CA : SFO -> PEK - $1,500 USD in J roundtrip
Jan 15, 2019, 4:27 am
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The LA fare is both AC and CZ. It seems like a lot of CZ fares ex-LAX all over China in Spring.
Last edited by SightseeMC; Jan 15, 2019 at 4:35 am Reason: More info
Jan 15, 2019, 1:58 pm
#17
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Loving the fare, gives you 1.25x Award miles on UA based on distance flown (about 15k), 1x PQM.
The 7 day stay does kill it for me a bit, but trains + flights domestically in China are very cheap, so you could always book a ticket and hop to another city. If I had more vacation days to burn, I would jump on this one.
The 7 day stay does kill it for me a bit, but trains + flights domestically in China are very cheap, so you could always book a ticket and hop to another city. If I had more vacation days to burn, I would jump on this one.
Jan 16, 2019, 7:56 am
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Jan 16, 2019, 2:25 pm
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-James
Jan 17, 2019, 11:49 am
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The good news is that there is still availability, albeit it appears that the outbound must now be February 5th, with the return date being somewhat flexible (i.e. Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesday in February and March):
https://www.google.com/flights?safe=...0*2.GBP.112830
LAX to PEK also a possibility with slightly more dates in February and May:
https://www.google.com/flights?safe=...9*2.GBP.110519
-James
Jan 17, 2019, 4:25 pm
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Jan 17, 2019, 7:59 pm
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From the video I was watching on the flight, the aircraft they use was delivered in 2013/2014. Any aircraft that's lost that new plane smell is dated in my books Granted it's no Brian Mulroney paper bag special like the ones AC continues to run to this day.
Sadly it can't be done that late (although there's some good availability out of LAX as well in the first half). Unfortunately neither do I work for an airline nor do I have the fat fingers both of which seem necessary to make deals appear on Google Flights
-James
Granted it's no Brian Mulroney paper bag special like the ones AC continues to run to this day.-James
Jan 17, 2019, 10:10 pm
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I'm actually based out of PEK now (expat) so I would to emphasize a lot of what the others have said here:
- DO NOT try to take a domestic train last minute in the first half of Feb. it really is nuts!
- Beijing and Shanghai are great to visit during spring festival because most of the crowds have left.
- If you can get a connecting flight to Haerbin to check out the snow/ice festival it's really worth it!
- Yes CA Business class is 180 lie flat and I found nicer than AC (YMMV)
- Premium economy on CA is basically economy with a pair of slippers
Jan 17, 2019, 11:50 pm
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I'm actually based out of PEK now (expat) so I would to emphasize a lot of what the others have said here:
- DO NOT try to take a domestic train last minute in the first half of Feb. it really is nuts!
- Beijing and Shanghai are great to visit during spring festival because most of the crowds have left.
- If you can get a connecting flight to Haerbin to check out the snow/ice festival it's really worth it!
- Yes CA Business class is 180 lie flat and I found nicer than AC (YMMV)
- Premium economy on CA is basically economy with a pair of slippers
1. AC business class is 1-2-1 and much better than CA 2-2-2 (other than the a350).
2. CA cabin is filthy regardless of class.
Feb 22, 2019, 5:34 pm
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It's BAAAACK!
Spotted on flights for around $1,750 USD roundtrip:
https://www.google.com/flights?lite=0#flt=SFO.PEK.2019-04-02.SFOPEK0CA986*PEK.SFO.2019-04-10.PEKSFO0CA985;c:USD;e:1;sc:b;sd:1;t:b;sp:2.USD.1 75243*2.USD.175243
Seems to have decent availability in early April.
-James
https://www.google.com/flights?lite=0#flt=SFO.PEK.2019-04-02.SFOPEK0CA986*PEK.SFO.2019-04-10.PEKSFO0CA985;c:USD;e:1;sc:b;sd:1;t:b;sp:2.USD.1 75243*2.USD.175243
Seems to have decent availability in early April.
-James