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onebir -

only offering flights from oct, but promotional hong kong london gatwick fares GBP75!!! (one way )



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roddy -

From their website


Quote:

When can I start booking flights on Oasis Hong Kong Airlines? Where will I be able to purchase
tickets?
Sales are expected to start in early September 2006 through our Web site and travel agents.



Quote:

You can expect year-round fares 30-50% lower than those currently offered by other airlines to the
destinations we serve. And some of our promotional fares will be even lower! For example, one-way
fares in Economy class start at £75 or HK$1,000 (excluding taxes and charges)

So they're not actually on sale yet (correct me if I'm wrong). Looks interesting though - doubt
there'll be many tickets at that price, but budget carriers on UK > China routes would be great.

Clicky










roddy -

Tickets are on sale now - HK to London Gatwick gets down to 75 quid, 120 when you add in taxes.
Website is seriously slow though.

Planned destinations are
* Cologne/Bonn, Berlin and Milan in Europe
* Oakland (San Francisco) and Chicago in USA

Also - and may the saints praise them for this - there don't appear to be any daft 'Oh, to get
that price you have to book from the country of departure, on a Tuesday' rules, or punitive fares
for single / open jaw tickets. You could fly into Milan, happily hop around Europe with low cost
carriers / overland, and then fly back from Gatwick, without having to pay through the nose.

I'm not sure what usual fares on this route are - does 240 quid return, inc taxes, save a great
deal.










Shadowdh -

about £48 if you get the right ticket Roddy... BA do one for about £389 but one travel shop in
shaftsbury ave do it for £288...

*edit* oh and thats to Beijing...










skylee -

Depending on the season, direct return tickets from HK to London can be as low as about HKD 3300.

Qantas is doing a promotion at HKD3280, Air New Zealand at HKD3200. BA, CX and Virgin Atlantic
sometimes also offer lower prices at about HKD4000.










roddy -

Hmmm, the Air NZ one says add taxes of 1560, so that's 4760HKD in total, compared to 240 quid,
which is . . . . er . . . 3512HKD? Still a decent saving. Probably not much use for me as the cost
of getting to / from HK would cancel out any savings, though. Not sure about the Quantas one, as
traditional characters make me dizzy










skylee -

The tax, fees and charges for such a ticket normally add up to about HKD1500. The BA ticket for my
next trip to Spain via Heathrow charges HKD1863 for tax etc.

I guess Gatwick (which Oasis uses) might charge less than Heathrow. I've tried booking one return
ticket at the oasis website and the total charge (everything inclusive) is HKD2000. Good price.










roddy -

I'm wondering if that might be a glitch though - if you go via the UK site and try to book HK >
GTW it shows 75 quid, and then when you choose your flight it adds on about 45 quid in taxes, etc.
However, if you go to the HK site and book exactly the same flight, it remains the original
1000HKD. Great if it's true, but seems a bit too good to be so.










skylee -

I agree.










Shadowdh -

I am wondering if its because its a start up airline... thus it makes great offers to start but
then quickly gouges the punters when its up and running... as for the increase that appears tax
related via the english part of the site, thats just typical of the UK side... gouge for
everything... bas-tards...












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