My first experience with China Eastern Airlines (MU)

[MH_fan]

I have seen some MU J tickets to Europe for Mar/Apr next year for as little as $5.3k! That is unbeatable. In fact, I scored a J fare with them to Prague for around that time for about $5.7k.

 

[Dalescott]

Flew with China Eastern in Business, when they first started out of Melbourne. It was a very interesting flight, as the plane was a wet lease from Shanghai Airlines (If I remember correctly). coughpit door was open most the way to Shanghai. You could stand at the door and watch the pilots, they came and went and had long convo's withe FA's. They even gave use a China Eastern umbrella, which we still have.
We asked for red wine with our meal and got a full bottle of VERY good French red. The lounge at Pudong wasn't very good, but food was amazing.
It was one of life's great experiences.

 

[homeister]

To the OP:
Very late to this but that's what happens when people are researching similar flights
What was your date of travel for the reviewed trip?
I'm currently looking at MU for J travel to CDG in July 2026 and MU is priced at 8.8k

 

[MELso]

To the OP:
Very late to this but that's what happens when people are researching similar flights
What was your date of travel for the reviewed trip?
I'm currently looking at MU for J travel to CDG in July 2026 and MU is priced at 8.8k

They tend to drop their prices a bit closer in (the cheap fares are currently available to the end of June).

 

[MH_fan]

To the OP:
Very late to this but that's what happens when people are researching similar flights
What was your date of travel for the reviewed trip?
I'm currently looking at MU for J travel to CDG in July 2026 and MU is priced at 8.8k

That was April 2025. My next flights with them will be March 2026.

 

[AIRwin]

Heard free WiFi being offered in Economy on Australian flights

 

[Berlin]

They tend to drop their prices a bit closer in (the cheap fares are currently available to the end of June).

This is the Chinese way. I think China is the only place in the world (that I know of/ have ever been to) where airfares go DOWN the closer to the date you get.

The first one to tell me that was my Mandarin teacher and I did not believe it at first but it’s true (and saves one big bucks especially on the -generally excellent- inner Chinese Domestic flights)!