Traveled to Beijing with China Eastern Airlines
By Jian Shuo Wang on 2003-09-07 23:02 · BeijingI believe the transportation between Shanghai and Beijing should be busiest in China. Taking me as an example, almost 2/3 of my travel desitniation is Beijing - maybe it only reflects the importance of Beijing, since it may be the same for people in cities like Guangzhou and Hong Kong.
I just checked the flight schedule and found it amazing that how frequent the flights are. The China Eastern Airlines (MU) alone operates hourly flight to Beijing from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM:
MU5101 8:00 10:00
MU5103 9:00 11:00
MU5105 10:00 12:00
MU5107 11:00 13:00
MU2579 11:35 13:40
MU5109 12:00 14:00
MU5111 13:00 14:50
MU2577 13:50 15:50
MU5113 14:00 16:10
MU5115 15:00 17:00
MU5117 16:00 17:55
MU5119 17:00 19:00
MU5121 18:00 20:00
Air China also offers a lot of flights from Shanghai to Beijing.
CA1590 8:55 10:55
CA1502 11:30 13:30
CA1520 12:45 14:40
CA1558 14:25 16:25
CA1518 16:10 18:10
CA1516 18:10 20:10
CA1856 19:25 21:25
CA1550 21:05 23:00
I am one of the passenger on the flight MU5119 - maybe this is the third time I took this flight, not sure.
Comparing Shanghai and Beijing
I got email from Christina today asking about which city I will recommend if she comes to China.
====Original Message===
Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2003 10:40 AM
To: Jian Shuo Wang
Subject: Possible Trip To Shanghai China in December 2003 - January 2004
We are going to travel to China this coming December!!! Another good friend from Shanghai, Shexi Bouvier, told me that we should definitely travel to Shanghai, rather than Hong Kong or Beijing!!! Is this true???
It appears thta you have much information about Shanghai. Please advise if you can provide us with some good advice - both about China in general & Shanghai in particular!!!!
Thank you very much,
Christina
It is not easy to answer. Actually, it is very good to visit Shanghai. I will definitely suggest you to come.
What do you want about my suggestions? I have posted all the topics I think may be interesting to my website and I’d like to see what do you want. It will help me or other readers if you prepare a questionnaire about what you want to know more about China or Shanghai and I promise I will answer all the questions to be best of my knowledge and posted on my site - with credit for you.
For example, I am interested to travel to Washington DC and what would you describe about the city? It may not be easy to answer.
Well. I think Beijing is a must-see city in China, not Shanghai. Shanghai is the best place to live for foreigners since it is similar with other large cities like SFO. But Beijing is so different…
Regards
Jian Shuo Wang
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But Beijing is the must-see city in china as you said. I commend some place to your friend. Summer Palace/Imperial Palace/Great Wall/Tian an men Square, for plus, ShiChaHai and HuTong Travel is not a bad choice to understand Beijing's culture.
Beijing is an amazing city - like the sofa in my own home - let people feel relax while Shanghai looks like the sofa in other's home. :-)
i like travelling,i think if i have travel plan,i'll go to those places which you pointed out.
with best regards!
Emy Li Min
I THINK YOUR COMPANY WOULD MAKE MORE MONEY IF SOMBODY HAD THE TELEPHONE NUMBER TO CALL AND BUY A TICKET OR AT LEAST A WEB SITE.
DOES THIS AIRLINE HAVE A WEB SITE?
I CAN FIND NO INFORMATION ABOUT THIS AIRLINE.
OUR TOLL FREE LISTING SHOWS NO NUMBER FOR THIS AIRLINE.
Phone: 0086-21-50811111
Their website: http://www.ce-air.com/
www.ce-air.com
cheap and nasty!!!
I am arriving in Shanghai as a stopover for two days on the 5th Jan. I would really like to see part of the Great Wall and know that I would need to fly probably to Beijing. Is this possible in the time frame? Would you know the cost or tours if available please.
Thanking you
Ursula
>I am arriving in Shanghai as a stopover for two days on the 5th Jan. I would really like to see
>part of the Great Wall and know that I would need to fly probably to Beijing. Is this possible in
>the time frame? Would you know the cost or tours if available please.
Difficult in that timeframe, especially if you do not know too much about China and probably Chinese.
I recently took a guided tour (English and Chinese) from Beijing to the Great Wall (which usually goes to Badaling which is the most crowded part of it and later also visits the Ming Tombs and includes a Lunch). This is a full day tour (takes off very early in the morning from the Hotel (7:00)and comes back to the hotel around 19:00).The price of that tour was 240 RMB and included most entrance fees and the lunch. However, in your timeframe you probably can not get on it.
Flying Beijing-Shanghai (or back) takes about 1:50 (if not delayed, beware!), I bought such a ticket in Beijing recently for ~ 750 RMB (one trip), my very first experience buying a ticket in Beijing mostly using Chinese! To the above time you will have to add the times to get from the airports to the respectice city centers or bus stations, about 30-45 min on both sides and the extra recommended time to get to and through the gates (30 min - 1 hour?)
I know there are a lot of (public) buses that directly go to the Great Wall from some Station in Beijing, I plan to use one of those next time I get there, but this way you will have no guide with you and you will need thorough planing to get it done in your timeframe, especially when using those public buses you better know some Chinese.
Maybe somebody can fill in "the blanks"? Maybe some travel agency offers such a quick tour?
Beijing is simply too far from Shanghai!
Joachim
BUT - there are so many other things to see in China. Try to watch - THE REAL PEOPLE !
The present scenery will change shortly, so the things we see now will be lost.
NOW it's only money that counts in China, but some here still lives according to human rules, that means that thier family and and common relationships are valued !
Go and see THIS. That's the real attraction of China now.
The Wall will be there a long time, no worries about that.
I'm riding the Shanghai Metro almost every day, and mostly for more than 2 hours.
Watching the chinese PEOPLE there is just great !
The "car people " here wants to maintain some distance to others, sadly said.
(Sorry Jianshuo - I have seen too many rude drivers now).
In fact, I feel lucky to have so intimate contact with the people here,
and I meet many kind people every day !
Ursula, I don't know where you come from, but don't care so much for the Wall, it can be sen from outer space, and it will be there even after you've passed away.
Look for the human values here, before they change.
If this is not your idea to do so on your short trip,
then relax and come here. See the city of Shanghai in all its diversity !
www.chinaeastern.co.uk
We have a special London Shanghai London for 270 pounds, and can sell internal flights too.
Hope this helps, sorry you've had bad luck getting in touch with China Eastern in China
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*Best deals, as this will be a self-financed visit.
*Climate in Zhejiang and Beijing
*Safety issues to be kept in mind
Look forward to a travel agency helping me with this advice
I plan to travel to a beijing on 15th July. Can u kindly suggest economical airline from Mumbai -beijing-Mumbai.
Is it preferable to travel from shenzhen to beijing by train in this season or from shanghai to beijing by train.
Lastly, Internation Students Identity Card, will it be helpful for getting discount on air tickets for internal travel by air & by train.
It will be kind of you to have an early reply.
1445 another announcement in Chinese (I don't speak, just got a translation from a Chinese passenger). The other flight which was to depart at 1500 was cancelled and they will merge the two flights. All passengers on the 1400 flight will be issued new boarding passes. Flight crew arrives and a passenger makes some remark to them in Chinese. The captain takes exception to the remark and others had to restrain him from going after the man who made what was obviously a despariging remark.
Flight finally departed at 1530 and arrived in BJ 1715.
I am 189 cm tall (6' 3") and always book an aisle seat but of course my new boarding pass was a middle seat.
My opinion is that China Eastern sux. Really poorly handled deal.
Cheers.
Im planning to go to Shanghai this november. Im here in malaysia and i need information on cheap airfare to Shanghai.Thanks.
Anyone travelling to Shanghi on the China Eastern Airlines on 22 Sept? I'm looking for either a couple or other single people who will be interested in doing a tour of Shanghi in the evening of the 23rd. This is coz I'm travelling alone and think it will be safer to do a night trip with a other people travelling.
Cheers
it is very urgent
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I need to know if there are flights (and their schedule) from Shanghai to Beijing on November 2, 2005 and flights from Beijing to Shanghai on November 8, 2005. Please include the fare. Thank you
Beijing to Mumbai India budget cheap ticket what can you arrange for me 2 people October 9 or 10
Thanks
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Bangladesh -Beijing to Pusan (South Korea) budget cheap ticket what can you arrange for me 2 people (Adult) March 12 or 15
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I have to you a great request: Can you give me the addresses ( postmail and e-mails [especially] of China Eastern Airlines in Brussels, madrid and Moscow.
Very many thanks for this.
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Thank you...
I plan to travel to a beijing with family on 15th August. Can u kindly suggest economical airline from Mumbai -beijing-Mumbai.
Also,
*Mumbai - Beijing travel logistics
*Beijing visit and rough lodging, sightseeing estimates
*Best deals, as this will be a self-financed visit.
*Climate in Beijing
*Safety issues to be kept in mind
Regards,
We are going to be passengers on China Eastern from Los Angeles to Beijing and would like to get some information from them, but . . . impossible to contact. Their Web Page doea not work. Help! And many thanks for directions. Anthony. August 12, 2006
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i am a senor journalist of bangladeshi daily . i am very much interested to see cuming of china. in childhood i am very much interested about china. i and another two journalist from different daily wantto see cuming. i want to know about flight shedule from bangladesh to cuming . can i get any favour as a journalist.take care
zia
Also provide us the details contact of Dhaka office.
Its urgent.
Thank you
Mashok
Cell : 880-152390212
I am basically from Mumbai, India and working at Beijing, China. I want to Visit to Mumbai in Jun 2007 and looking for direct flights to Mumbai from Beijing if any. or from Hongkong to Mumbai if any.
It will be great help to me .
Regards
Subhash
Thanks for your help,
Charleen Brown
909-793-2853
Could you please advice me are there any direct flights from Beijing to Mumbai. If yes, please advice me which airline and what is the airfare. I'm planning to make a trip to Mumbai.
Thank you very much.
Im flying in china eastern from LAX to shangai next week. I bought my ticket in a travel agency. I'm mexican and when I bought my ticket I just gave my first and last name because always I buy it like that when I go to USA. My mexican passport have my first and middle name and first and second last name.
Im worried about having problem in my returing flight from Shanghai to Los Angeles. Does anybody Know if they are very estrict about checking the names .
Or if anybody is been in the same situation like me. please let me know. I need help urgent.
thanks very much.
I am planning to go to Beijing in mid Nov. I heard that the wind and dust is really bad from Nov to Jan and I have been told not to go there at all. Would you please advise
Winter in Beijing is still charming for me, especially when it is still at the end of Autumn. However, everyone is different, and depend on where you are from, you may like it or think it is too bad.
I don't have specific suggestion for you, just because everyone is different. If I were you, I may give it a try.
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Today is Saturday and it seems all offices except their one in Shanghai are closed. Their Shanghai number is a toll-free one and I cannot call it from the UK.
Result: I cannot reconfirm my ticket.
Does anyone know a solution to this?
I found that if I tried repeatedly with Skype, sometimes, I could get thru to +86 21 95808 (othertimes it said the number was invalid). I guess it depends how the call got routed any particular time--it is worth calling multiple times.
China Eastern are pretty vague about if you need to reconfirm or not. I believe it is safer to reconfirm with China Eastern. When I called to reconfirm, since I had paper tickets, they said that they could only reconfirm if I gave them the ticket numbers -- this is pretty inflexible, I think. With e-tickets, I believe you need to know the passport number or whatever you use as ID with the e-ticket.
When I actually reached Heathrow Airport, I found that the flight had been delayed to the next morning (about 12 hours). So China Eastern arranged for us stay in a hotel nearby in Slough. Hotel staff said that it was the first time that China Eastern had had to have people stay, so I guess it is rare for a flight to be delayed that much (perhaps it is the security surrounding the Olympics that caused the delay).
The next morning the flight left at 10:30 without incident.
On arrival at Pudong airport, I found that customs now X-ray everyone's baggage, whereas previously they seemed to be pretty much asleep and seemed to do almost nothing. We had to queue up for about 10 minutes for this. I guess this is more Olympics-related security, maybe.