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Old Oct 14, 2011 | 4:17 pm
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Originally Posted by daveland
What would be the likely benefit of China Airlines for award travel US - Asia? The only route I can find with lie-flat seats (although hopefully I'm missing more) is LAX-TPE, but that's only in 1st which I don't believe would be bookable with DL miles. Would there be anyway to use this airline to get from the US to SE Asia (say, BKK) on them? Would be nice to have another option given KE's tremendous blackout dates.
On the latter question, you should be able to call and book it. CI will have a flight to BKK with a short layover in Tapei.

Fly out of LAX else the metal will truly suck. I don't know what they are flying on the TPE<>BKK leg, but you probably do not care much about 3-1/2 hours after the TPAC leg.

One advantage is the schedule. You arrive in BKK around 11AM and depart around 4PM , a lot better than the routes through N Asia as far as I am concerned.
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