Originally Posted by
east_west
BR61 (TPE->BKK) departs TPE at 10:30pm, this gives you ~4 hours layover in TPE from UA871.
BR206 (BKK->TPE) arrives TPE at 6:35am, this gives you ~3 hours layover in TPE to UA872.
Both flights are lie-flat 777-300ERs, can be had for about $850 in J and $300 in Y.
I would challenge you to go ahead and try to book that (at those prices, or anything even remotely close) on the same PNR. If you care about UA PQDs, I would challenge you further to not just book it, but do so on a 016 ticket.
And while those connection times do seem quite reasonable on their surface, UA 871's rather dismal performance history makes it a little scarier than I like in my life...
EDIT: Per restlessinRNO's post below, I forgot that the summer and winter schedules were different. My last 3 flights to BKK have been on the winter schedule, when that connection time is much shorter!