I hesitated to post this as I don't think this is a special business deal, but more an excellent value fare with reasonable flexibility (changes for £85, cancellation for £175) given the scarcity of sub £2.5K flights to AKL from London airports. There is the £1,750 deal with China Southern on at the moment but that has limited date range and this China Airlines fare appears to be available throughout the year. I was able to book for the peak Easter 2020 dates.
Fare class is D and flights are on the A350 which routes LGW-TPE-BNE-AKL with what appears to be an excellent hard product and reasonable in flight service according to blogs/youtube. Extended stopovers in TPE are free, and we have built in a one night/1.5 day stay to avoid a 6.5 hour stopover on the outbound leg.
As a Qatar and Avios fan it took a lot to sacrifice the option to fly from Scandinavia and accumulate a large number of tier points but thought the minimal price differential and convenience of departing from London outweighed these aspects. Of course, if Qatar re-introduce their £1700 Lon-AKL deal I'll be cancelling this fare and rebooking onto QR
Finally, I booked direct with the airline using their customer service email address to price match Gotogate.
Do you have a link to this deal? CI does have a great product. I flew TPE-SFO on the 777 in J, and it was a great flight. They have both Kavalan and JW Blue as complimentary drink options!
If you stick dates into Kayak or SkyScanner you will find the prices at other OTAs. Opodo seems to be cheapest at £2315pp. As referenced above, I got in touch with the airline via Facebook who gave me the local customer service email address ([email protected] - all email contacts available on this page https://www.china-airlines.com/us/en/contact-us/offices). They effectively price matched the cheapest OTA which saves the bother of dealing with a middle man in the instance there's an issue with the flights.
Here's the fare rules - CI did apply a different fare code on the inbound to restrict max stay to 1M (not that I needed that):
Spoiler
Rule CategoryRule TextRULE APPLICATION AND OTHER CONDITIONS NOT APPLICABLEELIGIBILITY NO ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS APPLY.DAY/TIME NO DAY/TIME TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS APPLY.SEASONALITY PERMITTED 24MAY19 THROUGH 10JUL19 OR 19AUG19 THROUGH
09DEC19 OR 24DEC19 THROUGH 31MAR20 OR 14APR20 THROUGH
08JUL20 OR 19AUG20 THROUGH 09DEC20 OR 24DEC20 THROUGH
31DEC20 DEPARTURE FROM FARE ORIGIN. SEASON IS BASED ON
DATE OF ORIGIN.FLIGHT APPLICATION THE FARE COMPONENT MUST BE ON
ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING
CI FLIGHTS 69 THROUGH 70 OPERATED BY CI
IN COMBINATION WITH
ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING
ANY CI FLIGHT OPERATED BY CI
ANY AE FLIGHT OPERATED BY AE
CI FLIGHTS 9400 THROUGH 9401.ADVANCE RESERVATIONS/TICKETING CONFIRMED RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED FOR ALL SECTORS.
WAITLIST AND STANDBY NOT PERMITTED.
NOTE - TEXT BELOW NOT VALIDATED FOR AUTOPRICING.
RESERVATIONS FOR THE ENTIRE JOURNEY MUST BE
CONFIRMED PRIOR TO PAYMENT AND TICKETINGMINIMUM STAY NO MINIMUM STAY REQUIREMENTS APPLY.MAXIMUM STAY TRAVEL FROM LAST STOPOVER MUST COMMENCE NO LATER THAN
12 MONTHS AFTER DEPARTURE FROM FARE ORIGIN.STOPOVERS UNLIMITED STOPOVERS PERMITTED ON THE PRICING UNIT
LIMITED TO 1 FREE AND UNLIMITED AT GBP 55.00
EACH.
1 FREE IN TPE
UNLIMITED IN TPE AT GBP 55.00 EACH.TRANSFERS UNLIMITED TRANSFERS PERMITTED ON THE PRICING UNIT.
1 PERMITTED AT CONNECTIONS IN EUROPE IN
EACH DIRECTION
UNLIMITED IN AREA 3 IN EACH DIRECTION.
FARE BREAK AND EMBEDDED SURFACE SECTORS PERMITTED ON
THE FARE COMPONENT.COMBINATIONS
END-ON-END NOT PERMITTED. SIDE TRIPS NOT PERMITTED.
OPEN JAWS/ROUND TRIPS/CIRCLE TRIPS
FARES MAY BE COMBINED ON A HALF ROUND TRIP BASIS
-TO FORM SINGLE OR DOUBLE OPEN JAWS/ROUND TRIPS
-TO FORM CIRCLE TRIPS EXCEPT FOR AROUND-THE-WORLD
FARES.
PROVIDED -
COMBINATIONS ARE NOT WITH ANY SHOULDER/HIGH/PEAK
FARES FOR CARRIER CI IN RULE UK01 IN TARIFF
IPREUAS - BETWEEN EUROPE-AREA 3.
COMBINATIONS ARE WITH ANY BASIC/ FARES OR ANY -UK
TYPE FARES FOR CARRIER CI IN RULE UK01 IN TARIFF
IPREUAS - BETWEEN EUROPE-AREA 3.
COMBINATIONS ARE WITH ANY FARE FOR CARRIER CI IN
RULE AT24/BG01/CH04/CY01/ES02/FR01/IT06/LV06/PL03/
PT01/RU02/UA01/UK01/YS04 IN TARIFF
IPREUAS - BETWEEN EUROPE-AREA 3.
COMBINATIONS ARE WITH ANY J-/C-/D-/W-/U-/E-/Y-/B-/
M-/K-/V-/T-/R-/Q-/H-/N- TYPE FARES FOR CARRIER CI
IN RULE IE01 IN TARIFF
IPREUAS - BETWEEN EUROPE-AREA 3.
COMBINATIONS ARE WITH ANY DE3MDE/YDE6MDE/CE6MDE/
YCE6MDE/JE1YDE/YJE1YDE TYPE FARES OR ANY -HE3MDE/
-HE6MDE/-HE1YDE/-PY3MDE/-PY6MDE/-Y1YDE TYPE FARES
FOR CARRIER CI IN RULE DE02/DE03/DE05/DE07 IN
TARIFF
IPREUAS - BETWEEN EUROPE-AREA 3.
COMBINATIONS ARE WITH ANY -NL/-BE/-FI TYPE FARES
FOR CARRIER CI IN RULE BE01/FI01/NL01 IN TARIFF
IPREUAS - BETWEEN EUROPE-AREA 3.BLACKOUT DATES NO BLACKOUT DATES APPLY.SURCHARGES MISCELLANEOUS/OTHER SURCHARGE OF GBP 215.00 PER
DIRECTION WILL BE ADDED TO THE APPLICABLE FARE PER
ADULT,ALLOWING CHILD/INFANT DISCOUNTS IF THE FARE
COMPONENT INCLUDES TRAVEL ON ONE OR MORE OF THE
FOLLOWING
ANY CI FLIGHT
WHEN PORTION OF TRAVEL IS BETWEEN TPE AND GUM/ROR.
NOTE - TEXT BELOW NOT VALIDATED FOR AUTOPRICING.
THE SURCHARGE WILL ACCRUE TO CI
AND - MISCELLANEOUS/OTHER SURCHARGE OF GBP 215.00 PER
DIRECTION WILL BE ADDED TO THE APPLICABLE FARE
PER ADULT,ALLOWING CHILD/INFANT DISCOUNTS IF THE
FARE COMPONENT INCLUDES TRAVEL ON ONE OR MORE OF
THE FOLLOWING
CI FLIGHTS 220 THROUGH 223
CI FLIGHTS 201 THROUGH 202
WHEN PORTION OF TRAVEL IS BETWEEN TPE AND TYO/
SHA.
NOTE - TEXT BELOW NOT VALIDATED FOR AUTOPRICING.
THE SURCHARGE WILL ACCRUE TO CIACCOMPANIED TRAVEL ACCOMPANIED TRAVEL NOT REQUIRED.TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS VALID FOR TRAVEL COMMENCING ON/BEFORE 31DEC20.SALES RESTRICTIONS FOOTNOTE RULE
TICKETS MUST BE ISSUED ON/AFTER 24MAY19 AND ON/BEFORE
22MAY20.
FARE RULE
TICKETS MUST BE ISSUED ON THE STOCK OF CI OR AE.
TICKETS MAY BE ISSUED BY ELECTRONIC TICKETING.
NOTE - TEXT BELOW NOT VALIDATED FOR AUTOPRICING.
WAITLIST - PERMITTED ON ALL FARE LEVELS. NOT
PERMITTED TO HOLD HIGHER BOOKING CLASS CONFIRMED
BOOKING CLASS AT SAME TIME. TICKETS MUST BE
ISSUED WITH HK SECTORS.
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DUPLICATE BOOKING - WHERE IDENTICAL BOOKINGS ARE
HELD BY TWO DIFFERENT AGENTS BOTH PNR WILL BE
CHALLENGED THROUGH THE RESPECTIVE GDS SYSTEMS. IF
NO ACTION IS TAKEN BY DEADLINES IN EACH PNR THE
BOOKINGS WILL BE CANCELLED.
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TICKET NUMBERS - TICKET NUMBERS SHOULD BE ENTERED
INTO THE PNR FAILURE WILL RESULT IN PNR BEING
CANCELLED WITHOUT REFERENCE. USE OF FICTITIOUS
TICKET NUMBERS WILL RESULT IN CANCELLATION OF PNR
AND WITHDRAWAL OF NET FARE CONTRACT.
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PASSIVE SEGMENT - IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE
AGENT TO ENSURE ALL PASSIVE SEGMENTS ARE
CANCELLED AFTER TICKET ISSUE.
OR - TICKETS MUST BE ISSUED ON THE STOCK OF CI OR HR.
TICKETS MAY BE ISSUED BY ELECTRONIC TICKETING.PENALTIES CANCELLATIONS
ANY TIME
CHARGE GBP 175.00 FOR REFUND.
CHILD/INFANT DISCOUNTS APPLY.
NOTE - TEXT BELOW NOT VALIDATED FOR AUTOPRICING.
BEFORE DEPARTURE
REFUND TOTALLY UNUSED - FARE APPLICABLE AIRPORT
TAXES // SERVICE CHARGE.
AFTER DEPARTURE
REFUND PARTIALLY UNUSED - OW FARE SAME RBD AS O/B
WILL BE CALCULATED // SERVICE CHARGE.
ANY TIME
CHARGE GBP 85.00 FOR NO-SHOW.
CHILD/INFANT DISCOUNTS APPLY.
CHANGES
ANY TIME
CHARGE GBP 85.00 FOR REISSUE.
CHILD/INFANT DISCOUNTS APPLY.
NOTE - TEXT BELOW NOT VALIDATED FOR AUTOPRICING.
PERMITTED
ORIGINAL TICKET MUST BE RE-ISSUED IN EXCHANGE FOR
NEW TICKET WITH ABOVE ADC PLUS FARE DIFFERENCE
AND NEW TAXES/DATE CHANGE FEE AND REISSUE FEE.
IF NEW FARE IS LOWER THAN ORIGINAL FARE USED X
THEN A NEW TICKET WILL HAVE TO BE ISSUED AND
ORIGINAL TICKETS REFUNDED MINUS APPLICABLE
CANCELLATION FEE.
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REROUTING ALLOW - FARE DIFFERENT AND TAXES
DIFFERENT SHOULD BE RE-CALCULATEDHIP/MILEAGE EXCEPTIONS NO HIP OR MILEAGE EXCEPTIONS APPLY.TICKET ENDORSEMENTS OUTBOUND -
THE ORIGINAL AND THE REISSUED TICKET MUST BE
ANNOTATED - NONEND//CHNG N REF FEE APL
AND -
THE ORIGINAL AND THE REISSUED TICKET MUST BE
ANNOTATED - /NO SHOW FEE GBP85 - IN THE ENDORSEMENT
BOX.CHILDREN DISCOUNTS CNN/ACCOMPANIED CHILD PSGR 2-11 - CHARGE 75 PERCENT OF
THE FARE.
TICKET DESIGNATOR - CH AND PERCENT APPLIED.
MUST BE ACCOMPANIED ON ALL FLIGHTS IN THE SAME
COMPARTMENT BY ADULT PSGR 12 OR OLDER.
OR - INS/INFANT WITH A SEAT PSGR UNDER 2 - CHARGE 75
PERCENT OF THE FARE.
TICKET DESIGNATOR - CH AND PERCENT APPLIED.
MUST BE ACCOMPANIED ON ALL FLIGHTS IN THE SAME
COMPARTMENT BY ADULT PSGR 12 OR OLDER.
OR - 1ST INF/INFANT WITHOUT A SEAT PSGR UNDER 2 -
CHARGE 10 PERCENT OF THE FARE.
TICKET DESIGNATOR - IN AND PERCENT APPLIED.
MUST BE ACCOMPANIED ON ALL FLIGHTS IN THE SAME
COMPARTMENT BY ADULT PSGR 12 OR OLDER.
NOTE - TEXT BELOW NOT VALIDATED FOR AUTOPRICING.
INFANT/CHILD NAMES AND AGES MUST BE ENTERED INTO
PNR AS AN OSI REMARK.
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IF PASSENGER TRAVELS OUTBOUND AS INF AND RETURNS
AS CHD I.E. AFTER HIS / HER 2ND BIRTHDAY
THEY MUST PURCHASE A RETURN CHD FARE AND OCCUPY
A SEAT ON ALL SECTORS OF THE ITINERARY.
PASSENGER AGE IS DETERMINED BY LAST DATE OF TRAVEL
ON THE TICKET.
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UMNR 02-05 YEARS NOT PERMITTED.
AGE 05 - 11 YEARS. PERMITTED AT ADULT NETT FARE
LEVEL W/U/Y/B/M
ALL UNMIN CASES MUST BE REQUESTED VIA CI
RESERVATIONS 020-8587-3688 OPTION 1TOUR CONDUCTOR DISCOUNTS NO DISCOUNTS FOR TOUR CONDUCTORS.AGENT DISCOUNTS NO DISCOUNTS FOR SALE AGENTS.ALL OTHER DISCOUNTS NO DISCOUNTS FOR OTHERS.MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS THIS FARE MUST NOT BE USED AS THROUGH FARE WITH A
DIFFERENTIAL AND/OR TO CALCULATE DIFFERENTIAL.
NOTE - TEXT BELOW NOT VALIDATED FOR AUTOPRICING.
UPSELL -
BEFORE DEPARTURE - PERMITTED TO HIGHER CABIN OR
BOOKING CLASS. ORIGINAL TICKET MUST BE ISSUED IN
EXCHANGE FOR A NEW TICKET WITH ADC ADDITIONAL
COLLECTION FOR THE FARE DIFFERENCE / NEW TAXES.
AFTER DEPARTURE - PASSENGER MUST CONTACT LOCAL
CHINA AIRLINES OFFICE TO ACTION REQUEST.
UPSELL APPLIES TO ENTIRE TICKET OR ENTIRE
OUTBOUND / INBOUND SECTOR. UPSELL OF INDIVIDUAL
SECTORS NOT PERMITTED.
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NAME CHANGE - NOT PERMITTED. ANY PNR WITH A NAME
CHANGE WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY CANCELLED WITHOUT
REFERENCE. IF NAME CHANGE IS LESS THAN THREE
LETTERS AND DOES NOT CHANGE NAME COMPLETELY
CONTACT CI RESERVATIONS.
ONLY ONE SUCH CHANGE MIGHT BE AUTHORIZED.
THE DECISION IS AT THE TOTAL DISCRETION OF CI
RESERVATIONS.
OTHER NAME CHANGES A NEW PNR MUST BE CREATED WITH
CORRECT NAME IF ANY WAITLIST SECTORS DO NOT
CANCEL.
THE ORIGINAL PNR CONTACT CI RESERVATIONS FOR
ASSISTANCE ONCE NEW PNR HAS BEEN CREATED.
IF ITINERARY INCLUDES INTERLINE CARRIERS A NEW
PNR MUST BE CREATED.
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SCHEDULE CHANGES - CHINA AIRLINES WILL NOTIFY ALL
SCHEDULE CHANGES BY Q AND BY AGENT PRODUCT UPDATE
WHICH IS SENT TO THE TRAVEL AGENT - PRODUCT
DEPARTMENT E-MAIL ADDRESS. CI WILL DO ALL
POSSIBLE TO ADVISE ON PASSENGER HANDLING IN SUCH
CASES INCLUDING ALTERNATIVE ROUTINGS ON CHINA
AIRLINES AND CANCELLATION / DATE CHANGE POLICY.
CI IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE
CAUSED IN CONNECTION TO OTHER CARRIERS. ANY SUCH
GUIDANCE ON PASSENGER HANDLING IS ON A GOOD WILL
BASIS AND IS NOT AN ADMISSION OF LIABILITY.
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OUT OF SEQUENCE TICKET USE-
GBP 200 PENALTY APPLIES IF PASSENGER USES TICKET
OUT OF SEQUENCE. PENALTY APPLIED TO PASSENGER ON
CHECK-IN AT FIRST SECTOR WHERE OUT OF SEQUENCE
USE APPLIES. EXAMPLE PASSENGER BUYS LHR - TPE -
HKG - TPE - LHR TPE-HKG-TPE SECTORS ARE NOT
UTILISED. GBP 200 PENALTY WILL BE APPLIED ON
CHECK-IN AT TPE FOR TPE - LHR SECTOR.
IF SELLING AGENT IS FOUND TO HAVE KNOWINGLY
ADVISED PASSENGER TO USE OUT OF SEQUENCE IN ORDER
TO GAIN LOWER FARE TO TAIWAN AGENT WILL RECEIVE
ADM FOR FULL IATA FARE FOR THAT TICKET AND NET
FARE CONTRACT AGREEMENT WILL BE REVIEWED FOR
TERMINATION.
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TRAVEL DATE OUT OF SYSTEM LIFE -
BOOK LATEST AVAILABLE DATE AND ISSUE TICKET
WITHIN REQUIRED TICKETING DEADLINE. CONTACT CI
RESERVATIONS TO PUT NOTE INTO PNR CONFIRMING DATE
OUT OF SYSTEM LIFE. ONCE REQUIRED DATES BECOMES
AVAILABLE BOOK AND CONTACT CI RESERVATIONS ON
020-8587-3688 OPTION 1 TO ACTION RE-VALIDATION OF
TICKET AT NO CHARGE.
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FREUQUENT FLYER MILEAGE - NO MILEAGE IS AWARDED
WHEN TRAVEL IS IN THE FOLLOWING BOOKING
CLASSES X / L.
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CANCELLATION/STPC - COMPLEMENTARY HOTEL
ACCOMADATION -
FAILURE TO CANCEL COMPLIMENTARY HOTEL
ACCOMMODATION PROVIDED BY CHINA AIRLINES GBP 60
PER ROOM PER NIGHT CANCELLATION FEE WILL BE
APPLIED VIA ADM TO THE BOOKING AGENT IF THEY
CANCEL PNR IN THEIR GDS BUT FAIL TO CONTACT CI
RESERVATIONS TO CANCEL ANY COMPLIMENTARY
ACCOMMODATION HELD DUE TO INVOLUNTARY STOPOVER IN
TPE.FARE BY RULE NOT APPLICABLE.GROUPS NO GROUP PROVISIONS APPLY.TOURS NO TOUR PROVISIONS APPLY.VISIT ANOTHER COUNTRY NO VISIT ANOTHER COUNTRY PROVISIONS APPLY.DEPOSITS NO DEPOSIT PROVISIONS APPLY.VOLUNTARY CHANGES IN THE EVENT OF CHANGES TO TICKETED FLIGHTS
BEFORE DEPARTURE OF JOURNEY AND WITHIN TICKET VALIDITY
CERTAIN DOMESTIC REISSUE PROVISIONS MAY BE OVERRIDDEN
BY THOSE OF CI INTERNATIONAL FARES
CHARGE GBP 85.00 FOR REISSUE OR HIGHEST FEE OF ALL
FARE COMPONENTS - INFANT/CHILD DISCOUNTS APPLY AND
REPRICE USING FARES IN EFFECT TODAY
PROVIDED ALL OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS ARE MET-
1. WHEN NO INTL COUPONS REMAIN - ALL NEW TRAVEL
MUST BE DOMESTIC
2. AE/CI FARES ARE USED
3. NEW TKT HAS EQUAL OR HIGHER VALUE THAN PREVIOUS
TKT
4. ADV RES IS MEASURED FROM REISSUE DATE TO
DEPARTURE OF PRICING UNIT
5. TKT REISSUE RESTRICTED TO CI OR AE/CI
REFUND VIA ORIGINAL FORM OF PAYMENT
ENDORSEMENT BOX - NEW ENDORSEMENTS.
OR -
AFTER DEPARTURE OF JOURNEY AND WITHIN TICKET VALIDITY
CERTAIN DOMESTIC REISSUE PROVISIONS MAY BE OVERRIDDEN
BY THOSE OF CI INTERNATIONAL FARES
CHARGE GBP 85.00 FOR REISSUE OR HIGHEST FEE OF ALL FARE
COMPONENTS - INFANT/CHILD DISCOUNTS APPLY AND
REPRICE USING FARES IN EFFECT WHEN TKT WAS ISSUED
PROVIDED ALL OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS ARE MET-
1. WHEN NO INTL COUPONS REMAIN - ALL NEW TRAVEL
MUST BE DOMESTIC
2. FULLY FLOWN FARE NOT REPRICED TO FURTHER POINT
3. AE/CI FARES ARE USED
4. NEW TKT HAS EQUAL OR HIGHER VALUE THAN PREVIOUS
TKT
5. ALL RULE AND BOOKING CODE PROVISIONS ARE MET
6. ADV RES IS MEASURED FROM ORIGINAL TKT DATE TO
DEPARTURE OF PRICING UNIT
7. TKT REISSUE RESTRICTED TO CI OR AE/CI
REFUND VIA ORIGINAL FORM OF PAYMENT
ENDORSEMENT BOX - NEW ENDORSEMENTS.
.VOLUNTARY REFUNDS CHECK CATEGORY 16 OR CONTACT CARRIER FOR DETAILS.NEGOTIATED FARES NOT APPLICABLE.INTERNATIONAL CONSTRUCTION
** ADDONS FOR INFORMATION ONLY **
FARE--RT
PUBLISHED AMOUNT CONVERTED AMOUNT
ADDON CITIES F/B CUR VIA NUC
PUBLISHED LGW-SYD DL1YUK GBP 2250.00 GBP 2250.00
ADDON DST SYD-AKL B***** GBP 0.00 GBP 0.00
ATP ZONE 1 ADD-ON TARIFF PARBEAS/927
GBP CONVERTED TO USD USING BSR 1 GBP - 1.21500673 USD
So, I'm probably going to jump on this. Did you just email the local customer service address with all of your requests? I would like to book a stopover in TPE both ways to try and break up the trip.
So, I'm probably going to jump on this. Did you just email the local customer service address with all of your requests? I would like to book a stopover in TPE both ways to try and break up the trip.
Yes, I did. I think you get 1 free stopover and a second might cost you a little bit extra if I'm reading the fare rules correctly.
Aug 12, 2019, 4:04 am
