In The article on the day before yesterday, the extremely exciting news naturally comes from "Notice on Further Optimizing the Prevention and Control Measures for the New Coronavirus Pneumonia Epidemic and Doing a Scientific and Accurate Prevention and Control Work" The significant loosening of the policies to go to China in the 20 new policies is mainly reflected in the following aspects:
① Cancel the inbound flight circuit breaker mechanism
② The negative nucleic acid test certificate is adjusted to the negative nucleic acid test certificate within 48 hours before boarding.
③ The entry quarantine policy has been adjusted from "7-day centralized quarantine + 3-day home health monitoring" to "5-day centralized quarantine + 3-day home quarantine"
For the first and third items above, we do not need too many details to understand the first and third items above. For the second policy adjustment, we need more details to understand the strength of its loosening. Since no consulate abroad updated the nucleic acid test announcement before traveling to China yesterday, we can only make the most conservative reasoning based on the current situation in yesterday's push.
The policy of transferring to China is beyond surprise and has been greatly relaxed!
It seems that our inference yesterday was still too conservative, and it feels that the extremely low probability has really come. First of all, we saw the latest announcement from the Consulate General in Marseille, France earlier today.
The latest health code policy for the Chinese Consulate General in Marseille in France
*Reposted from the Consulate General in Marseille :
http://marseille.china-consulate.gov.cn/lsfwgg/202203/t20220331_10658343.html
After a few hours, the Embassy in Canada also followed suit.
The latest health code policy for the Chinese Embassy in Canada to China
*Reposted from Embassy in Canada:
http://ca.china-embassy.g ov.cn/gdxw/202211/t20221113_10973259.
In the above two announcements, we have highlighted the most core sentence "Transfer personnel to China can undergo nucleic acid testing at any place of origin or place of transit, but the time limit is required to be within 48 hours before boarding a flight to China." highlighted. A brief explanation of this sentence means that if you choose the route to China, only needs to complete the nucleic acid test in , one of the originating country or one of the transit countries. The time for completing the nucleic acid test needs to be within 48 hours before boarding the flight to China.
And just now, the Embassy in the United States also followed! ! !
The latest health code policy for the Chinese Embassy in the United States to China
*Reposted from the Embassy in the United States:
http://us.china-embassy.gov.cn/zytz/202211/t20221113_10973323.html
As of now, the Consulate General in Los Angeles has also issued an announcement with the same content:
http://losangeles.china-consulate.gov.cn/lbyj/202012/t20201219_5053638.html
There is also the Consulate General in Chicago:
http://chicago.china-consulate.gov.cn/zytz/202211/t20221113_10973338.m
Consulate General in New York and San Francisco will definitely follow up immediately, and the content will be the same. The contents of the two consulates of
and Canadian/French are slightly different. The highlights of the major consulates in the United States are as follows: "People who transfer from the United States to China from the United States to China, or who transfer from the third country to China from the third country (region), can complete nucleic acid testing and apply for health codes according to their own itinerary and at any of the transit places or places of origin. Transfer passengers only need to ensure that the health code is still valid at the last transit place (i.e. when taking a flight to China)." Although the specific content is somewhat subtle and above, the core content is the same. The Consulate General of Los Angeles also added the sentence "The validity period of the health code is calculated based on the nucleic acid test sampling date + 2 days ".The significance of the adjustment of
is self-evident. In the policy before this adjustment, if passengers choose to go to China via a third country's transit route, they must complete nucleic acid tests at the same time in the originating country and the transit country. This leads to the fact that when passengers choose this route, they need to enter the transit country in most cases (unless the nucleic acid testing conditions that meet the consulate's requirements are provided in the restricted area of the airport of the transit country). In this way, the cost of passengers purchasing air tickets, the time of travel, and the preparations before departure are increased accordingly.
After this adjustment, passengers traveling to China in can finally realize the real way to return to China for third-country transit flights. This way of traveling to China will replace the previous entry and then return to China! Detailed explanation of policy adjustment of
. The price of air tickets to China returns to normal.
. In-depth analysis of the health code acquisition process for departing from the United States. Go back to the above policy. If the passenger chooses to fly directly to China, if the direct flight to China is December 10 (the departure time is in the morning, afternoon or evening), nucleic acid testing can be completed on any day on December 8, 9 or 10, so nucleic acid testing is not stuck for hours, so strictly speaking, it is not within 48 hours before boarding, but 1 nucleic acid testing can be completed 2 days before boarding.
If you choose to leave the United States and transfer to China through a third country? The requirements of the consulate announcement are also very clear, that is, passengers who transfer only need to ensure that their health code is still valid at the last transfer location (i.e. when taking a flight to China) can ensure that their health code is still valid for . According to the content added by the Consulate General of Los Angeles, assuming that the passenger conducts a nucleic acid test in the United States and West on December 8 and applies for a health code, the passenger's health code will last until 0 a.m. on December 11, Western time. Passengers only need to have their health code valid when boarding a flight to China.
gives you an example, for example, buy next April Seattle - Vancouver - Shanghai's itinerary for economy class as low as US$826 , and the itinerary for is now in line with the requirements announced by the consulate to go to China!
According to the announcement of the Consulate in the United States, passengers need to ensure that their health code is valid when boarding a flight to China. Although the boarding process may be completed on April 3, in order to be cautious, it is best for passengers' health code to remain valid in the early morning of April 4. Therefore, passengers can complete the test and apply for the health code on April 2 or April 3 at any testing agency recognized by the local health department in the United States and apply for the health code . More than enough time. Assuming that the passenger completes the test in Seattle, according to the announcement, he or she has to apply for a health code from the Consulate General of San Francisco. After obtaining the health code, he or she can take the inter-operating flight above to return to China.
Because the above itinerary complies with the China Transit Program in Canada, even if passengers do not have an Canadian visa , you can choose!
Big Transfer / Mileage Ticket Back to China is coming
So we can start planning the next return ticket according to the above assumptions. Simply put, after this policy adjustment, the requirements before returning to China are more similar to those before the launch of the double-collision test in November 2020 (after this requirement is released, you can basically choose to fly directly to China). You can freely choose various transit routes to China. The preparation work that needs to be completed is the nucleic acid test in the originating country. Is this policy very similar to that at that time? Although the policies are very similar, the number of flights to China is far better than that at that time. This is why although the policies were not strict at that time, the tickets to China were far higher than those now. To sum up, after the policy adjustment, the route we can choose to return to China is mainly concentrated in the following people:
①Direct flight : The most convenient one is naturally the direct flight. Currently, the US-China direction is 18 flights a week, but the prices of these flights are still relatively high.
② Transfer to China via a third country : The point you need to pay attention to is the originating country / Transfer to China has followed up with the above announcement (if any accidents, basically, it will be followed up in the past few days. If you book a longer flight ticket, you can take up the place first). Secondly, whether the itinerary meets the transfer requirements (whether the airport of the transit country allows for visa-free transfers), and finally, the transfer policy cannot be used for direct transfer to China via Hong Kong and Taiwan . Don't buy the wrong air ticket.
* Although this air ticket is very cheap, it does not meet the requirements of the current new policy
③Stop in Hong Kong and go to the mainland : According to the current 0+3 policy of in Hong Kong , passengers cannot directly transfer to the mainland through Hong Kong. They must stay in Hong Kong for at least 3 nights before they can go to the mainland, and complete 5+3 quarantine in the mainland. Therefore, the route of has become no advantage after this policy adjustment , because the transfer route will not incur the time cost consumed during the Hong Kong route and other additional costs (such as the three-day accommodation cost in Hong Kong). However, Hong Kong's route may be loose in the future, so everyone can pay close attention to this.
Among these three routes, based on the current air ticket price status and the time required for the journey, there is no doubt that the transfer route has the greatest advantages. Compared with the advantages of Hong Kong route, I have already mentioned above and will not be repeated. Compared with direct flight routes, the price is obviously the biggest advantage. The multiple nucleic acid tests required before have been simplified into one nucleic acid test, so from the perspective of nucleic acid testing, it is exactly the same. The only thing that passengers are a little troublesome is that they need to have the next plane + change the boarding gate (in most cases, there is no need to leave the restricted area and do not need to re-check the luggage). For older passengers who do not speak English, it is recommended that you choose some airports that are friendly to passengers who do not speak English (such as Narita, Tokyo, Japan, Incheon, Seoul, South Korea) to complete the transfer and return to China. The countless actual cases in the past three years of the epidemic have proved that there is really no big difference between choosing these reliable transit airports compared with direct flights. You can save a lot of money in almost no difference. Why not do it?
If you want to save more money, in addition to using cash to purchase air tickets, mileage tickets are undoubtedly also a great option. In many previous pushes, we have repeatedly recommended some highlights of mileage tickets to China (mainly concentrated in South Korea, Europe, , Middle East to China) to everyone. However, since the transfer required entry to the country of transit at that time, everyone could only purchase/redeem the tickets of the originating country - transit country / transit country - China (or increase stay), but after this change, everyone's gameplay naturally increased, and there were also a lot of mileage tickets to return to China. For example, using 50K Air Canada miles can be used to redeem the tickets to Los Angeles - Seoul - Shenzhen.
* Since the departure time of the flight to China is 17:10 pm on March 17, South Korea time, the corresponding Western time is 2:10 AM on March 17, because passengers need to keep their health code valid when boarding the flight to China, passengers need to complete nucleic acid testing on March 15. The nucleic acid institution that produces the results on the same day should still be very easy to find
If you want to use mileage to exchange for business class to return to China, is there any way? Of course there are, for example, the following Chicago - Abu Dhabi - Beijing trip, the entire flight to Etihad Airways Business Class!
* Since the departure time of the flight to China is 21:30 pm on July 19th, Abu Dhabi time, the corresponding US-China time is 12:30 noon on July 19th. Since passengers need to keep their health code valid when boarding the flight to China, passengers need to complete nucleic acid testing on July 17 or July 18th, which is more than enough to take off at 21:20 on July 18th
* Mileage exchange for such luxurious business class return to China seems to have returned to the pre-epidemic!
You can use the Chase UR / Amex MR in your hands to transfer to Air Canada to complete the ticket redemption. It just so happens that the Chase UR transfer to Air Canada has a 30% bonus, which is a god-given opportunity.
I believe that most people have not yet reacted to the significance of this policy adjustment, so everyone should take action quickly and make advance arrangements. Otherwise, the price of air tickets to China may be adjusted in the future because everyone gradually realizes the new policy, especially for the most cost-effective mileage tickets that are not large in number.
huge surprise came quietly today. We have analyzed the significance of the new policy in today's push. The main logic line is that due to the loosening of nucleic acid testing before the trip, we do not need to conduct cumbersome return procedures when choosing a third country to transfer to China (including entering the country to transfer to China and completing double negative tests in the country to transfer to China). The loosening of the policy has led to the overall process of choosing a third country to transfer to China and directly flying to China. The price of choosing a third country to transfer to China is very close to the normal return flight price, especially many cost-effective mileage ticket options, which is also the greatest significance of this policy adjustment to everyone! This policy adjustment should have a series of impacts in the future, and we make some predictions here. ①The price is expected to be reduced by a high probability of direct flights to China, especially direct flights to China in 2023. The main logic is very easy to understand. Transfers to China are so cheaper. Although direct flights to China are convenient, the price must not be too high than the route of transit routes (the price difference is too large now), otherwise no passenger will choose to fly to China directly. However, this adjustment is unlikely to happen immediately. It will take a while before everyone has digested the new policy.
②There may be a chance to relax again through Hong Kong's trip to the mainland. The reason is very simple. The current disadvantage of Hong Kong's route is too obvious compared to the third country's route (I spent three days in vain to stay in Hong Kong). After everyone has digested this new policy, I believe that passengers who choose the Hong Kong route will drop sharply, so Hong Kong can only choose some more friendly policies to accept passengers home. It is expected that the ideal situation is that Hong Kong will fully open the direct transfer to the mainland/Shekou and other ports to Shenzhen. If this adjustment comes in time, going to the mainland through Hong Kong will still be a very good option. For example, the large number of tickets issued by on November 5, and the top-end business class will fly back to China/go to the United States during the peak summer vacation! Get 58K points easily! The EVA Air business class recommended by the article is still a very good choice for returning to China.
③The number of flights to China should continue to increase gradually. This policy adjustment has been a very big turn before. According to this context, the number of flights needs to be increased to cooperate with the gradually relaxed policy. Even if the number of direct flights from the United States and China does not increase, as long as the number of direct flights to China increases in other countries and cooperates with the current friendly policy of transit to China, everyone's options for returning to China are also increasing, and the cost is constantly decreasing.
Today's new policy contains many new knowledge points. We will explain it in detail to you as soon as possible, hoping that everyone can understand it as quickly as possible. Next, passengers who need to return home can quickly digest the new policy. When everyone reacts, they may miss the best time to get the ticket to return home.
