China internal flights
May 13, 2007 | 2:01 pm
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China internal flights
I have been researching the flights for china internally with the routes
Beijing - Xian
Xian - Shanghai
Shanghai - Guangzhou
It appears that booking with the airline direct is cheaper than the agents (elong, ctrip etc)
Elong are 750 wheras the direct price is 300 odd. The difference is that the fares are fully restricted and non refundable, is it possibel to get these fares from agents?
Beijing - Xian
Xian - Shanghai
Shanghai - Guangzhou
It appears that booking with the airline direct is cheaper than the agents (elong, ctrip etc)
Elong are 750 wheras the direct price is 300 odd. The difference is that the fares are fully restricted and non refundable, is it possibel to get these fares from agents?
May 13, 2007 | 2:20 pm
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My suggestion is that you ask a moderator to move your thread to the China forum, I think you'll get a better response there.
May 15, 2007 | 3:49 pm
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As Moondog has said many times, the best price (60% or so off list) are only found 5-10 days before the flight.
My preference (have only done it once) is for yoee.com. They have an English section and you can book internal flights on line. The ticket pickup works off your passport number that you supply when making the booking.
My preference (have only done it once) is for yoee.com. They have an English section and you can book internal flights on line. The ticket pickup works off your passport number that you supply when making the booking.
May 17, 2007 | 10:17 am
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As Moondog has said many times, the best price (60% or so off list) are only found 5-10 days before the flight.
My preference (have only done it once) is for yoee.com. They have an English section and you can book internal flights on line. The ticket pickup works off your passport number that you supply when making the booking.
My preference (have only done it once) is for yoee.com. They have an English section and you can book internal flights on line. The ticket pickup works off your passport number that you supply when making the booking.
Thanks.
May 17, 2007 | 2:36 pm
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I'd wait, even do walk up
found decent rates, last minute, walk up seems to work well in China...
Jun 26, 2007 | 2:03 pm
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Jun 27, 2007 | 10:38 pm
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The delta between economy class prices and first class prices for intra-China flights is nowhere near the delta as we see here in the US. For instance, I just booked a flight on Air China going from Beijing to Shanghai for two weeks from now where the economy fare was $168 and the first class fare was $239. My colleagues in China tell me that that is typical for how the fare structure works.
So I'd encourage you to just check out the first class fare for the flights you are interested in - try it, you just might like it!
So I'd encourage you to just check out the first class fare for the flights you are interested in - try it, you just might like it!
Jun 27, 2007 | 11:42 pm
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The delta between economy class prices and first class prices for intra-China flights is nowhere near the delta as we see here in the US. For instance, I just booked a flight on Air China going from Beijing to Shanghai for two weeks from now where the economy fare was $168 and the first class fare was $239. My colleagues in China tell me that that is typical for how the fare structure works.
So I'd encourage you to just check out the first class fare for the flights you are interested in - try it, you just might like it!
So I'd encourage you to just check out the first class fare for the flights you are interested in - try it, you just might like it!
Jun 28, 2007 | 1:51 pm
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The downside of booking in advance from here in the US, perhaps.
Jun 28, 2007 | 3:41 pm
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no, i was talking about flying economy.