booking class than international segments on a through fare - all the major Chinese carriers (HU, CA, MU, CZ) do it, and it's common on other countries as well (e.g. AI does it heavily in India). The purpose is to ensure that international flights don't end up flying empty because the shorter domestic connecting flights sold out.
US carriers accomplish the same thing through married-segment inventory controls.
US carriers accomplish the same thing through married-segment inventory controls.
Nov 25, 2018, 6:46 pm
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Usually its new routes that get good intro rates. Though nothing has ever been as good as the $1300 RT LAX-CSX R fare pre limo/earning chart deval. Someone told me that CKG isn't super exciting so i skipped on my last trip. If i wasn't 40K points away from 75K, i would have thought about it. I was originally going to status challenge to DL and fly China Southern but cancelled. Now I don't know what i'm doing in 2019 besides my SQ Y+ JFK-SIN flight in January.
Nov 30, 2018, 11:42 pm
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It looks like HU has published those cheap fares round-trip LAX-PEK for 2019.
How long does EF usually take to update with new or updated fares published? On matrix I can price a $2214 LAX-CKG-PEK (for example) round trip using fare basis ICLRGUSF next year, and the fare rules on matrix say that it's valid Jan 1 - Apr 24. But when I look it up on EF it's still showing that the fare expires 12/31.
How long does EF usually take to update with new or updated fares published? On matrix I can price a $2214 LAX-CKG-PEK (for example) round trip using fare basis ICLRGUSF next year, and the fare rules on matrix say that it's valid Jan 1 - Apr 24. But when I look it up on EF it's still showing that the fare expires 12/31.
Dec 1, 2018, 5:29 pm
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It looks like HU has published those cheap fares round-trip LAX-PEK for 2019.
How long does EF usually take to update with new or updated fares published? On matrix I can price a $2214 LAX-CKG-PEK (for example) round trip using fare basis ICLRGUSF next year, and the fare rules on matrix say that it's valid Jan 1 - Apr 24. But when I look it up on EF it's still showing that the fare expires 12/31.
How long does EF usually take to update with new or updated fares published? On matrix I can price a $2214 LAX-CKG-PEK (for example) round trip using fare basis ICLRGUSF next year, and the fare rules on matrix say that it's valid Jan 1 - Apr 24. But when I look it up on EF it's still showing that the fare expires 12/31.
$2600 out of JFK https://goo.gl/flights/VFZd7
Dec 1, 2018, 7:51 pm
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Looks like there is a business class fare war LAX-PEK, China eastern, Xiamen, Sichuan Airlines ~2K. China southern was $1400. I had just paid $1100 to do premium on China Southern to SIN but cancelled
Dec 1, 2018, 10:22 pm
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I would choose HU over many EUropean carriers (actually just about all of them) for safety and comfort.
Dec 1, 2018, 10:25 pm
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Whats annoying is when HU first came to the US with their Changsha route, they offered some of the best business class fares ($1300 ai) but now they don’t seem to be as competitive at all in markets where the price is $1500-2000. I guess people have figured out they are the best chinese carrier to fly up front by far.
Dec 2, 2018, 1:54 am
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