Hainan Airlines MEL/SYD Rtn to Guangzhou $373, Shenzhen $377, Shanghai $389, Fuzhou $390, Beijing $403 & More (via Haikou) @ BTF

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A price drop from last month - 5-star Hainan Airlines to most major mainland China cities!

Hong Kong also available.

I've gone through some example cities and routes below, but anywhere that Hainan sells/flies, appears to be similarly priced. If you find any dates cheaper than I've found, please add in comments for others :)

Accommodation is also available for sale in these cities

Summary:
Melbourne to Shanghai (1 Apr - 31 Oct) from $389
Melbourne to Beijing (1 Apr - 31 Oct) from $403
Melbourne to Haikou (1 Apr - 31 Oct) from $451
Melbourne to Guangzhou (1 Apr - 31 Oct) from $373
Melbourne to Wuhan (1 Apr - 31 Oct) from $390
Melbourne to Xiamen (1 Apr - 31 Oct) from $404
Melbourne to Fuzhou (1 Apr - 31 Oct) from $390
Melbourne to Nanking (1 Apr - 31 Oct) from $390
Melbourne to Shenzhen (1 Apr - 31 Oct) from $377
Melbourne to Chengdu (1 Apr - 31 Oct) from $419
Melbourne to Kunming (1 Apr - 31 Oct) from $419
Melbourne to Changsha (1 Apr - 31 Oct) from $417
Sydney to Shanghai (1 Apr - 31 Oct) from $460
Sydney to Beijing (1 Apr - 31 Oct) from $459
Sydney to Haikou (1 Apr - 31 Oct) from $475
Sydney to Guangzhou (1 Apr - 31 Oct) from $448
Sydney to Wuhan (1 Apr - 31 Oct) from $471
Sydney to Xiamen (1 Apr - 31 Oct) from $471
Sydney to Fuzhou (1 Apr - 31 Oct) from $471
Sydney to Nanking (1 Apr - 31 Oct) from $471
Sydney to Shenzhen (1 Apr - 31 Oct) from $448
Sydney to Chengdu (1 Apr - 31 Oct) from $471
Sydney to Kunming (1 Apr - 31 Oct) from $487
Sydney to Changsha (1 Apr - 31 Oct) from $473

Melbourne to Shanghai

Dates: 1 Apr 24 - 31 Oct 24

Melbourne to Beijing

Dates: 1 Apr 24 - 31 Oct 24

Melbourne to Haikou

Dates: 1 Apr 24 - 31 Oct 24

Melbourne to Guangzhou

Dates: 1 Apr 24 - 31 Oct 24

Melbourne to Wuhan

Dates: 1 Apr 24 - 31 Oct 24

Melbourne to Xiamen

Dates: 1 Apr 24 - 31 Oct 24

Melbourne to Fuzhou

Dates: 1 Apr 24 - 31 Oct 24

Melbourne to Nanking

Dates: 1 Apr 24 - 31 Oct 24

Melbourne to Shenzhen

Dates: 1 Apr 24 - 31 Oct 24

Melbourne to Chengdu

Dates: 1 Apr 24 - 31 Oct 24

Melbourne to Kunming

Dates: 1 Apr 24 - 31 Oct 24

Melbourne to Changsha

Dates: 1 Apr 24 - 31 Oct 24

Sydney to Shanghai

Dates: 1 Apr 24 - 31 Oct 24

Sydney to Beijing

Dates: 1 Apr 24 - 31 Oct 24

Sydney to Haikou

Dates: 1 Apr 24 - 31 Oct 24

Sydney to Guangzhou

Dates: 1 Apr 24 - 31 Oct 24

Sydney to Wuhan

Dates: 1 Apr 24 - 31 Oct 24

Sydney to Xiamen

Dates: 1 Apr 24 - 31 Oct 24

Sydney to Fuzhou

Dates: 1 Apr 24 - 31 Oct 24

Sydney to Nanking

Dates: 1 Apr 24 - 31 Oct 24

Sydney to Shenzhen

Dates: 1 Sep 24 - 20 Sep 24

Return Price Travel Dates
$666 3 Sep to 8 Sep
$485 3 Sep to 11 Sep
$467 5 Sep to 13 Sep
$448 7 Sep to 18 Sep

Sydney to Chengdu

Dates: 1 Apr 24 - 31 Oct 24

Return Price Travel Dates
$493 16 May to 10 Jun
$494 21 May to 3 Jun
$493 15 Jun to 10 Jul
$492 24 Aug to 18 Sep
$496 29 Aug to 11 Sep
$471 3 Sep to 16 Sep

Sydney to Kunming

Dates: 1 Apr 24 - 31 Oct 24

Return Price Travel Dates
$493 15 Jun to 10 Jul
$494 20 Jun to 3 Jul
$510 3 Sep to 16 Sep
$487 7 Sep to 18 Sep

Sydney to Changsha

Dates: 1 Apr 24 - 31 Oct 24


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Comments

  • Damn, just booked my ticket last week Brisbane-Beijing-London

    • +2

      For those who is keen to book these fantastic deals, be very careful!
      https://www.beatthatflight.com.au/ is legit and often posting great deals, but if you click on to book your flight, you'll be redirect to flightnetwork.com.au which worried me, because
      1. It asks only you name, mobile & email, no passport info which is strange for booking airline tickets
      2. It got you go through a few pages with various different fees that protect you from all sorts of unforeseen events that would cost me the same as my on sale ticket price!
      3. It asked me to choose my seats, each leg all available seats are $15 each!
      What's more, my final ticket price jumped from $427 to $449 then $472 every single time I'm about to pay. I think it's because some smart people are grabbing the cheap tickets quick, probably nothing cynical. It was then $498 and when I'm posting >$500 for the same tickets I booked.

      After I was sick of it, I used Skyscanner to find the prices are $472 as well. I clicked on it gives me many different sites to book my ticket as always. I found Trip.com has the lowest price and possible Cashreward! As a true OZB, I went through & paid my final ticket for $472. There's only one option to pay extra for lost luggage, and all four legs seat selection were COMPLETELY FREE and I have chosen the exactly same seats numbers I did 3 times on the bloody https://www.flightnetwork.com.au/

      I hope you watch out!!

      • I wish I saw this! I ended up paying $10 more than if I had gone through skyscanner with no seat selection lol

  • Hi OP, thanks for sharing - I can't seem to find any discounted tickets from MEL to GZ in October (specifically start of October).

    • That's National Day period which people travel crazy, hotels are also much more expensive. The cheapest would be gone and not many cheaper ones compare to other times.

      • Ah very interesting, thanks for letting me know!

  • :( pretty sad for WA after China southern left

  • +1

    Why would anyone want to go to Guangzhou?

    • +2

      When was the last time you went?

      • -3

        Guangzhou is an awful place. A 50 mile cloud of smog constantly over it…

        • +2

          Like every other large city in China. Most of the Aliexpress stuff posted here is made in Guangdong. Besides Shanghai, the rest the destinations are boring (but maybe less smog). I go to Guangzhou because I like the food, the markets and the cool architecture. It's also close to Shenzhen and HK.

        • I have seen recently a lot of youtubers been there, food are amazing good & cheap, really want to go and check it out but how safe & reliable is this Hainan Airline? Say compare to other budget one like Scoot?

          • @kaikor: RU OK? OP's 2nd line says: 5 star Hainan Airlines, top 10 in world, it's on par with Singapore and Cathy, well above Scoot & Dragon

        • +5

          Guangzhou's AQI was 23.5 last year, Chicago 13, Seoul 19.7, Bankok21.3, Delhi 102.1

          https://www.iqair.com/dl/2023_World_Air_Quality_Report.pdf

        • We came back from Guangzhou yesterday. Totally enjoyed. Good dim sums and shopping! Cheap serviced apartment. Seniors and People with Disability (visitors) can get discounted or free entrance to Canton Tower or Metro fare.

      • +6

        About 10 years ago. It's like stepping out into Communist Russia in 1946. Gather around children, it's storytime.

        We had a layover - as soon as we got out of the plane we were told to queue up, and given stickers. Never told why. Eventually the people with stickers get rounded up and marched to a van. Still no explanation. And no one speaks english, or seemed willing to even mime to us what was going on.

        So there we were, strangers but brothers and sisters in stickers, expecting a brief layover of 4-5 hours, being whisked away into the night. The van drove for a good 2-3 hours, then deposited us at a tiny hotel. It became plain then that we were expected to sleep there. But what of our flights? Had they been cancelled? Were we supposed to be here? No internet. No explanations.

        At the hotel, it is explained that the rooms are paid for, but we must share the rooms. We stickered strangers look uneasily at each-other. The hotel explains that if we want our own rooms, we must pay for them.

        I have no cash, and after briefly debating whether I should approach the cute russian girl and propose to share a room, I decided to go look for an ATM.

        I'm not sure what Guangzhou city looks like, but out here, on the outskirts, this was the slums. Open gutters, unfinished buildings. I find an atm, but it doesn't accept my card. I walk further and finally find an atm that accepts my card, but only allows me to take out Euros. So I take out Euros and head back to the hotel.

        I ask reception if they accept Euros, and hold out 50 euro note. Queue the jokes and the giggling and the marriage proposals from the girls behind the reception desk lol. They did accept euros, but gave change in local currency, a whole fistful of notes.

        At this point, I'm exhausted and hungry, so I sit at the hotel restaurant and order something from the menu. I think / hope it was chicken.

        I go to my room, and it's rock solid mattresses on plywood bases, which is actually not too bad.

        Their in-room instruction manual is written in such garbled English, that I wonder if someone had just pretended to know English to get the job translating it.

        The next day, still no word on what the hell is going on. Finally a van arrives, and we are told to get in.

        At the airport, we are dropped unceremoniously, and left to our own devices. I queue up for 45 minutes in a line before realising it was a line to domestic flights. There are no signs indicating the difference in English at least.

        Finally I find my way past security into the waiting area, where the passengers are made to wait 6 hours in a hot box - no AC, and a giant glass window overlooking the tarmac. The toilets were portapotties and the whole place began to smell like the inside of these toilets.

        I forgot to mention the many many many security checkpoints we were made to go through - every bend in the corridor there was another group of idiots asking for our passport.

        Finally we get to the plane. Halleluja. Wait. Another checkpoint. This one wants a written declaration and signature too, but hasn't provided and pens/pencils.

        I take my sticker and stick it with all the others on the door leading to the tarmac. There are hundreds of thousands of stickers, each put there by a person who has a similar story to mine.

        • +5

          Thoroughly enjoyed story time.

          Disappointed you didn't meet your other half.

        • +4

          Cool story. I went in 2000 and it was even worse, like stepping into the USSR in the 1940s. It's quite modern now and the smog is not as bad. Your layover experience was unfortunate, but hey you got marriage proposals lol. You got to your plane eventually, and didn't die from the "chicken". So overall, not the worst experience imo. You also got a sticker!

          10 years has passed and a lot has changed; China is still a developing country.

          • @rosebank: Agreed a lot has changed in China. 9-10 years ago I hated the toilet in China. It was filthy and disgusting. No lock and people can just budge in. Got back from Guangzhou yesterday and the toilet was cleaned. I am impressed with the change.

        • +2

          I wish I was as such a good story teller.

          I had a Beijing-Xi'an-Melbourne flight. Jump of at Xi'an and they pointed at me 'you, white man' and gestured to go the other way which did have a sign of transit area.

          Walking around and when I say around it was skirting a good 2km the rim of the airport I finally hit a desk. They said go through these doors.

          Doors open and I'm standing in the duty free section airside. Chanel, liquor, snake oil and all.

          No luggage rechecked, passing immigration/custom.

          Sweating bricks I wonder to where the immigration actually is and with google translate explain how I ended up airside without as much as going through security from domestic to international.

          Thought I'd be on the next train to Xinjiang but they were actually helpful.

          I knew something was wrong when I was walking for 20mins to this supposed connection area and not seeing a sole.

        • It's a good storyline which sounds just like it was. I'd think it's 20 years ago rather than 10. The new Baiyun Airport opened 2004. Things improved drastically around Beijing Olympics 2008.

    • +2

      Why wouldn't anyone go?

    • CAN is a good hub location for transit from Australia to Europe. Low prices and not incurring unnecessary hours in the air.

  • +3

    So cheap. Gonna book a flight just to TRS some stuff

  • +1

    Is there any way to avoid a 4am layover in Haikou?

    • +2

      Just holiday in Haikou.

      • +2

        It's more the 4am rather than the layover itself

        • +1

          Yeah, this is the bit putting me off a bit

    • +3

      it's gonna be 7am in Sydney if it helps

    • 4am local time should be 6am AEST, but dark for sure.

  • Urumuqi should be the best bang for buck as it's another 7.5 hour flight away from Haikou without much detour. $510 from Sydney. Visit re-education camps while you're there

    • like you could make your way out after the visit?

  • +1

    Great post, just one small error: Nanking is should be Nanjing. Same as one of your tags.

    • Nanking is correct for the original Nanjiang Airport briefed as NKG. Nanjiang means all airports in the city of Nanjing, Capital of Jiangsu Province

  • +4

    Just got back from 10 nights package feautured on Ozbargain, so worth it. First time with Hainan and can say really good airline, all on time.
    Recommend.

    • The tripadeal trip?

      • Yeah the 999 deal

  • No BNE deal?

  • Which of these city is the best for sightseeing? Have been to Beijing and Shanghai before and really liked!!

    • Really enjoyed Xi'An - Terracotta warriors, museum, various shows, towers, the wall around the city
      Won't take more than 4 days though

  • -1

    Yesterday, I spoke to an Englishman who spent 6 weeks in a Chinese prison and fined $US100 for entering a forbidden area of China.

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