What's a good price Beijing to Shenzhen?

I have one more leg of our trip to book - Beijing to Shenzhen. Ctrip is showing a ';discounted'; price of 1400rmb ($197USD) but that seems expensive compared to other flights we%26#39;ve booked for earlier in the trip. Once they post a disounted price, does it come down again? We need to fly to Shenzhen on April 17th. I%26#39;ve heard that doing the bookings just two weeks before departure works well, is that true?

What's a good price Beijing to Shenzhen?

Prices change everyday. Go back to that site and check prices for that flight next week and even tomorrow and you%26#39;ll see the kind of prices and availability you can get at the last minute.

What's a good price Beijing to Shenzhen?

I%26#39;m asking if there is a point where the fares bottom out but there are still seats available.

I%26#39;m used to dealing with airlines like Southwest here in the States where they put their flights up 6 months before departure and after awhile the best deals are gone and you can pay full price or it%26#39;s completely sold out. I can tell you that $300 is about the norm good price for Philadelphia to Denver, I%26#39;m hoping someone can do the same for me regarding PEK - SHZ.

This isn%26#39;t an intellectual excercise - we would like to get to Shenzhen Thursday afternoon in order to spend some time with our daughter and see a bit of the city where she lives. BUT, I really, really don%26#39;t want to pay almost $200 if the flights will be going down (but not disappearing) to $100 in a week or two. So, I%26#39;m just asking if anyone else does this flight often enough to know what the expected low price is.

And this board just moves so darn fast that this post will be on page 2 before someone that knows something will reply. :)

The best value on the 17th is 440RMB plus 150taxes and fees

www.shenzhenair.com

flight no ZH9822

yes the price varies everyday. It is a bit early to book the tickets now. rather try 2 weeks in advance

Thank you, that%26#39;s just what I was looking for.

Is there an english part to the www.shenzhenair.com site?

I just did a google search because I was wondering the same thing and came up with this webpage

ehow.com/how_2024516_shenzhen-airlines.html

with this note at the bottom:

# Shenzhen Airlines%26#39; Web site is not available in English.

# There is no English booking phone number for Shenzhen Airlines.

# To make reservations, English-speaking travelers are advised to get in touch with a travel agent.

Shenzhen Airlines is my least favourite airline in mainland China though.

Yeah try China Southern. They have an Englsih component, but you can only use Chinese CC to book. But it will give you an Idea about pricing. It%26#39;s the biggest airline in China. The flight attendents are almost always beautiful, and my flights from Shenzhen to Changsha usually run from ~480-800RMB with only a few days notice. Changsha is about halfway between Beijing and Shenzhen. So around $100-$200 US is reasonable.

http://www.csair.com/en/

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