Delta- $652 – $664: Washington D.C. / Newark / San Francisco / Chicago – Beijing, China. Roundtrip, including all Taxes

Wow! Delta took its gloves off and is aggressively attacking United’s fares to Beijing from a few of United’s hubs.

Washington D.C., Newark and San Francisco is at $652, while Chicago is at $664.

Update 5/20/2014 @ 7:10PM Eastern – fare gone!

The Forbidden City, Beijing, China - Photo: Francisco Diez, used under Creative Commons License (By 2.0)

The Forbidden City, Beijing, China – Photo: Francisco Diez, used under Creative Commons License (By 2.0)

Sample Travel Date:

  • Sample from Washington D.C.
  • September 1st – 8th

Fare Availability:

  • Valid for travel on the outbound from August 21st – November 30th for Sunday through Thursday departures. Must purchase at least 3 days in advance of departure

How to Search for Availability:

  • Use ITA Software Matrix Airfare Search and use the following search criteria:
    • Departing from: WAS
    • Outbound Advanced Routing Code: dtw
    • Destination:  PEK
    • Return Advanced Routing Code: dtw
    • (Click on Advanced Routing Codes link to enable advanced routing code input)
    • (For Newark departures, replace WAS with EWR on the Departing from: field)
    • (For Chicago departures, replace WAS with ORD on the Departing from: field)
    • (For San Francisco departures, replace WAS with SFO on the Departing from: field and replace dtw with sea on both Advanced Routing Code fields)
    • Select “See calendar of lowest fares”
    • Length of stay “0-7” (the max date range is 7 days. So 0-7, 5-12, 7-14 etc)
  • Beginner’s Guide on How to Use Matrix by ITA Software
  • How to Read Airfare Rules and Use It to Your Advantage

Fare Class:

  • V

Elite Qualifying Dollars:

  • $564

Routing:

  • DCA – DTW (Detroit) – PEK (Beijing) – DTW – DCA. Also available from IAD.

Stopover:

Mileage:

Delta will be revenue based mileage earning starting January 1st, 2015. Miles will be earn base on elite qualifying dollars multiple by 5 as base level earning and up to 13 for Diamond level members who purchase with a Delta co-branded American Express credit card. We will be showing the 2015 base mileage earning for all Delta fares going forward to show how negative the changes are for a majority of Delta flyers.

  • 2014: 14,006 miles or 4.6 cents per mile.
  • 2015:  2,820 miles or a difference of 11,186 miles.

How to Book:

  • Support us by using our Orbitz link to book with dates found on ITA Software Matrix Airfare Search. Make sure to select “Additional Search Options” and then “Narrow the search to my preferred airlines” and select Delta
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