seek low cost air fare from SFO to HKG

"ajkc" wrote in message
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Why this period so tough? Its not high season?

Ha! You have to look at calendars from multiple viewpoints these days.
A few years ago, I flew from Manila to Hong Kong to Vancouver on Cathay
Pacific's signature flight in mid-August.

The plane was jammed -- and not just the seats! Half the passengers
were single young people, and they were loaded down with carry-on
luggage and parcels. Sports bags, laptop computers and winter coats.
Cameras, duty-free shopping bags and huge floral bouquets wrapped in
yellow cellophane. Briefcases and box lunches. Cognac. Johnny Walker
Black Label scotch. Books, magazines and tape recorders. Backpacks
bulging with even more, shopping baskets jutting out into the aisles,
overhead luggage bins so full they wouldn't latch safely shut ....

I finally figured out what was going on -- they were all students from
Hong Kong, Taiwan and the Philippines heading for Canadian universities.
And it explained what the Cathay Manilla standby reservations office had
told me when they had called at sunrise to offer me a seat: it was that
day's flight or *nothing* for 3 weeks.

I really shouldn't complain; collectively, they represented several
million dollars in spending in Canadian college towns!

Spehro Pefhany wrote:

On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 10:03:09 -0800, the renowned "ajkc"
wrote:
Why this period so tough? Its not high season?

Christmas.

Maybe there is still some hope?

http://www03.tiglion.net/pkg/pkg.php?package=2526

San Francisco 5 Days / 3 Nights (Min 2 Pax )
Package ID: 2526 (1SFOCX19)
Price From (HKD) 6290 to 7390

Christmas Surcharge (23 - 27 Dec 04):
$2700 adult, $2100 child.

Spehro Pefhany wrote:

On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 10:03:09 -0800, the renowned "ajkc"
wrote:
Why this period so tough? Its not high season?

Christmas.

Maybe there is still some hope?

http://www03.tiglion.net/pkg/pkg.php?package=2526

San Francisco 5 Days / 3 Nights (Min 2 Pax )
Package ID: 2526 (1SFOCX19)
Price From (HKD) 6290 to 7390

Christmas Surcharge (23 - 27 Dec 04):
$2700 adult, $2100 child.

On Mon, 01 Nov 2004 14:12:51 GMT, the renowned axemen99
wrote:

Spehro Pefhany wrote:

On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 10:03:09 -0800, the renowned "ajkc"
wrote:
Why this period so tough? Its not high season?

Christmas.

Maybe there is still some hope?

http://www03.tiglion.net/pkg/pkg.php?package=2526

San Francisco 5 Days / 3 Nights (Min 2 Pax )
Package ID: 2526 (1SFOCX19)
Price From (HKD) 6290 to 7390

Christmas Surcharge (23 - 27 Dec 04):
$2700 adult, $2100 child.

Ah, but that's going in the opposite direction to what the OP asked
for.


Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany
--
"it's the network..." "The Journey is the reward"
Info for manufacturers: http://www.trexon.com
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On Mon, 01 Nov 2004 14:12:51 GMT, the renowned axemen99
wrote:

Spehro Pefhany wrote:

On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 10:03:09 -0800, the renowned "ajkc"
wrote:
Why this period so tough? Its not high season?

Christmas.

Maybe there is still some hope?

http://www03.tiglion.net/pkg/pkg.php?package=2526

San Francisco 5 Days / 3 Nights (Min 2 Pax )
Package ID: 2526 (1SFOCX19)
Price From (HKD) 6290 to 7390

Christmas Surcharge (23 - 27 Dec 04):
$2700 adult, $2100 child.

Ah, but that's going in the opposite direction to what the OP asked
for.


Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany
--
"it's the network..." "The Journey is the reward"
Info for manufacturers: http://www.trexon.com
Embedded software/hardware/analog Info for designers: http://www.speff.com

"ajkc" wrote in message
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December 20 to January 6


You are hitting the high seasons. Good luck finding "cheap" flights.


"PeterL" wrote in message news:2ufvk5F2anijnU1@uni-
What is "quite expensive"? What dates are you planning to travel?

"ajkc" wrote in message
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December 20 to January 6


You are hitting the high seasons. Good luck finding "cheap" flights.


"PeterL" wrote in message news:2ufvk5F2anijnU1@uni-
What is "quite expensive"? What dates are you planning to travel?

"ajkc" wrote in message
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Why this period so tough? Its not high season?


Yes it is.


"Spehro Pefhany" wrote in message
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On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 17:54:14 GMT, the renowned axemen99
wrote:

Yeah, be lucky to get even a full-fare business class in that time
period. Maybe you could murder someone with a ticket and assume their
identity? Or, more helpfully, perhaps try to go a couple of weeks
earlier and come back a bit later.


Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany
--
"it's the network..." "The Journey is the
reward"
Info for manufacturers:
http://www.trexon.com
Embedded software/hardware/analog Info for designers:
http://www.speff.com

"ajkc" wrote in message
...
Why this period so tough? Its not high season?


Yes it is.


"Spehro Pefhany" wrote in message
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On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 17:54:14 GMT, the renowned axemen99
wrote:

Yeah, be lucky to get even a full-fare business class in that time
period. Maybe you could murder someone with a ticket and assume their
identity? Or, more helpfully, perhaps try to go a couple of weeks
earlier and come back a bit later.


Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany
--
"it's the network..." "The Journey is the
reward"
Info for manufacturers:
http://www.trexon.com
Embedded software/hardware/analog Info for designers:
http://www.speff.com

What is "quite expensive"? What dates are you planning to travel?

Good luck.

There are NO cheap ones during that period, I was told by the agencies.
Mostly in the thousands, even for the economy seats.

The seats are much booked during the summer months.

Order your cheap seats now for next year 2005 Christmas.


Try flying into Macao or Guangzhou instead of into Hong Kong directly.