Which airline offers free stopovers in asia?

phillai

As above. I'm wanting to goto Shanghai and Hong Kong.

Apparently Cathay Pacific offer free stop overs which sounds great but I'm wondering what's the best way for me to do this and which other airlines do this (for the places where I want to go).

Thanks.

richardw

BA and Virgin fly to both cities, so perhaps a separate one way flight Shanghai-Hong Kong is only needed, if you are doing that flight on its own.

http://www.britishairways.com/travel/fx/public/en_gb?eId=111024

http://www.virgin-atlantic.com/en/us/bookflightsandmore/bookflights/index.jsp

http://www.cathaypacific.com/xmlibe2/ibeController?ENTRYPOINTURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cathaypacific.com%2Fcpa%2Fen_GB%2Fhomepage&IBE_FCN=MDSearch&LANG=GB&COUNTRY=GB&DISC_FCT=CX&TYPE=REV&

Avoid China Eastern airways and any code share flights on their aircraft http://www.airlinequality.com/Forum/c_eastrn.htm

balt

Don't forget, its a free stopover but Taxes must be added and can be quite expensive.

phillai

Is it cheaper to do a free stopover or do it via open jaw, you reckon?

richardw

The open jaw is more convenient, saves time going back to HKG to catch the flight to LHR.

Perhaps do a search on the links and call www.trailfinders.com and then compare the prices on a bit of paper.

Also look at http://www.dragonair.com/da/en_HK/homepage?CX_FCN=CXHOME0_CountryChange

http://www.shanghai-air.com/salnewweb-en/index.aspx