They may want you to do some business in Beijing. Ask them and tell them that it'd be cheaper for a round-trip ticket from US to HK than a ticket from US - HK - Beijing - US.
Off course, if you would like to spend some time in BJ, don't ask.
• thx, useful :-) -annette- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/05/2004 postreply 13:44:54