{"id":4706,"date":"2017-11-05T22:27:02","date_gmt":"2017-11-06T06:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=4706"},"modified":"2017-11-05T22:27:02","modified_gmt":"2017-11-06T06:27:02","slug":"air-china-to-launch-nonstop-flights-between-los-angeles-and-shenzhen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=4706","title":{"rendered":"Air China to Launch Nonstop Flights Between Los Angeles and Shenzhen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles-based flyers will soon have yet another option for nonstop flights to China, when Air China launches a route between\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thepointsguy.com\/2017\/09\/inside-the-new-vip-terminal-at-lax\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LAX<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thepointsguy.com\/2016\/12\/xiamen-air-787-business-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shenzhen (SZX)<\/a>. The new flight will begin on December 7, 2017 and will operate three times per week \u2014 on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays \u2014 with the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_396871\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-396871 size-full lazyautosizes size-full lazyloaded \" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/thepointsguy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/GettyImages-534641866.jpg?fit=2048%2C2048px&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"730px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/thepointsguy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/GettyImages-534641866.jpg?fit=2048%2C2048px&amp;ssl=1 2048w\" alt=\"CHENGDU, CHINA - MAY 26: (CHINA OUT) The image shows the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport on May 26, 2016 in Chengdu, Sichuan Province of China. China\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/thepointsguy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/GettyImages-534641866.jpg?fit=2048%2C2048px&amp;ssl=1\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/thepointsguy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/GettyImages-534641866.jpg?fit=2048%2C2048px&amp;ssl=1 2048w\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image by\u00a0VCG\u00a0\/ Contributor via Getty Images.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The flights will operate with the following schedule:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>CA769 Shenzhen (SZX) 11:30pm Departure\u00a0\u21d2 Los Angeles (LAX) 8:00pm Arrival<\/li>\n<li>CA770 Los Angeles (LAX) 10:50pm Departure\u00a0\u21d2 Shenzhen (SZX) 5:40am (+2) Arrival<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thepointsguy.com\/2015\/08\/air-china-747-8-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Air China<\/a>\u2018s 787-9s have 30 lie-flat seats in business class, 34 recliner seats in premium economy in a 3-3-3 configuration and 229 economy seats, also in a 3-3-3 pattern. The business class cabin features the same type of seat that you\u2019ll find on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thepointsguy.com\/2016\/06\/united-inaugural-787-9-from-sfo-to-singapore\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">United\u2019s Dreamliners<\/a>. While the seats are fully lie-flat, the 2-2-2 configuration means that not every seat will have direct aisle access.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_396893\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyautosizes wp-image-396893 size-full lazyloaded \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thepointsguy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/15289213_1411415095565464_3904988511811415092_o.jpg?fit=2048%2C2048px&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"730px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thepointsguy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/15289213_1411415095565464_3904988511811415092_o.jpg?fit=2048%2C2048px&amp;ssl=1 2048w\" alt=\"\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thepointsguy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/15289213_1411415095565464_3904988511811415092_o.jpg?fit=2048%2C2048px&amp;ssl=1\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thepointsguy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/15289213_1411415095565464_3904988511811415092_o.jpg?fit=2048%2C2048px&amp;ssl=1 2048w\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image of Air China business class via Air China\u2019s Facebook page.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Shenzhen is located only about 20 miles from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thepointsguy.com\/2017\/09\/your-points-and-miles-guide-to-hong-kong\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hong Kong<\/a>, which means that SZX could be another option to look at if you want to go to HK. Even better, there\u2019s plenty of award availability for this new flight. Here\u2019s a screenshot of availability for saver awards in economy and business class:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyautosizes aligncenter wp-image-396879 size-full lazyloaded \" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/thepointsguy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Screen-Shot-2017-10-25-at-11.47.05-AM.png?fit=2048%2C2048px&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"700px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/thepointsguy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Screen-Shot-2017-10-25-at-11.47.05-AM.png?fit=2048%2C2048px&amp;ssl=1 2048w\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2017-10-25 at 11.47.05 AM\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/thepointsguy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Screen-Shot-2017-10-25-at-11.47.05-AM.png?fit=2048%2C2048px&amp;ssl=1\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/thepointsguy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Screen-Shot-2017-10-25-at-11.47.05-AM.png?fit=2048%2C2048px&amp;ssl=1 2048w\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As a reminder, Air China is a Star Alliance partner, meaning you can redeem United miles for its flights. A one-way economy ticket will cost you 35,000 plus $5.60 in taxes and fees, while one way in business runs for 80,000 miles plus the same in taxes and fees. If you don\u2019t have enough miles in your United account, remember that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thepointsguy.com\/2016\/06\/redeeming-chase-ultimate-rewards-maximum-value\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chase Ultimate Rewards<\/a>\u00a0transfer to United MileagePlus at a 1:1 ratio. If you\u2019d rather pay cash, a round-trip economy ticket will cost $477 with the outbound segment being the inaugural flight. That same flight costs $3,289 booked directly with Air China.<\/p>\n<p><em>Is anyone planning to book Air China\u2019s new flight between Los Angeles and Shenzhen?<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles-based flyers will soon have&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ca-local"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4706"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4706\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4707,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4706\/revisions\/4707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}