Čína a Hong Kong - Levné letenky

[Smurfx]

Zdravím všechny,

poté, co mi čeští ticketing agenti oznámili, že letecká společnost China Southern zrušila rezervace a nelze ji znovu rezervovat, hledal jsem možnost rezervovat letenky skrze čínské servery.

Máte někdo zkušenost s nákupem vnitrostání letenky (Beijing-Xian, Xian-Shanghai, Shaghai-Hong Kong) na čínských stránkách? Není tam problém s platbou kartou, či jinými podmínkami? Letenky jsou zhruba o 50% levnější, než ty, které zarezervovala například Student Agency, protože skrze čínské stránky lze rezervovat i nižší knihovací třídy, přičemž české agenty to pouštělo jen do rezervace Y třídy.

Díval jsem se například na tyto servery:
www.chinahighlights.com
www.chinatravel.com/
www.travelchinaguide.com
apod.

Děkuji předem za všechny rady a zkušenosti

[ketko]

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Domestic flying: domestic Chinese flights on Western sites like Expedia are
very expensive. There are a growing number of domestic sites offering
flights: I used www.elong.net <http://www.elong.net/> (selected purely due
to personal preference how it was laid out), others include www.ctrip.com
<http://www.ctrip.com/> and www.9588.com <http://www.9588.com/> . All sites
are very clear about what full fare is and what level of discount is
available. The Chinese leave their flight booking til very late so it is a
battle of nerves to wait for the lowest fares to become available, at about
3 weeks before the flight. However looking at different dates in the
future for any sector will show the types of fares likely to be available,
with discounts of up to 70% available for the least popular times. However
'full fare' is often around £100 so a much lower discount is not
prohibitively expensive, whereas Expedia etc may charge £200+ for the same
flight. There is little/no difference between the fares offered on the
different sites as far as I could tell. Elong also offered international
tickets so I used them for a 1-way between Beijing and Seoul, again at
about a quarter of the £267 Expedia wanted to fly on Asiana (Star Alliance
again!). However booking with Elong seemed a bit of a leap of faith as
there is a convoluted process of 'credit card authorisation forms' to be
signed and emailed back to them. However at the point of check-in all 3 of
out Elong-booked E-tickets worked! However the biggest mental stumbling
block is the whole issue of leaving it later and later to get the cheapest
fares, which is plain wrong to Westereners!