kailin Posted July 29, 2005 at 07:51 PM Report Share Posted July 29, 2005 at 07:51 PM If I am entering China on an X visa, will it be problematic if I don't have my return ticket purchased already? Do you think purchasing two one-way tickets (the return ticket from within China) will cost more, less or about the same as purchasing a round-trip ticket that I will likely have to pay to change the return date on? Kailin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
芳芳 Posted July 29, 2005 at 07:59 PM Report Share Posted July 29, 2005 at 07:59 PM Not having a roud trip ticket is not a problem (well, I already applied for a student visa whithout it and got my visa anyway, but maybe I was lucky). There exist roud-trip plane ticket for which you don't have to pay to change the date of return. Rather get informations from the airplanes compagnies. It's convenient and I think it's much cheaper than buying two one way ticket (sometimes, a simple one way ticket is even more expensive than the equivalent roud-trip ticket. It's absurd. It's business). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kailin Posted July 29, 2005 at 08:11 PM Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2005 at 08:11 PM Thanks, Fang Fang. What I am more worried about is getting turned away at airport immigration if I can't show a return ticket, not so much the visa. I am looking into open-return tickets, like you suggested. Thanks! Kailin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.stinky Posted July 31, 2005 at 06:14 PM Report Share Posted July 31, 2005 at 06:14 PM i don't know if this applies but......walking past a local travel agency yesterday, noticed a sign in the window: round-trip flight from us (various locations) to hong kong with one week hotel stay, plus breakfast at hotel provided. all for us$1200. i wonder if you can't find a similar package deal for one of the major interior chinese cities? the whole package is less that a one-way ticket it seems. of course i don't know if not using the return portion of the flight could be a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
divirtual Posted August 4, 2005 at 04:01 AM Report Share Posted August 4, 2005 at 04:01 AM We finally took the big step tonight and bought seats for my son on the Air Canada flights, Toronto to Beijing via Vancouver, directly from Air Canada on the Air Canada web site. I travel a lot, so I know all of the tricks .... My son is leaving August 31, to arrive on September 1 -- the first day he can move into the International Student Dorms at Renmin University. His return date is Monday, July 24, 2006, which will give him some time to tour the country a bit after school finishes in July. I've been tracking the web site for weeks, because this is the first day that we could book the return on July 24, 2006. On the Air Canada site, it permits booking only 353 days in advance. When I try Expedia or Travelocity, the maximum booking date appears to be 330 days in advance, and the tickets seem to be around $1800CAD. So ... the deal was $1354CAD, totalling about $1500CAD with taxes. The ultra-prudent traveller would book through a travel agent to stay protected, but I'm relatively confident that the Canadian government wouldn't permit Air Canada to go out of business over the next year .... Just for fun, since the original poster, kailin, is in New York, I took a look at Air Canada's routing from there. It's pretty bizarre, with the flight from Laguardia the night before, since the flight to Vancouver to connect to Beijing leaves first thing in the morning. Does Air Canada provide passengers beds in the terminal, or does it expect that passengers will do a long, dark layover in China's time zone? A few years back, I think that the Air Canada Bejing flight used to leave a little later from Vancouver .... The more practical choice would be the super-early 6 a.m. flight from Newark to Toronto, but the connections seem pretty tight to me .... A 65-minute connection in Toronto including immigration and changing from Terminal 2 to Terminal 1 had better come with a personal escort! The 95-minute connection may be achievable, and the personal escort might have a fighting chance. All of this adventure, for $1613CAD plus taxes. I'm picky when choosing airlines crossing oceans. If I'm going to got shot down in some terrorist or military action, I want to be flying under a Canadian flag! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbz Posted August 4, 2005 at 05:33 PM Report Share Posted August 4, 2005 at 05:33 PM Thanks, Fang Fang. What I am more worried about is getting turned away at airport immigration if I can't show a return ticket, not so much the visa. Wouldn't worry about your ticket being checked by Chinese immigration. I've flown into Beijing and other airports in China many times over the past 10 years, nobody has ever asked to see my return plane ticket. They look at your passport, check the visa,. The only time I've been asked any questions is if they can't read my handwriting on the 'arrivals form' that you fill prior to going thru immigration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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