If you’re planning your Travel to Beijing then don’t despair. Booking into your Beijing Hotels can be a simple process if you travel the right way. For example China has a vast Territory, the distance from Hong Kong to China’s capital has a radius of 3000 miles, so if you take a train or a bus it will take days, however if you book a flight it only takes two hours. So let me take a moment to talk you through the simple steps in booking flights online.
Domestic Flights
Booking flights around China can be both easier and a lot more practical it can also prove to be a lot more affordable. The first thing you must do is find a China flight schedule. Back in the day you if wanted to purchase an inbound flight ticket you would have to visit an airline flight representative office at your resident country. This is no longer the case now. Travelling around China has never been easier, these days with a click on the computer with your mouse button, you can search China flight times and prices online. Airlines for example Hainan airlines, Shanghai airlines etc have their own English website. But if you search through travel portals for example China Travel depot they have an interface for you to search all airline flights.
Wow how exciting, so now that you know the secret for ploughing through for deals on domestic flights. I can weave you through to the next steps. Buy discount China flight tickets. Chinese airlines can normally offer you a discount of nearly 80% off the published price. However, beware these prices are not always available you might need to shop around a little. Once you have finalized your itinerary then grab your tickets.
This means you have followed a few simple steps. You have paid the amount in full and received an e -ticket flight itinerary. Make sure you read the details carefully and be warned about discount airfares, because as it comes there will be a very restricted change and cancellation policy where as full fare tickets offer to change dates and you lose less if you cancel tickets. So now that you have booked a domestic flight for China you can find some very common mistakes, where you could be faced with many problems when you arrive at the airport:
- With you flight ticket make sure that you provide the correct passenger details to the airline. When you give details with the travel agent or online flight reservation you have to provide exactly the same details as appears on your passport. The best way to do this is either via email or via a travel agent. If you do not do this then you will be penalised. For example if your name on your passport is Iran Mohammed and your ticket name says Chi Chi Lu then you know there has been a mistake with the booking details. So make sure the details you provide at all times are exactly the same name that appears on your passport.
- Next, make sure you verify your ticket with the airline you made reservations with. Since 2008 all China airlines have been issuing e –tickets to all passengers which means you no longer have a paper ticket. You can however verify your ticket on the airlines official website. To do this first you must find the ticket airlines website and then “verify Tickets” or similar terms, the last step is to enter your name and ticket number that you got from the travel agent. This is to be sure that you will be present on the flight and prove that the ticket is your ticket etc.
- Make sure you book with a decent agent who can provide you with 24 x 7 services. As you may think that all ticketing agents are the same this is not the case with many and can be thought as, as a common mistake. Things never go as planned. One minute you’re at the airport ready to leave the next minute your flight has been cancelled. You need to book another flight. You try and call the agent but the line is constantly busy or even worse nobody answers the phone. This where you need to find a trust worthy agent. Otherwise you can be missing a lot of important meetings.
- One more thing, make sure you pack lightly. China flight luggage allowance is 20kg for most of the airlines but once you have been issued your e- ticket all the information should be on there.
So when you’re ready for your China Flights don’t forget to keep your passport, and fight itinerary safe, and have a copy of your China travel agent contact numbers with you to refer to.
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