Originally Posted by
Loran
You can also fly China Airlines via TPE. About a year and a half ago I had a pretty easy time booking business class flights from the west coast to Bali on CI; I searched each segment individually on Delta's web site. And the long-haul on CI was great.
Delta.com award search is fussy at constructing connections on CI (as with LAX-TPE-DPS) for award travel. I don't know if calling in routinely yields luck with itins that are found on ExpertFlyer or if requests are met with 'I don't see it.'