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Ju_de -

I'm 26, so it shouldn't matter how old you are,
as long as you have a valid ISIC card you should be able to get the student rate.

Good luck!!



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adrianlondon -

Thanks.

I found your flight/price online at C&E Travel UK, which is in Little Newport Street, Chinatown.
I'll go and see them tomorrow. I'll report back!

http://www.everwell.co.uk/eng_superairfear.htm

Not sure that Super Air Fear instills much confidence

Did you know instill can be spelt with one or two l's? You didn't care? Oh well.










Ju_de -

Great!!

Hopefully, you should get a reasonably priced fare now!!!










adrianlondon -

Well, I went to Super Air Fear and ... it's turned into a brothel! That's soho for you. The sign
on the door just said "beautiful oriental models upstairs for you". The landline, fax and mobile
number associated with the agency are dead. Hey ho.

So, as chinatown isn't exactly short of travel agents I went to another. Air China has offers for
August and then November & December. Nothing for Sept. Also, they don't believe anyone over 32 has
any learning capacity left (I might end up agreeing with them - we'll see how the course goes) as
you need an ISIC and to be under 32 to qualify for their student flights.

KLM had the best deal, but with a totally non changeable flight. And I hate making decisions.

Emirates is the best value so far : £450 inc with a £75 change fee; ticket valid for 12 months.

Thanks everyone for your input.










Ju_de -

Sorry to hear that you couldn't get the Air China fare.

It is really silly that they wouldn't sell you that fare because of your age, even though you are
going to be a full-time student.

When I bought mine, the lady at CTS never asked me my age, just asked me whether I had a ISIC
card. May be I look under the age of 32???? who knows??

Anyway, hope the trip to China works out much better!!










KingKitega -

Hi adrian,

Check out this fare:
http://www.seewootravel.co.uk/displayfare.php?fare=8328

only 6 months validity, but GBP285 (ex taxes) with KLM - and no need for ISIC!

You can search for other fares on that site too (cut out the displayfare bit in url), but that's
the best I can find.

I think 6m is enough for you given that you're only studying for one semester.

Good searching!










adrianlondon -

Thanks King Kitega,

KLM certainly works out the cheapest, but their tickets are totally non changeable when I last
checked that offer. I'll check via your link though; one never knows. I haven't decided yet
whether to come back to the UK just before Christmas to be with family, at the end of my semeter,
or a few weeks after my semester to allow for travel time.

Maybe I just need to make a decision! But I'm bad at those.

I'll keep checking and post back here once I've got the flight tickets, in case there are other
indecisive people around who are leaving it even later than me :-)












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