Originally Posted by
Chinatrvl
Shanghai - Taibei via Wuhan/CAN on CZ: 1,800 CNY. And I assume other (Shanghai based) airlines have similiar offers.
Forget Sabre/amadeus based sites, like Expedia. Do airlines sites, elong, and ctrip not bring up satisfying results? What dates?
I've never seen any remotely reasonable nonstop SHA-TPE fares on those travel sites or elsewhere.
The problem with connecting anywhere is that you turn a 1:15 flight into an 8 hour ordeal. Shanghai is much closer to Taipei than Wuhan, Guangzhou, Hong Kong... pretty much everywhere except for Xiamen.
Back on the topic of miles, DL also works nicely on CI and MU: 20k round trip.