Three questions, one a little off topic. Never done Asia travel, so looking for some advice, and thought I'd try here first! Thanks in advance. I'll be going to MNL Feb 2009 for a month...

1. What would be best if I'm arriving into MNL at 11PM and wanting to head out the next day?
2. Or alternatively what's easiest for a weekend get-away from MNL?

3. Never done travel to Asia before, so not sure what's best. I have a few options and need help figuring out if any of these are bad ideas...

a. MKE-DTW-NGO-MNL and back...cost is $1546, total time is 22h15m/19h30 (19h/15h45m), and equip is 744.

b. MKE-MSP-NRT-MNL and back...cost is same, total time is 23h45m/20h5m (flight time 18h48m/15h45m) and 744 equip.

c. MKE-MSP-SEA-NRT-MNL and back...cost is $1539, total time 26h10m/22h16m (flight time 20h47m/17h8m), the biggest bonus is that the tpac segment is on the A332 (NRT-MNL is still 744). The problem is that this is 2 separate tickets, with connection times in SEA of 134min and 105m (in January...). [To break things up and avoid the early morning I could fly to SEA the day before, get a hotel for <$100 and save $20 on airfare...]