Lufthansa Flies to both Beijing and Peking
Posted By Bob On November 15, 2006 @ 5:35 pm In Ticket Deals, Lufthansa | No Comments
Loyal readers of this blog – thanks Mom, Dad – know that I have [1] a certain affection for Lufthansa’s Ready to Fly? program. Each week they magically send me an email update for great offers and each week I dutifully check it out. Today, I received an email with an offer for a round-trip ticket from Frankfurt to Beijing for 299 Euro. Quite a nice little deal. When I clicked on the message and went to the Lufthansa site, I couldn’t help but notice that they had the site listed as being to Peking.
How long ago was the name Peking replaced by Beijing? [2] Officially the switch took place in 1949 so you’d think that the airline might have adjusted its Web site way back when.
Regardless, this is [3] a killer deal on a flight to Peking, err Beijing, err that city in China that is the capital.
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[1] a certain affection: http://www.bootsnall.co.uk/cheap-tickets/airline-deals/lufthansa-ready-to-fly.html
[2] Officially the switch took place in 1949: http://www.logoi.com/notes/peking-beijing.html
[3] a killer deal: http://www.lufthansa.com/online/portal/lh/de/specials/booking?tl=1&l=en&specialid=4751
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