Originally Posted by
Dinky SAN
Thanks for input, many good suggestions. While UA or *A not 100% required, it would be nice. Otherwise, I will have to change inbound to China as well and this has to be PVG. The HKG-ICN option is interesting, it will feel like a two-nighter on the plane though. But I'll look into it.
If you don’t mind flying a non *A airline, and want to avoid the 2-nighter feel on the plane, CZ has a mid-afternoon (3pm) and late afternoon (4:30pm) flight from XMN to CAN. Once you are in CAN, then you can connect to their 9pm flight to LAX. Not sure if you're returning to SAN, but your arrival at LAX should be early enough to catch a connecting flight to SAN that night.