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Old Oct 13, 2013 | 9:57 pm
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Originally Posted by Paiteaw
Transpacs from the East coast are considerably longer than from sittin on the dock of the Bay !
...and routing through the mid-West or the East coast are good ways to maximize your miles when coming from the West coast. BTDT many times through ORD/DFW, a few through JFK.

There isn't a good connection from BKK-NRT-LAX*, so since they ended SJC<->NRT... I've done the NRT-(ORD/DFW) leg more often to LAX coming back.**

Honestly, once I'm in on 10 hours+ plus flight, extra time doesn't seem to matter to me; I just up my medication dosage and sleep.

(* AA170 is too early for the morning flights BKK-NRT, and is one wicked long wait at the airport if you're leaving BKK the night before.)
(** before I got Global Entry, it also didn't hurt that the Immigrations and Customs guys in LAX tend to be particularly nasty to deal with.)
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