Fake Trips - I Guess being Green was just Talk...
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So, BR is going one step further by having a "fake flight" that actually took off: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/EVA5288
What happened to being green?
More importantly
, did people get miles for it?
What happened to being green?
More importantly

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Any corporation touting "green" is just marketing, nothing more.
It's also not my place to judge the social utility of any given trip. Who is to say that any flight I've ever taken is any more "real" than a trip to nowhere?
It's also not my place to judge the social utility of any given trip. Who is to say that any flight I've ever taken is any more "real" than a trip to nowhere?
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FWIW - BR is not the first airline has ever done this.
In the past, CX (and later on JL) has conducted excursion flights over Hong Kong annually for free.
The difference now is BR charges for the trip and the trip gets a little bit more realistic - longer.
No for obvious reason - virtually there is no distance between TPE and TPE
In the past, CX (and later on JL) has conducted excursion flights over Hong Kong annually for free.
The difference now is BR charges for the trip and the trip gets a little bit more realistic - longer.
No for obvious reason - virtually there is no distance between TPE and TPE

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4 Taiwanese airlines have similar flights and they all packaged it differently. The one with BR is packaged as a father's day event as it was on Taiwan's fathers day.
The one by China airlines can get miles from its TPE-TPE flight with 2020 miles for Y and 3030 miles for J, plus tier bonus.
The one by China airlines can get miles from its TPE-TPE flight with 2020 miles for Y and 3030 miles for J, plus tier bonus.
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Alcohol was not on offer.
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Yes, all of them are doing it and there is very little objection raised about the necessity of this.
They did another one and here is the shape it drew: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/...244Z/RCTP/RCTP
They did another one and here is the shape it drew: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/...244Z/RCTP/RCTP
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Booking these flights are very difficult.
First, the inventory is extremely limited, which they are sold out within hours. Second, you have to be in Taiwan before you can book one. Per current COVID-19 situation, entering Taiwan now is mostly not possible.
First, the inventory is extremely limited, which they are sold out within hours. Second, you have to be in Taiwan before you can book one. Per current COVID-19 situation, entering Taiwan now is mostly not possible.
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Understood. I am curious how somebody who is already in Taiwan can book the flight. I can not find any information online, whether through EVA, StarLux, or China Airlines.
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Because unless new routes, they did not announce them in advance. They just push them on their website, as well as social media. Hence, the quick sell-out.
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I don't think the US site mentions the flights at all.
In case you can't read Chinese, the last entry (next to the picture of the HK jet) has links to 9 travel agencies that were to sell the packages. (Or feed it into Google translate.)
Last edited by gengar; Aug 17, 20 at 7:47 pm