Comment by kristina [she/her]@hexbear.net on What the fuck is going on with United Airlines

According to their app, a round trip from Beijing to SFO is EIGHTEEN THOUSAND FUCKING DOLLARS for basic economy. Beijing to Newark is 9000. According to Expedia, Beijing to SFO through Newark is 2700 for basic economy. Apparently going halfway around the world and adding a transcontinental flight on the end reduces your ticket price by 15000 dollars?

if you fly through hong kong its like 1.7k and any high speed rail to anywhere in china is basically 8 hours long and costs 100 bucks for a round trip first class seat. if you want cheaper i heard tourists can get a normal seat for like 10 or 20 bucks, cheaper for chinese citizens

yeah. hopefully covid stops being a thing i really wanna visit chongqing one day. cant do that if we are in hell for the rest of my life :agony-shivering:

The prices are the same for everyone in China. No “foreigners prices”, no matter what that white person who lived in Beijing for a year will tell you.

just a hong konger i know, theyre asian :shrug-outta-hecks: they say certain areas get better discounts due to average wage changes

no… theyre a socialist and hated the protests, but ok

ngl im kinda miffed at this site immediately assuming like someone from hk or taiwan is a turbolib or something

esp if that person is from a western country like wtf is this stereotype shit

:yea: like the pricing thing is well documented and a good thing, actually. like how does it make sense that mainlanders from rural areas that make no money have to pay the same price as people from the cities with western incomes to use trains? thats bad, especially when the poor are more likely to use trains due to not owning cars. so by that logic it also makes sense to charge tourists sensible amounts in order to subsidize the poor and assist with local development, especially with how currency converts.

but also that person is a 2 week account so prob gonna be banned soon anyways

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