Ctrip ( 携程 ) is the largest travel agency in China who owns Skyscanner and Trainpal, to name a few that our UK readers are familiar with. They bought the trip.com domain (which must have been pricy) a few years ago and Trip.com is now their international trading name.
Unlike Trainpal which makes frequent appearances on Hotukdeals etc and is now somewhat known to the British public, I don’t think Trip.com has been very successful in improving their international presence. It drives them to throwing in money on marketing to attract new customers.
There is a very good offer for flight bookings at the moment. You can see the details here.
- Book on the Trip.com mobile app
- £10 off all airfares of £100+
- £5 off all other airfares
- ANY flights excluding Mainland China domestic are eligible
Simple as that. Anyone can get at least £5 off any flight and there’s no limit on how many times you can claim it. The offer doesn’t currently have an expiry date.
The promotion has a similar version for the France / Spain market. In the app if you change the settings and switch to France / French / Euro this offer pops up:
You get €10 off on all tickets costing €13 – €300, or €20 off above that. On paper it works out slightly better than the UK counterpart.
(2024 Edit: in an unfortunate turn, it is now limited to 3 uses per calendar year now.)
Intuitively you get the heaviest discount on cheap budget airline tickets. Milan – Tirana is priced at €9.99 on Ryanair, or €6 on Trip.
London – Lyon is priced at £12.99 on Wizz Air, or £6 on Trip.
Kuala Lumpur – Singapore is priced at £12.72 on Scoot, or £6 on Trip.
The saving is less impressive on more expensive tickets. It’s worth pointing out that although the France version offers a better discount, I find the pricing frequently more expensive than the UK version.
I have purchased flight tickets on Trip.com a few times, most recently Norwegian to Stockholm last month and I find them quite good. They have decent 4.1 star rating on Trustpilot.
If you don’t have a Trip.com account yet, my referral link will give you £15 vouchers, although I’m not sure how those vouchers work.
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