Travelling to Hong Kong

Raymond Lin · 16 Mar 2014 at 00:25

Erm, ours are booked like 5-6 months ago ? whenever is cheapest really.

Normal rate we pay is around £90-100 a night.

Kanpai · 16 Mar 2014 at 05:22

Raymond Lin said:
Erm, ours are booked like 5-6 months ago ? whenever is cheapest really.

Normal rate we pay is around £90-100 a night.

Thanks, its coming to about that much at the moment so seems good!

cymatty · 16 Mar 2014 at 17:31

This thread has been extremely helpful so I would just like to say thank you all.

bliss · 16 Mar 2014 at 18:06

I think at least one of the BA flights to HK now uses an a380 if you want that "experience".

Kanpai · 24 Mar 2014 at 21:16

bliss said:
I think at least one of the BA flights to HK now uses an a380 if you want that "experience".

Heh, I'll be booking flights sometime this week, most probably the weekend coming. I'm finding a lot of fluctuation in price, this morning I checked Skyscanner and the cheapest for a direct flight was £940 with Cathay. I've just checked again and the same flight is now £856 :S

mikeh501 · 25 Mar 2014 at 11:44

bliss said:
I think at least one of the BA flights to HK now uses an a380 if you want that "experience".

Literally just got off that flight today. Ba a380 flight ba0025. Still prefer Cathay.

Kanpai · 26 Mar 2014 at 08:17

mikeh501 said:
Literally just got off that flight today. Ba a380 flight ba0025. Still prefer Cathay.

Cathay is cheaper aswell, I think it's a no brainer will probably go with them. Prices seem to be fluctuating a lot though, changing between £850-950 over the past few days.

Kanpai · 27 Mar 2014 at 06:29

Finally some progress, flights will be booked today. Opted for Cathay in the end, £910 is the best I could get for a direct flight.

Kanpai · 28 Mar 2014 at 22:37

I can finally say it's "official" - flights been booked with Cathay Pacific. Now to decide on a hotel, at the moment Langham Place seems the top choice.

Raymond Lin · 28 Mar 2014 at 22:47

Langham Place is amazing, it is attached to one of the best shopping mall in HK!

Kanpai · 28 Mar 2014 at 22:51

Raymond Lin said:
Langham Place is amazing, it is attached to one of the best shopping mall in HK!

One of the reasons I like that hotel tbh, the mall looks amazing. Plus it looks like the hotel is located in a nice location nut too far from the mtr which is great!

Will be re- reading this whole thread again tomorrow. Thanks again for all the help Raymond (and everyone else)

The countdown has officially begun!

Kanpai · 3 Apr 2014 at 07:53

So, 127 days to go.

FML

Raymond Lin · 7 Apr 2014 at 22:25

El1te said:
So, 127 days to go.

FML

I go on Sunday !

Spamalot · 7 Apr 2014 at 22:35

I'm off on Friday. Going to the HK electronics fair then off to Canton fair.

fretted · 7 Apr 2014 at 23:09

I'm planning on going next year for Chinese New Year (Feb 19th), which also ties in with the February half term. Due to my daughter's nut allergy I can only go with Virgin or BA - Virgin are roughly £670pp but BA does not appear to have released their HK-UK economy fares yet (unless the £1000 price for the return leg is economy!). Do you think that prices might get cheaper or I should just book it now?

*sorry to hijack the thread.

Raymond Lin · 7 Apr 2014 at 23:11

£670 for Chinese New Year is average, i've seen it as high as £800 for direct.

Cheap would be £550 ish, £500 if you are really lucky, but i've never seen it that low.

Feef · 7 Apr 2014 at 23:19

My Mum's flight over for our wedding (direct with BA, LHR-HKG) was £590, and that was over this year's CNY - though she came over for 3 weeks in total, so probably avoided some of the very peak times. Booked that in December, about a month before flying. I'd say £670 seems reasonable at that time of year, depending on how close to peak travel dates you'll be going.

Kanpai · 8 Apr 2014 at 06:33

Raymond Lin said:
I go on Sunday !

So lucky mate lol, do you mind taking a few pictures so that I can drool a bit before August?

Kanpai · 8 Apr 2014 at 06:33

fretted said:
I'm planning on going next year for Chinese New Year (Feb 19th), which also ties in with the February half term. Due to my daughter's nut allergy I can only go with Virgin or BA - Virgin are roughly £670pp but BA does not appear to have released their HK-UK economy fares yet (unless the £1000 price for the return leg is economy!). Do you think that prices might get cheaper or I should just book it now?

*sorry to hijack the thread.

I ended up paying £910 for a direct return via Cathay from Heathrow, but then again I'm going in August so I think it's more expensive at that time.

Raymond Lin · 8 Apr 2014 at 13:17

El1te said:
So lucky mate lol, do you mind taking a few pictures so that I can drool a bit before August?

I've started a thread in the photography section for my piccies so check it out there, or just find me on Facebook, I am endlessly posting photos on there too.