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Old 23-03-2005, 01:44 PM
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Where to buy discounted air tickets from Hong kong to United states

I am in the United States and invited my in-laws for a vacation. Do you have any suggestions and phone numbers of travel agents? Thanks!
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Old 23-03-2005, 04:04 PM
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Although they are hard to find, I find their website has a very good rundown of all the specials offered from Hong Kong to the US

http://www.aerohkg.com/

In fact, be sure to check the business class fares as well as sometimes they have a bargain there. For an extra few hundred US you could be lounging in business if you get lucky...sometimes.
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Get a copy of the South China Morning Post. At the Classified section there are lots of prices advertised. Ring up the agents which quote cheap prices. e.g. I was quoted a return 4-day ticket to Shanghai for $830. Normally it costs $2,150 for a 15-day ticket (e.g. at www.aerohkg.com), $2,800 for a longer period.

Conditions apply however for cheaper tickets - only certain days, certain airlines, no refund, no air miles, no change of date and non-transferable.

But if you just want a standard open ticket, then prices at www.aerohkg.com or www.lastminute.com.hk are competitive enough.

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Old 25-03-2005, 01:59 AM
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Thanks, would you mind give me seveal numbers of

agents. I am not in Hong Kong
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Far East Travel
Tel: +852 2332 8319
Contact: George Lu
george@fareastl.com.hk

Connaught Travel Ltd
Tel: +852 2544 1531
Contact: Jenny Lam
jenny@connaught-travel.com
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Be careful of the agents that advertise in the SCMP classifieds. A friend and I bought tickets to Madrid from one. She charged us the same price and actually mine should have been less because it didn't qualify for airmiles. Best to use a recommended agent.
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Yea, a lot of the classifieds look like bucket tickets without airmiles and sometimes rather odd schedules or connections. If you are just trying to get from point a to point b and don't care much about the other things releated (connections, time, miles) than I'd go with the cheapest.

You actually need to check (now days) with nearly every ticket you buy from a non-airline employee as they suck off the miles, tier points, benefits, etc as fast as they can.

I haven't used lastminute here (though I use them in the UK). I'll have to check that out.
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Lastminute hong kong seems to have a bit of a dodgy reputatiton according to some local chinese friends of mine.

Like most things in life .... if it looks too good to be true, it usually is.
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Lastminute UK is pretty reliable, and looking at lastminute HK it looks like there is no relation between the two companies.
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HK Lastminute is a Cheong Kong (Uncle Li Ka Shing) subsidiary if I recall its ownership... run as a sort of franchise.
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