Fans of an open jaw and multi-city tickets that allow to visit more attractive places during your trip may consider this attractive solution based on service of Air China. They are still offering very interesting solution to Australia with free stop-over in China! If interested in this deal please look for flights departing from Scandinavia (Stockholm, Copenhagen, Oslo) ,Paris or Geneva to Melbourne or Sydney. You can then fly to Beijing from where you would return back to London or Germany (Frankfurt, Dusseldorf, Munich). Such a multi-city tickets are now available from just £426 or €694!
As you may get free visa on arrival in China (up to 72h) this is great solution to visit Beijing and its surrounding area. (in some cases you would have to accept longer layover in China on your outbound flight to Australia..). If interested in this Air China promotion please look for flights departing between 1st of October 2015 and 26th of March 2016. (based on latest date of your return flight and except blackout period around Christmas holidays). Max stay 6 months. Please refer to below booking samples if interested in these multi-city flights to Australia and China:
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Other currently available promotional deals with Air China
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Booking sample of cheap multi-city open jaw flights to Australia & China £426/€694 here. In this case you would be departing from Oslo to Melbourne on 17th of January 2016. You would then fly from Australia to Beijing on 27th of January. Finally your return flight from China back to London would take place on 6th of February 2016.