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Alex298 писал(а):Собираюсь прикупить на елонге билеты Харбин - Гуанчжоу, в связи с этим вопрос... Кто-нибудь забирал билеты в Харбине? Как вообще происходит процесс забирания е-тикет в аэропорту? Когда был в Пекине, видел толпы китайцев в аэропорту, которые ломились в какие-то аппараты, похожие на банкомат, и по-моему оттуда билеты доставали. Но там все на китайском, кроме цифр ничего не понятно...
My name is Andy Clayton, and I run the air ticketing business at eLong, so would be delighted to answer your questions:
1. Airline pricing - some tips: how to get the best fare?
Airlines in China are not as automated or advanced at pricing as those in the West. They still use people to update a lot of their fares, and rely on local pricing teams in each city. The booking window in China is very short: almost 70% of people book within 3 days of flying, and almost none more than 2 weeks out. Therefore, the airline really only start 'pricing' a flight in the few weeks leading up to departure, and this is when you can expect to get the best fare.
Fares on a given route form a 'bell curve' over time, starting out high, dropping about 2-3 weeks before departure when the low priced inventory is released, then rising again as the low priced seats sell out. As to how low the bell drops, and exactly when, it depends on the route.
Full fare rates in China are set centrally and are, essentially, the distance between the 2 cities. The fare that you pay, therefore, depends on how much the airlines discount off this full fare. This depends on several factors, but mainly supply and demand. For monopolised routes, such as BJ-Lhasa, don't expect a big discount, but for high capacity routes, such as BJ-SH you can get veryn high discountrs (we are currently selling for 340RMB, 70% off the full fare.
In some cities, the local CAAC will also 'set' pricing (Shanghai being a common example), though the effectiveness of their implementation varies considerably on how well tickets are selling.
The good news, overall, is that ticket prices are coming down across the country. As capacity continues to outstrip demand, we continue to see an approx 5% YoY reduction in average fares.
2. Are the online fares real fares?
In almost all cases, yes. In order to limit our hit volume to the central reservation systems, we do cache information on certain popular, regularly searched routes, but only for a few minutes.
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