Flight to Beijing

SammyS1987

Hi all,

Looking at flying to Beijing on 02/11/12 returning 17/11/12. Best I have found so far is with Air China for £531.66 flying out of LGW at 1200 returing to LHR departing Beijing at 12:30 local time. That is booking via Air China's website which seems to knock five pounds of the Skyscanner/Travel Supermarket website.

Just wondering if anyone has any other suggestions. I would prefer to fly direct.

Thanks in advance,

Sam

Caz3121

SammyS1987 wrote: »

Hi all,

Looking at flying to Beijing on 02/11/12 returning 17/11/12. Best I have found so far is with Air China for £531.66 flying out of LGW at 1200 returing to LHR departing Beijing at 12:30 local time. That is booking via Air China's website which seems to knock five pounds of the Skyscanner/Travel Supermarket website.

Just wondering if anyone has any other suggestions. I would prefer to fly direct.

Thanks in advance,

Sam

If you return at 01:55 on the 16th or 18th back to LGW it is £15 less

SammyS1987

Thanks Caz, although I think I'd rather have an extra night and a lay in!

SammyS1987

It's gone up to £580 now! :-(

Looks like I will be going indirect after all. It's not worth paying an extra £100 for direct flights.

pigsCANfly

Probably not everyones choice, but you can fly to Beijing from Rome via Moscow and back to Heathrow for £385 with Aeroflot (I know!) leaving 1 November and coming back 17 November. Of course, you'd have to get to Rome first.
HTH

SammyS1987

Woah nice find, but I'm not in Rome! :rotfl:

Doshwaster

SammyS1987 wrote: »

It's gone up to £580 now! :-(

Looks like I will be going indirect after all. It's not worth paying an extra £100 for direct flights.

Beijing is a long way so I actually prefer an indirect flight (unless I'm in a flat bed in business...) to give me a chance to stretch my legs and freshen up on the way. Emirates would be my choice on that route.

Obviously_the_best

SammyS1987 wrote: »

Woah nice find, but I'm not in Rome! :rotfl:

That's what Ryanair/easyJet/Monarch/(enter budget airline of choice here) are for, getting places in europe cheaply!!!

You could also look at http://soc.li/g0gliui (note: on this website travel genie link doesn't work, click the top link at the side)

SammyS1987

Hmm but I used to watch airline! If easyjet don't get me there in time I'd be in trouble!

Obviously_the_best

SammyS1987 wrote: »

Hmm but I used to watch airline! If easyjet don't get me there in time I'd be in trouble!

LCC's are some of europe's most ontime airlines, becasue of such tight schedules putting crew under pressure, the advantages being much of the time they are on time, the downside being as soon as they are late by 5 mins that's mucked up the rest of the day.

shaunskankdog

SammyS1987 wrote: »

Hi all,

Looking at flying to Beijing on 02/11/12 returning 17/11/12. Best I have found so far is with Air China for £531.66 flying out of LGW at 1200 returing to LHR departing Beijing at 12:30 local time. That is booking via Air China's website which seems to knock five pounds of the Skyscanner/Travel Supermarket website.

Just wondering if anyone has any other suggestions. I would prefer to fly direct.

Thanks in advance,

Sam

£489 KLM

Depart Fri, 2 Nov LHR to PEK – 1 stop 12h 00m

KLM Royal Dutch – Flights 1024 2h 20m
Take-off Fri 18:10 LHR
Landing Fri 20:30 AMS
Coach | Embraer 170/190 (Regional Jet)
Change planes AMS
0h 55m
KLM Royal Dutch – Flights 4303
Operated by China Southern
Take-off Fri 21:25 AMS
Landing Sat 14:10 PEK
Coach | Airbus A330 (Wide-body Jet) |

Return Sat, 17 Nov PEK to LHR – 1 stop
KLM Royal Dutch – Flights 898
Take-off Sat 11:55 PEK
Landing Sat 15:15 AMS
Coach | Boeing 747 all Combi models (Wide-body Jet)
Change planes AMS
1h 35m
KLM Royal Dutch – Flights 1023
Operated by KLM Royal Dutch 0h 20m
Take-off Sat 16:50 AMS
Landing Sat 17:10 LHR
Coach | Fokker 70 (Regional Jet)