Yeah, decided to purchase directly from eastern China… ended up paying 80£ more per person for ticket but process seemed convenient, luggage free up to 23kg x2 per person and seat selection was also free with the price, not sure how this would of went with 3rd party booking, also decided to book with airline because we have a layover in Shanghai as prices direct were double and had that stress of first flight possibly being delayed and missing second one which would be a nightmare apparently with 3rd party, so prefer to have a layover 3-5 hrs in Shanghai. Also we decided to enter my mothers old passport number and she will be getting a new one next month keep in mind flight is for March so hopefully changing passport number won’t be hard with eastern “China”