# airline pricing

China’s ‘Boomerang’ Tickets: Young Travellers Turn Cheap Layovers into Mini‑Holidays

Chinese young travellers are exploiting interline pricing and expanded transfer services to buy "boomerang" tickets: cheap multi‑segment fares that include long layovers for sightseeing before returning home overland. The trend reflects price sensitivity, holiday‑stacking behaviours and spare capacity at regional airports, and has implications for airlines, hotels, OTAs and policy makers seeking to smooth travel demand.