I like you site. Good information. I don’t know your tastes in food however I have flown on Air China in the past and found the food to be good. I have a chinese wife and on our flight to Beijing from Sydney she even found the food was ok. Not fantastic but good enough for her, and she is fussy about her food.

Also the Air China service was reasonable. Maybe having her with me made a difference.

It is amazing the price difference you found by using Air China, 800 Euros compared with 1600. A huge saving. As you say it does pay to shop around.

Will be interesting to see how air tickets to Beijing increase leading up to the Olympics. I was lucky enough to get mine already using frequent flyer points. Also got a ticket for my daughter that cost $1200 australian. That is 75 per cent of the full fare. We booked our flights to Beijing back in October. I will check in a few months what the cost is to get the same ticket as what we have already booked.