China Eastern chauffeur drive service for Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane
By David Flynn, January 11 2018
China Eastern Airlines is now offering a free chauffeur drive service for business class and first class flyers on its routes between Australia, Shanghai and Beijing.
The complimentary service is limited to a radius of 35km from Sydney Airport, 45km in Melbourne, 40km in Brisbane, and 60km in Shanghai or Beijing.
There are also a few condition and caveats:
- there's only one free transfer per flight: so if you decide to book your driver for a China Eastern flight from Sydney, for example, you won't qualify for a chauffeur at Shanghai
- according to China Eastern, the chauffeur service for Beijing airports is available only for flights MU711, MU712, MU227 and MU728 (which shuttle between Sydney and Beijing via Hangzhou and Nanjing)
- codeshares through local partner Qantas are not eligible
- you need to request your driver via "at least seven working days" before your flight – this has to be done at China Eastern's Limo Service Application website
- if you change your booking after the application has been lodged, you'll be up for a hefty $150 fee
David Flynn is the Editor-in-Chief of Executive Traveller and a bit of a travel tragic with a weakness for good coffee, shopping and lychee martinis.
25 Jun 2012
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What happens if booked through Qantas?
24 Oct 2010
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Doesn't apply to codeshares (we'll add this to the article)
06 May 2013
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Must be on MU stock. So no dice if you book from QF.
07 Aug 2012
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Are award tickets eligible?
07 Nov 2017
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The original article does state codeshares are not eligible
07 Nov 2017
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Sorry eligible
04 May 2015
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A $150 fee to change a chauffeur booking? That's insane: it wouldn't cost that much just to pay for a driver in the first place, which you may as well do instead of paying that fee.
06 May 2013
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This Limo service is applicable for certain business or first class (U/F/P/J/C/D/Q/I)
12 Apr 2018
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Just booked a flight from Sydney to China and China to Amsterdam with China Eastern. Tried to book; got an email back saying that because my flight back was with another airline they wouldn’t give a limo service?!? What the heck, it’s two international flights to the other side of the world and it’s not enough it seems. Load of absolute rubbish!
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