HKG - LHR pricing
 

I haven't flown HKG - LHR in a long, long time... but wow, ~HKD15,000 for a round trip economy flight? What's going on? How do people get to London during the summer months??

I'm in shock!

They fly another airline ( EK,QR,BA,EY etc ..) , no one in their right mind would pay that price :rolleyes:

May I know what dates are you looking at currently? I think in general the price for HKG/Europe has been quite low recently, this is especially true for Europe departing flights.

I agree... but that would mean a layover and losing a couple of hours.

Jul 22 to 29, HKG-LHR return. Have you found anything so far?

Would rather have a stop over which involves a couple of hours added onto the journey then forking out 15 000HKD !

July is the peak peak summer season with loads of high school/uni students filling up the back of the plane. Won't be surprised there's little availability. What fare class were you looking at for 15k? LGW might be cheaper.

At summer peak, even you take a stopover flight from ME3, it also costs you about hkd12000 or even more.

Agree!!

QR for example, with a 1am departure - the couple of hours stopover there is no real "time loss" because the arrival is comparable to CX and you sleep anyway.

Another idea is to look at LON airports as opposed to LHR specifically. Other entry points to Europe may not have crazy pricing. Then, of course, there is ex-Asia departure points to consider.

there is only two flights from QR each day and the departure time is around 1am and 7pm. If you depart Hong Kong at around 1am, you will only arrive UK at noon but if you depart at 7pm in Hong Kong, you definitely need to apply at least a half day leave.

I normally use the ex-TPE fares (saves a lot of money in business class, but I don't know how much you save in economy). Might be worth checking to see if it's worth it - but it does take a bit more time overall.
Alternatively I've also used Finnair via Helsinki which is quite a direct route even though it requires a stopover, HK$10k if you don't mind leaving on the Friday, although Saturday's a bit more expensive at HK$13k.

there's always CA via PEK :D:D:D creditable to AM too!
last time i checked summer peak to LHR only costs like 4k. But the arrival times are LHR evening so it might not work out, and you need to get on the 8am CA108 to be in time for transit.

Usually the CX morning London flight is cheaper as well.

It's quite full? min M/K mix, LGW couldn't help.

From EF with HK POS:
Jul22 HKG-LHR CX257 Y9 B9 H9 K9 M9 L0
Jul22 HKG-LHR CX253 Y9 B9 H9 K9 M7 L0
Jul22 HKG-LHR CX251 Y9 B9 H9 K1 M0
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Jul29 LHR-HKG CX252 Y3 B1 H0
Jul29 LHR-HKG CX238 Y5 B4 H3 K0
Jul29 LHR-HKG CX250 Y7 B6 H4 K0
Jul29 LHR-HKG CX256 Y8 B7 H5 K0
Jul29 LHR-HKG CX254 Y8 B7 H5 K1 M0
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Jul22 HKG-LHR CX255, CX239 Y0
Jul22 HKG-LGW CX343 Y0
Jul29 LGW-HKG CX344 Y0

That basically answers OP's question, CX was selling for cheaper, just that they are now all sold out. :)

This is really the highest pricing I've seen on this route for a while. I'm always looking at fares to UK during the busy July school holiday period and I'm surprised it's so sold out this far in advance. Maybe a lot of people wanting to take advantage of the exchange rate this year ....but all the benefit has been eaten up by the airlines.

I miss non full fare Y seat guarantee.

LGW route is even more expensive.
Maybe CX needs to consider the second daily flight to LGW.