Eva Air Booking Issue
 

Hello FTers,

I need to book my sister on an Eva Air ticket in Premium Economy for the following:

YYZ-TPE-CGK on Apr 8
CGK-TPE-YVR-YYZ on Apr 18

Need to connect via Vancouver on the inbound leg because she doesn't want to stay over in TPE (if flying direct TPE-YYZ). The Eva Air website doesn't support this booking because they don't fly YVR-YYZ and cannot do partner airline bookings.

I have tried the big online booking websites like Expedia/Kayak but they were unsuccessful.

Any help is appreciated! Thanks in advance.

Had she tried local TA?

She's not travel-savvy and I'm rarely in the city I don't know anyone. If anyone has a recommendation I would be appreciative.

go to google flights and put your itinerary in. it will return the flights you want and where to buy. in fact one fare returned was by calling EVA directly.

Eva Air Booking Issue
 

You've tried this in Premium Economy? Because I already tried that and yielded nada. I've also called Eva and said they can't help.

Different airline? Cathay Pacific is the same price as EVA with a 6 hour layover in HK, 4 hours on the way there.

Plus Cathay Pacific gives you Premium Economy service all the way to CGK, while EVA only has Economy service TPE-CGK-TPE.

Most online TA will not be able to price mix class trip. Since BR does not provide PE intra-asia, online TA will not find anything.
If you insist doing it online, fly CX like someone suggested above or buy the YVR to YYZ ticket separately which likely to cost more.
Or try book a ticket for EVA in all Y from online TA, then call the online TA to change your booking to PE. If they said no, call EVA. If all fail, refund your ticket in 24 hours for no penalty.

Not-related, but does anyone know why EVA does not allow bookings on their website from Mainland China to North America, but allows the reverse if starting destination is in North America?

Eva Air Booking Issue
 

Thanks everyone. My sister consistently flies PEY TPE-CGK-TPE. I'm guessing this was by luck if she gets the Boeing plane. If it's the Airbus then no PEY.

Because PRC citizens can transit through TPE only if they're departing from one of three cities (Chongqing, Kunming, and Nanchang) and they're likely assuming that if you're booking a flight from Mainland China to anywhere beyond Taiwan then you're probably a PRC passport holder.