Originally Posted by
moondog
You don't seem to be taking into account, the fact that many airlines in the region provide abonominal customer service... assuming you can reach them in the first place.
Let alone the rubbish UX Japanese/Chinese/Korean/Taiwanese airlines have when it comes to getting non-nationals attempting to book tickets.
"Fortunately," in China's case, elong.net --> trip.com have made booking that country's tickets all too easy.