Star Alliance member Air China offers you a great bargain for flights to Kathmandu, Nepal. Flights from Paris are currently as low as €386 with a long layover in Chengdu, China (5+ hours on the outbound, 6+ hours on the inbound trip). This fare includes board service as well as a checked bag up to 23 kg.
Each Monday, Thursday and Saturday, an Air China Airbus A330-200 leaves Paris for Chengdu. After a long layover, onward flights to Kathmandu feature Air China Airbus A319 aircraft.
Search & Book
According to fare rules, this offer has a generous expiration date as it is set to end on December 10, 2019. It is valid for stays of at least five days and not exceeding three months in total. Further, it is only applicable to certain travel periods:
- August 19 – October 3
- October 14 – December 19, 2019
- January 1 – March 31, 2020
Therefore, it is not valid when the Mount Everest climbing window is open (usually in late May).
Since these fares don’t show up on Google Flights, the Airfare Matrix is the easiest way to find suiting travel dates (instructions). You can use these parameters to these fares:
Enter the flight dates you’ve found in our flight search to find and purchase tickets at the lowest fare.
Mileage
Air China issues these tickets in booking class L. This is a discounted ecnonomy booking class. As a result, most Star Alliance frequent flyer programs won’t credit more than 25% of your travel distance:
- 3,758 Miles on ANA Mileage Club
- 3,564 Miles on Ethiopian ShebaMiles
- 3,564 Miles on Thai Royal Orchid Plus
- 3,564 Miles on Aegean Miles+Bonus
- 3,186 Miles on Copa ConnectMiles
- 3,164 Miles on EVA Infinity MileageLands
- 3,134 Award Miles + 626 PQP on United MileagePlus
- 3,134 AsiaMiles on Asia Miles
- 3,134 Miles on Asiana Club
- 3,134 Miles on Turkish Airlines Miles&Smiles
- 3,134 Award Miles + 160 Points on Miles&More
- 3,134 Miles on Avianca LifeMiles
- 3,134 Points on SAS EuroBonus
- 3,134 Miles on TAP Miles&Go
- 3,134 Miles on Air Canada Aeroplan
- 3,134 Miles on Egyptair Plus
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