FreeMilesTraveler

Seeing a lot of $556-$560 from ORD and $580 from DEN over the next month to Xian, China (XIY), home of the Terracotta Soldiers.

Fly through SFO and you'll get UA 787 metal from SFO-XIY and XIY-SFO


https://www.google.com/flights/?f=0#...D0UA624;mp=900 FROM ORD - 16,668 miles


https://www.google.com/flights/?f=0#...0UA1583;mp=900 from DEN - 14,910 miles

EXAMPLE

Sun, Oct 23

9:10 AM – 11:38 AM
Chicago (ORD) – San Francisco (SFO)
United 769 · Economy Class · Boeing 777

Layover in San Francisco SFO 1h 37m

1:15 PM – 5:30 PM+1
San Francisco (SFO) – Xi'an (XIY)
United 853 · Economy Class · Boeing 787


Return flight
Thu, Oct 27

9:30 AM – 6:30 AM
Xi'an (XIY) – San Francisco (SFO)
United 852 · Economy Class · Boeing 787

Layover in San Francisco SFO 4h 10m

10:40 AM – 4:50 PM
San Francisco (SFO) – Chicago (ORD)
United 624 · Economy Class · Boeing 777

TravellingMan

Thanks OP.

Same is available on AA for the same fares from DEN. It is not often one gets deals out of DEN, thanks to OP making a long weekend in January over this.

Now to get the Chinese visa.

Tblack15

Love this. Recently saw XIY & CTU in the $600-$700 range from the east coast. DEN-China for <$600? Where was this when I lived there!?!?

freezefactor

I took this SFO-XIY flight about a month ago -- relatively empty flight meant that in E+ everyone had a whole row to themselves. Might be the most I've ever slept in economy in longhaul.

Kmxu

SFO-XIY is seasonal and ends late this month; the last flight is October 28 or 29. After that, you will have to connect through PEK.

Madone59

I need to be on the look out of this one next year - it's only a few bucks more out of SAN but I am completely booked for the rest of this year. Thanks OP.