Jul 18, 2022, 12:16 pm
Last edit by: moondog
1. The information in this thread is time sensitive
2. Nearly all flights to China cost $4,000 or more
3. The best current option is discussed in the thread
4. The second best is now Korea (if you fly AA, AF, DL, or UA, you are going there anyway)
5. The third best option entails taking a new flight that we are keeping on the down low (just like point 3, but this one will last longer than point 3)
6. The fourth best option is Taiwan; you have cheap flights on both ends, BUT you'll be staying there for a week, AND need to be able to enter Taiwan
7. Finally, we have Hong Kong. You can get there pretty easily but plan on spending about $3,000 (and a week)
2. Nearly all flights to China cost $4,000 or more
3. The best current option is discussed in the thread
4. The second best is now Korea (if you fly AA, AF, DL, or UA, you are going there anyway)
5. The third best option entails taking a new flight that we are keeping on the down low (just like point 3, but this one will last longer than point 3)
6. The fourth best option is Taiwan; you have cheap flights on both ends, BUT you'll be staying there for a week, AND need to be able to enter Taiwan
7. Finally, we have Hong Kong. You can get there pretty easily but plan on spending about $3,000 (and a week)
Best way to travel from London to China
Jul 11, 2022, 9:52 pm
#46
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Right, the number of people who are allowed to travel from HK to China each day is carefully limited. There is no way that they're going to turn on the taps by allowing transit passengers into China via HK.
Jul 11, 2022, 9:54 pm
#47
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The Shenzhen Bay border has just switched to a lottery scheme to decide who gets through on each day.
Jul 12, 2022, 6:13 am
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I spot checked 5 flights from the link I posted, plus 5 others operated by non-chinese airlines.
-AUH PVG seems to have good availability with a $5k price floor
-FRA, AMS, ARN, CDG are booked pretty solid (even the XIY, CTU, CKG flights)
-ICN TAO has some open dates, but $4k for a 90 minute flight?
-flights from CMB, ALA, Minsk, etc are going for less than $3k, but let's just ignore these war zone options
-TPE PVG is actually pretty cheap. To pull this off, you'd need permission to enter Taiwan, quarantine there, and maybe jump through some more hoops YariGuy Do you have any insights on this option?
-AUH PVG seems to have good availability with a $5k price floor
-FRA, AMS, ARN, CDG are booked pretty solid (even the XIY, CTU, CKG flights)
-ICN TAO has some open dates, but $4k for a 90 minute flight?
-flights from CMB, ALA, Minsk, etc are going for less than $3k, but let's just ignore these war zone options
-TPE PVG is actually pretty cheap. To pull this off, you'd need permission to enter Taiwan, quarantine there, and maybe jump through some more hoops YariGuy Do you have any insights on this option?
Jul 12, 2022, 7:47 am
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1) HK DQH
2) Golden bus to Zhuhai
3) Zhuhai quarantine hotel
Good luck DIYing all three. And yes, Shenzhen Bay's now turned into a lottery.
Jul 12, 2022, 8:57 am
#50
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such a mess to book flights , on Skyscanner it shows there is an available direct flight from Copenhagen to Beijing on September 12 for just £700 but when you check with Air China they will tell you it’s all fully booked
I spot checked 5 flights from the link I posted, plus 5 others operated by non-chinese airlines.
-AUH PVG seems to have good availability with a $5k price floor
-FRA, AMS, ARN, CDG are booked pretty solid (even the XIY, CTU, CKG flights)
-ICN TAO has some open dates, but $4k for a 90 minute flight?
-flights from CMB, ALA, Minsk, etc are going for less than $3k, but let's just ignore these war zone options
-TPE PVG is actually pretty cheap. To pull this off, you'd need permission to enter Taiwan, quarantine there, and maybe jump through some more hoops YariGuy Do you have any insights on this option?
-AUH PVG seems to have good availability with a $5k price floor
-FRA, AMS, ARN, CDG are booked pretty solid (even the XIY, CTU, CKG flights)
-ICN TAO has some open dates, but $4k for a 90 minute flight?
-flights from CMB, ALA, Minsk, etc are going for less than $3k, but let's just ignore these war zone options
-TPE PVG is actually pretty cheap. To pull this off, you'd need permission to enter Taiwan, quarantine there, and maybe jump through some more hoops YariGuy Do you have any insights on this option?
Jul 12, 2022, 1:30 pm
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Oh yeh, those phantom CPH PEK flights. I had a run in with those back in late 2020. Had to resort to Amex doing a chargeback to get a refund for those non-flights after 2 months of being patient.
Jul 12, 2022, 2:28 pm
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please guys help me to find the best way to enter China it’s 2 years that I’m not able to see my wife and daughter, I got 6 month Q2 visa expiring at the end of December 🙏🙏🙏
Jul 12, 2022, 4:42 pm
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There is no best way, everything sucks. Anyways, did you look through the links that moondog sent? One of them lists operating international flights by Chinese airlines, and moondog did some searching and AUH-PVG seems to have good availability.
Jul 12, 2022, 5:18 pm
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-TPE PVG is actually pretty cheap. To pull this off, you'd need permission to enter Taiwan, quarantine there, and maybe jump through some more hoops YariGuy Do you have any insights on this option?
This is my Plan B on entering China (Plan A being flying directly from the USA). This plan is a pretty good plan B because as Moondog says, flights from TSA (yes, TSA) to PVG are cheap and plentiful. However, the drawback is that there is currently a cap of 40,000 entrants per month, including citizens, that is executed at the airline level, so prices TO Taiwan are pretty high. Prices will go down though because (1) caps will be lifted / increased (2) summer rush will be done by September.
Jul 12, 2022, 8:43 pm
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This is my Plan B on entering China (Plan A being flying directly from the USA). This plan is a pretty good plan B because as Moondog says, flights from TSA (yes, TSA) to PVG are cheap and plentiful. However, the drawback is that there is currently a cap of 40,000 entrants per month, including citizens, that is executed at the airline level, so prices TO Taiwan are pretty high. Prices will go down though because (1) caps will be lifted / increased (2) summer rush will be done by September.
Jul 12, 2022, 11:30 pm
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And airlines (most notoriously EVA) are consistently going over the cap. I don't know if they're being fined, or what.
Jul 13, 2022, 12:05 am
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Jul 13, 2022, 10:42 am
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im thinking maybe to do London dubai and dubai to Beijing, are there any quarantine or covid restriction in Dubai?
