Hello, Has anyone traveled to East Asia with China East Air?
Looking for travelling with kids to Tokyo. The airfare is cheap with 1 stop flights but I have no clue about the airline.
How is the flying experience, and connecting airport in China. Thanks!

Are you looking at China Eastern?
If so they are cheap because they are not great. If you just want to get somewhere cheap then by all means.
The service was real bad, the food is horrible. The entertainment wasn't the best, and the 2 of the planes were quite dirty (flew 5 flights with them in the last few months, all connecting flights) Will pay the extra next time for a better airline. But I got where I was going for cheap.

thanks so much for your honest feedback. I am travelling with kids so the experience will override flying cheap.

Misbah I would suggest going with a different airline if you can then.

Yes. They canceled my flight with no notice. I showed up at the airport and found no flight! They’re attitude was basically “not our problem “. Never again!

I highly recommend ANA. Flown to Japan twice with this airline and it is phenomenal. The service is incredible

Ditto for ANA! And you land at hanada airport Tokyo which is much closer to downtown than the other airport.

Xiamen airline is the worst

Thanks for the ANA recommendation Kelsey and Robin. Is 900$ the average price? Or do i hold out for any sales. Looking for spring

I've gotten both my flights when they were posted on YVR deals! One was $525 including a RT flight to Tokyo, Vietnam and phillipines. And the other was $825 including a RT flight to Tokyo and Sydney Australia. I have to say these are unlikely to happen again but there's usually cheap flights to Tokyo in NOv/Dec every year. Not sure how flexible your dates are

I saw that 525$ deal too but couldnt make travel decisions at the time. Regret it everyday lol

Misbah I feel that way a lot on this website

We got the around $600 deal to Hong Kong via Tokyo a couple of years ago. Big regret that we didn’t stay in Tokyo for a few days. Been watching for something similar but nothing unfortunately. However I believe a fare to Asia that is less than $1000 is considered a good deal.

I got the Tokyo flight deal posted here last month for $680 round trip from Victoria and will be flying on ANA. So keep an eye out for the deals! I’m happy to hear the positive ANA reviews too especially since historically the nicest airline I’ve ever flown was JAL which is also a Japanese airline.

Flew with China Eastern round trip YVR to Shanghai and had no problems

I travel a lot and they were by far the worst service I’ve ever had!

I won't fly China eastern again crappy planes, poor service and the least resful flight I ever had. But that's what you get when you want to travel on a budget. There are better options

Thnx everyone. I will avoid china eastern. Now holding out for a miraculous deal with ANA

ANA is my favorite airline. Check for deals on flighthub. There has been many deals in $600 including tax from YVR. My brother is going in Feb for$600. They are always on time unlike Cathay Pacific which every flight I’ve taken has been delayed at least 1 to 2 hours not even weather related.