China Eastern: CRK/CEB to SFO/LAX/ORD, JFK $1,134 RT
Jan 19, 2018, 12:20 pm
#106
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Jan 19, 2018, 12:28 pm
#107
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Also China Eastern and Hainan have removed the cell phone use ban on their flights.
Chinese airlines allow inflight mobile phone use, wifi - Xinhua | English.news.cn
Jan 19, 2018, 12:45 pm
#108
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On their website flights are available through February. My return LAX-PVG-CRK is next weekend.
BTW, my PVG-LAX flight on their 777 was very comfortable, the food (Western) was perfectly fine, and the free WiFi worked sufficiently well for email and messaging. One thing to be aware is that they don't allow the use of phones at all - not even in airplane mode - throughout the entire flight. If you plan on getting online, bring your laptop... They actually threatened to confiscate phones if they saw anyone using!
BTW, my PVG-LAX flight on their 777 was very comfortable, the food (Western) was perfectly fine, and the free WiFi worked sufficiently well for email and messaging. One thing to be aware is that they don't allow the use of phones at all - not even in airplane mode - throughout the entire flight. If you plan on getting online, bring your laptop... They actually threatened to confiscate phones if they saw anyone using!
The cellphone policy recently changed: The China government is now permitting use of cellular phones (in airplane mode) on aircraft. China Eastern was the first to announce and allow them on their aircraft, beginning January 17th (a colleague was on one of the first flights where this was allowed.)
I have flown many China Eastern flights, in both Main Cabin and Business; never made the First Class Suites, yet...
Wi-Fi is complimentary (although they say only a limited number allowed per flight)
Jan 19, 2018, 12:56 pm
#109
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Great, thanks for the tip
Also China Eastern and Hainan have removed the cell phone use ban on their flights.
Chinese airlines allow inflight mobile phone use, wifi - Xinhua English.news.cn
Also China Eastern and Hainan have removed the cell phone use ban on their flights.
Chinese airlines allow inflight mobile phone use, wifi - Xinhua English.news.cn
Jan 20, 2018, 8:21 pm
#110
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Will the amex offer spend $1000, get $200 back work with this? Just wanted to clarify since trip does not originate in US, but it does price out in USD.
Official terms offer terms: "Get a one-time $200 statement credit by using your enrolled Card to spend a minimum of $1,000+ in one or more transactions directly with China Eastern Airways via us.ceair.com by 2/28/2018. Transactions must be in US dollars"
Official terms offer terms: "Get a one-time $200 statement credit by using your enrolled Card to spend a minimum of $1,000+ in one or more transactions directly with China Eastern Airways via us.ceair.com by 2/28/2018. Transactions must be in US dollars"
Jan 21, 2018, 9:31 am
#111
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Will the amex offer spend $1000, get $200 back work with this? Just wanted to clarify since trip does not originate in US, but it does price out in USD.
Official terms offer terms: "Get a one-time $200 statement credit by using your enrolled Card to spend a minimum of $1,000+ in one or more transactions directly with China Eastern Airways via us.ceair.com by 2/28/2018. Transactions must be in US dollars"
Official terms offer terms: "Get a one-time $200 statement credit by using your enrolled Card to spend a minimum of $1,000+ in one or more transactions directly with China Eastern Airways via us.ceair.com by 2/28/2018. Transactions must be in US dollars"
Jan 22, 2018, 10:52 am
#113
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Jan 22, 2018, 8:58 pm
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Are others having trouble getting China Eastern's website to pull up the CEB-LAX fare? I want to book there to take advantage of the Amex offer. It will up the fare for some dates, but I mostly get blanks (no fares at all), even when expedia pulls up the fare. example: April 18 to May 24.
Jan 24, 2018, 7:18 pm
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Are others having trouble getting China Eastern's website to pull up the CEB-LAX fare? I want to book there to take advantage of the Amex offer. It will up the fare for some dates, but I mostly get blanks (no fares at all), even when expedia pulls up the fare. example: April 18 to May 24.
If you have access to GDS booking it can be done rather swiftly.
Jan 27, 2018, 3:12 am
#119
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Today I was able to get a CEB-JFK to ticket for $1437 on justfly.com, while other OTAs were pricing the same seats at $3300-$5700. The fare is still there on ITA, just very hard to find a way to book it!
Jan 27, 2018, 8:20 am
#120
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What dates did you book? I can't get anything to come up for under $3k.