Chinese airlines to oz

joebob

My son is off to Australia on 9th April just been looking at flights to Brisbane
China southern airways £458
Malaysia airways £563
British airways £ 650 all with holiday genie.com
Has anybody been on Chinese airlines and anybody used holiday genie prices seem to good to be true.

Voyager2002

China Southern is fine and will get him there safely, but personally I would pay the extra to fly on Malaysian for excellent food and in-flight entertainment.

I would imagine that those prices exclude taxes and other add-ons, so the final amount payable will be a good deal more.

markandkate

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mustmakealist

My daughter and her boyfriend travelled on one of the chinese airlines as it was cheaper than other options available at the time. They didn't find the crew as helpful as other airlines and didn't enjoy the food either. They also found the transfer in a chinese airport where the signs/announcements were in another language quite stressful.

I've used Singapore airlines and was very impressed and I know of friens that have flown with emirates and rated them quite highly.

In the end you pays your money and makes your choice. It can be a very long 24 hours if you are not comfortable, but if you haven't got the money or would rather have it to spend when you get there these are also factors to take into account.

withabix

Is China Southern flight actually them, or it is KLM under a codeshare?

I ask because we have been pricing flights from UK to Phillipines for a wedding and the China Southern flights were actually KLM.

Doshwaster

For the prices quoted I would choose Malaysian. Excellent airline, KUL is a fantastic airport and now that they are part of One World you can collect Avios too.

It may be £100 more but in terms of a more comfortable flight and connection experience I would say that it is worth it. If you are going to be spending 48 hours with them for the return trip it works out at around £2 extra per hour.

kashkarena

yeah i wold go with MAS as well. I don't really fancy china airlines and Singapore Airlines, though great is a bit more on the expensive side. but if pricing is really important then you have to weigh how far are you willing to forgo comfort over price

littlereddevil

mustmakealist wrote: »

My daughter and her boyfriend travelled on one of the chinese airlines as it was cheaper than other options available at the time. They didn't find the crew as helpful as other airlines and didn't enjoy the food either. They also found the transfer in a chinese airport where the signs/announcements were in another language quite stressful.

I've used Singapore airlines and was very impressed and I know of friens that have flown with emirates and rated them quite highly.

In the end you pays your money and makes your choice. It can be a very long 24 hours if you are not comfortable, but if you haven't got the money or would rather have it to spend when you get there these are also factors to take into account.

Singapore and Emirates weren't the options!

Dragonista

Travelled on Malaysia Airways. And I regularly travel on Singapore Airlines and Thai Airways. Both Thai and Singapore have won awards for their service and offer incredible value for money to Oz.

shaunskankdog

withabix wrote: »

Is China Southern flight actually them, or it is KLM under a codeshare?

I ask because we have been pricing flights from UK to Phillipines for a wedding and the China Southern flights were actually KLM.

Am currently in Philippines...flew Air China from Madrid to Hong Kong..going back Manila to Heathrow...cost was 375 pound...Flight perfect...on time...smooth...great food..great crew.....from Manchester it would have cost 800 pound plus...I cant complain.

joebob

Looked again at flights today
China 457
Malaysia 490
Cathay 613
Singapore 642
I think for the extra £33 will look at the Malaysia flight, just waiting for his passport to come back, hope the price don't change much.