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?
I’ve had Chinese friends complaining about the cost of flights pretty much since they started doing regular flights in/out of China a year or two ago
I think the Chinese gov has imposed a cap on how many flights can come to China from the US (last I heard is one flight per one route per one week or something, maybe there are a few more now, still the supply/demand is totally wrecked), because, you know, the US has been killing more than 1 mill of its own people with some pandemic thingy …
Haven’t seen my parents since 2018 :sadness:
Use skyscanner
Death to America
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
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
That 5 day quarantine really working for the airlines
