Originally Posted by
flyingGriff
Thanks for the response, especially the very detailed one, jj.
I've asked the agent to priced the followings, all of them costs around 2K per adult:
1. MCI-ORD-NRT-KUL
2. MCI-LAX-HKG-KUL
3. MCI-IAD-PEK-KUL (return via PVG)
The agent also found Eva to be expensive.
I found ChinaAir on ita to be cheaper, but takes almost 50 hour (almost 24hr layover in PVG, which I don't have the luxury).
Any more idea?
China Airlines (CI) is a Taiwan-based airline that wouldn't likely have a routing like this via PVG. Perhaps you mean Air China (CA), which is mainland-based? Some of us who fly TPAC routes regularly have some strategies but usefulness to you depends on knowing:
1) Are you trying to use certain airlines (i.e. United) or are you open to anything and can travel on any alliance or non-alliance carrier? Gawd knows I wouldn't be routing anything TPAC through IAD if my origin was MCI, unless I had some ulterior motive. It's implied from your posts these are paid tickets not awards.
2) Have you tried pricing without the domestic MCI-USA gateway segment? Sometimes it doesn't make a lot of difference in the overall pricing, but sometimes it's better to just price from the gateway and then get a separate MCI-gateway ticket, understanding that there are then connection issues and (if you have no FFP status), possible US baggage fee issues.
3) What time frame are you looking at and any flexibility? If for summer, that's peak season TPAC in both directions and flight prices are dearer than normal.