Originally Posted by
glob99
In the past I found flying into LAX from the East coast for an EVA flight was cheaper than other options.
Routing from the East coast to TPE via LAX adds almost 1500 miles to the journey, e.g. JFK-LAX-TPE (9274mi) vs JFK-TPE (7808mi), so about 3 hours of flying time plus layover costs, probably 6 hours total.