lynnbrooks

I'd like to fly to perth via hong kong,staying over in hong kong for about 4 days then carrying on to perth for our new life there about april next year.

Can i find any flights???Nada
I can find flights london-hk-sydney but perth seems to be anything but.
any clues?
Lynn

Juliecabs

Lynn,
I presume you've tried Cathay Pacific. They do flights from HKG to Perth.
Julie

JAJ

Check http://www.qantas.com and http://www.perthairport.com.au for Perth-HK flights.

The choice will probably boil down to Qantas and Cathay Pacific. I'd be surprised if these two don't offer Perth-HK flights.

Otherwise fly HK to Singapore or KL and to Perth from there.



Jeremy

lynnbrooks

they do but like many other internet flight sites ,they want from a to b and no provision for saying via hk with stop-over.
It seems quite frustrating...looks like i'll have to go to a travel agent.
I've found some that do multi stop-overs,the 'travel the world' ones but don't need that.AAArrgg...need a drink!

pogsy

Hi lynn
Have you tried this site.
Rob

http://www.amadeus.net/home/new/index.htm

lucyb

and

www.cathaypacific.com

lynnbrooks

cheers,i'll try them both
lynn

Flying Banana

Qantas definitely fly HKG-PER with their shiny new Airbus 330's, I'm at work tonight so will try and find out flight numbers for you.

The airlines don't like booking stopovers, far too much like hard work lol, I'd suggest giving Flight Centre direct a ring, they sorted me a stopover in the States when I emigrated (LHR-Chicago-Denver- 2 day stop - LAX-SYD) and beat the competition by several hundred pounds. Phone number should be in your yellow pages or off their UK website.

JAJ

Try Trailfinders: http://www.trailfinders.com




Jeremy

cranni

Cathay Pacific, we flew with them. They stopover at Hong Kong. If you have kids make sure to order meal for them or they will get the foreign stuff, and mine would not eat it.

renth

I see the Cathay flight from HK flying in to Perth most mornings on my way to work and can tell just by looking at the plane that it is shiny and new.

steve99

Check out www.expedia.co.uk
I'm pretty sure where you go in to search for a flight there is a multi stop option where you can put it in leg by leg, so you'll be able to select Lon to HK then onto Perth.
Steve

JackTheLad

Hi Lynn,

Cathay Pacific has an on-line special at the moment, from London to most cities in Australia via Hong Kong. I did a sample run, and got GBP437 (or GBP608 including taxes and everything), for a return trip in April 2006, LHR-HKG-PER-HKG-LHR with a stopover in Hong Kong for 4 days on the way out. I know you're looking at one-way ticket but the on-line specials are for return trips. You've got to book on or before Oct 31 though. So be quick.

For some reason, if I select one-way tickets online, the prices are GBP1000 or GBP2900!

What I normally do is find out the prices online and go to a travel ageny. They can almost always match or beat the on-line prices. If the one-way tickets do turn out to be more expensive, you can always get a roundtrip ticket and just not use the return part. Some tickets are valid for a year anyway so you can always pay a little extra to change the return dates in case you need to go back to the UK for a family visit or something?

Good luck,
Mrs JTL

ljj

But beware. If you don't book a one way ticket and get a return you will not be allowed the double baggage allowance.

Louise

JackTheLad

But beware. Even if you book a one-way ticket, there is no guarantee that you will get double baggage allowance. It all depends on the airline, the airline staff at the time of check in, the loading of the flight, and the type of ticket you hold. The only guarantee is if you pay extra for the extra baggage.

I don't think Cathay Pacific offers migration baggage allowance like some other airlines do anyway.

Mrs JTL