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800 yuan to fly to Beijing. Air tickets are super low at the end of the year.

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800 yuan to fly to Beijing. Air tickets are super low at the end of the year. People’s consumption is conservative. Major airlines have stepped up promotions. China, Evergreen, Air China, China Eastern, AA, UA, etc....

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800 yuan to fly to Beijing. Air tickets are super low at the end of the year. People's consumption is conservative, and major airlines have stepped up promotions. China, Evergreen, Air China, China Eastern, AA, UA and many other airlines have launched a price war to compete for the year-end air ticket market. From September to the end of the year and Christmas this year, many routes to Taipei, Beijing and Shanghai have special discounts. The starting price is 800 yuan, and the trip is 1,000 yuan. The roller coaster-like prices have shocked the tourism industry during the peak season. Every year, December 9 to 23 is the peak period for air ticket prices in the United States. A round trip from Los Angeles to Taipei usually costs at least 1,500 yuan, and sometimes even as high as 1,800 or 1,900 yuan. It is still difficult to get a ticket. However, the year-end prices launched by major airlines have been significantly reduced. Wendy Wang, Vientiane Tourism Ticketing Manager, said that so far this year, the air tickets from Los Angeles to Taipei on almost all airlines have not been lower than 1,000 yuan. However, many airlines have recently launched promotional prices, and you can go out for just over 1,000 yuan. For example, China Airlines just launched a low-cost ticket this week, with a nominal price of 1,030 yuan, plus tax of 250 yuan, for a total price of 1,280 yuan. Evergreen’s tax-included air ticket from Los Angeles to Taipei has also been reduced to 1,395 yuan. Air tickets from December 24 to January 4 will be reduced again. The face price of EVA and China Airlines tickets is around 800 yuan, and the round-trip ticket after tax is about 1,060 yuan. Travel industry operators said that the continued recession in the U.S. economy has caught airlines by surprise. Senior industry insiders revealed that in March and April this year, major airlines expected the U.S. economy to improve, so they raised air ticket prices, reaching their peak in May and June. As a result, a large number of people were frightened, and many people refused to leave if they could. By the beginning of the summer vacation in July and August, airlines were forced to lower air tickets. Merchants said that compared with mainland China and Taiwan, the United States' overseas travel this year is "much inferior." While tour groups, summer camps, and study tour groups from China and Taiwan are flooding into Southern California, the total number of overseas trips to Los Angeles is conservatively estimated to have dropped by 20%. In order to compete for the end-of-year market, major airlines are currently showing off their unique skills and cutting prices to attract buyers. In addition to EVA Air and China Airlines, China International, Eastern, AA, and UA flight prices from Los Angeles to and from Beijing and Shanghai

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