Originally Posted by RobOnLI (Post 19761045)

A UA match right now would be fantastic.

-RM

Originally Posted by priceline (Post 19763367)

extending that trip to South India would be fantastic.

Originally Posted by concorde02 (Post 19761038)

AA: SEA-ORD-PEK $730 4.3 cpm in Jan from AA.com
sample date: Jan 24-29
Book into Q class
SEA-JFK-ORD-PEK-ORD-SEA yield more miles 18000+ eqm ($40 more)

Originally Posted by pfbloom (Post 19769073)

Originally Posted by samshik88 (Post 19771620)

For Chinese visa, you need a letter "inviting" you to come to the country. Either from a tourist group or business, etc. But as someone mentioned above, you get 24 hrs visa-free entry to Beijing if connecting to a third country (48hrs for Shanghai).

Originally Posted by pfbloom (Post 19769073)

Originally Posted by samshik88 (Post 19771620)

For Chinese visa, you need a letter "inviting" you to come to the country. Either from a tourist group or business, etc. But as someone mentioned above, you get 24 hrs visa-free entry to Beijing if connecting to a third country (48hrs for Shanghai).

Originally Posted by samshik88 (Post 19771620)

For Chinese visa, you need a letter "inviting" you to come to the country. Either from a tourist group or business, etc. But as someone mentioned above, you get 24 hrs visa-free entry to Beijing if connecting to a third country (48hrs for Shanghai).

Originally Posted by concorde02 (Post 19761038)

AA: SEA-ORD-PEK $730 4.3 cpm in Jan from AA.com
sample date: Jan 24-29
Book into Q class
SEA-JFK-ORD-PEK-ORD-SEA yield more miles 18000+ eqm ($40 more)

Originally Posted by AA_EXP09 (Post 19774206)

The second routing is a 5m charge for exceeding MPM

Originally Posted by HMPS (Post 19775222)

What is a 5m charge ?

Originally Posted by sfo (Post 19775274)

Have been to Bejing and Shanghai, got a visa and never asked for anything, no one wanted to see airline ticket.

Originally Posted by jiejie (Post 19798900)

Starting to get more credible reports from multiple places that as of January 1, 2013, certain nationalities will get an expanded 72 hours to Transit Without Visa at PEK, and of course leaving the airport will be allowed. If this is true, we should start hearing of some field-tested successes in several weeks, and will be able to verify directly with front-lines Immigration at PEK. Once confirmed that people are achieving the 72 hours, we'll update relevant Stickys.

In the meantime, this particular report lays out the relevant nationalities quite clearly:
http://www.wcarn.com/cache/news/22/22734.html

Other requirements of the TWOV (international to international itinerary) still apply. And nationalities not on this favored list still get 24 hours to transit without visa. It is assumed that if a double-stop transit inside China is planned where PEK is the first or second stop, that rules currently applicable (24 hour total limit inside China) will still apply.

Originally Posted by efox (Post 19800319)

This may be relevant (quote from China subforum):

Originally Posted by CokeandTaco (Post 19797706)

The price has dropped:

AA: SEA-PEK as low as ~$597ai (Q)

Sample:
Feb 26-Mar 4 SEA-ORD-PEK-ORD-SEA $600ai (16550mi ~3.6cpm)

-PERMITTED MON THROUGH THU ON EACH TRANSPACIFIC SECTOR.
-TRAVEL FROM INBOUND TRANSPACIFIC SECTOR MUST COMMENCE NO EARLIER THAN 3 DAYS AFTER DEPARTURE OF THE OUTBOUND TRANSPACIFIC SECTOR.
-VALID FOR TRAVEL COMMENCING ON/AFTER 07JAN 13. TRAVEL ON THIS FARE COMPONENT MUST COMMENCE BY MIDNIGHT ON 24APR 13.

-Other routings available (some with AS codeshares)....

Originally Posted by IggySD (Post 19763583)

Several 3-5 day trips in JAN, FEB and MAR on UA for $750 per ITA but routes through SFO instead of ORD so not nearly as good a cpm