Wait so do you guys prefer Open Ticket for HKG-TPE Return, then fit in the slot between with TPE-SFO(viaHKG)-TPE??

Being here to work and based in Hong Kong, I still have to commute between TPE and SFO, after 10months I still cannot work out what is the best. Anyone could suggest something for me, this is something look like to happen for the next 12 months. I will continue to base in HKG, I will be in TPE for 1 or 2 weeks per month, then each quarter needs to be SFO.

I have been doing HKG/TPE HKG/TPE HKG/TPE/HKG/SFO/HKG.... some how i wish I just live in the airport...

I usually reedem for the HKG-TPE-HKG route because its an open 1 year ticket that you can change anytime you like.

So, it's usually:
HKG-TPE (start of the redemption ticket)
TPE-XXX-HKG (break off the I-class tix at HKG first...long-haul usually has 6 mths to 1 year validity I believe)
HKG-TPE (continue the last unused portion of the I-class tix)
TPE-XXX-HKG (second ticket...and so on)
and the cycle continues...until the redemption ticket expires in 6 mths/1 year (depending on your travelling needs)
then....
TPE-HKG (end of the redemption ticket).

Oh I just love living in Taipei.
Booked 3 J tickets to BKK for about NT$14,000 each.
HKG-BKK r/t costs almost HK$5k in HK!

minimum time in TPE
 

One of my friends flew recently HKG-TPE for a short meeting and was planning to continue TPE-SFO within 3 hours after his arrival.

At TPE immigration he was told that he has to stay at least 5 hours before he could leave the coutry again.

Has anybody experienced the same? Do they really enforce this policy?

If so, this could be a warning for those who are not planning to use the transfer counter, in order to collect some more "souvenier" stamps in their passports.

Cheers

Sen

I'm just looking for some clarification on this comment that the last sector can be forfeited. I'm looking to book the TPE-LAX (via HKG) ticket which does not allow outbound and inbound stopovers. I would like to end my return trip in Hong Kong and am willing to forfeit the last HKG-TPE sector. What about checked-in luggage? Must the agent in LAX check in my luggage all the way to TPE, or can I just tell them that I will not use the last sector and get my luggage tagged to HKG instead?

Tell them that you need access to your luggage in HK to deliver something to a friend while in transit there.

So, I assume that means the LAX agent will still give me a HKG-TPE boarding pass, but I just don't show up for that flight upon my arrival LAX-HKG?

Correct.

I did the TG600/607 turnaround last month and got out to the Aviation Museum, back airside in 3.5 hours, no problem.

I actually forgo the HKG-TPE leg during my first ex-TPE trip....thinking back, it's a rather waste of money because I wasted the HKG-TPE (D-class it was at that time), and TPE-HKG (V-class, but still rather expensive as it's ex-HKG).

In the future (including the current HKG-TPE that I am still holding for the CDG trip during Easter), I will travel to TPE and stay for at least a night...just take it as a quick getaway.

One of my friend lives in HK and decided to go to Brisbane to see his son
I told him start his trip from TPE, so he flew here for a two day tour in Taipei then bound for BNE
It cost about NTD 71k(HKG-TPE 1-way J HKD 4k(NTD 16k), TPE-HKG-BNE-HKG-TPE J NTD 55k)

Great deal compare to HKG-BNE-HKG which cost HKD 27k(which is NTD 115k)
Plus, he got himself a two day tour in TPE

Consider a tour in TPE if you want to do an ex-TPE

Well, for someone who has not visited TPE before, it's probably an option. For most of us, we just want to get it done and over with quickly :D

But most of the time, I do stay one night in the hotel nearby the Airport. Just to pass the night...

Which one? I need one next week. Have only done the Monarch Plaza before. Would love to find another option.

The CitySuites Gateway Hotel which is just less than 10 mins taxi-ride from the Airport. Rate is a reasonable one at TWD$2,400. Where's Monarch Plaza anyway? I know that there's also a Holiday Inn Express at Taoyuan, but it's around 15-20 mins ride.

This is enforced. You are not allowed to enter Taiwan if you have a transit time that is less than 5 hours. You don't have to tell the immigration that you are leaving within 5 hours (so they will let you in). However, whether the immigration will find out you are leaving later within 5 hours is another story.