EVA Bookings from Non-US Gateway Cities on evaair.com?
Sep 24, 2018, 3:19 am
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EVA Bookings from Non-US Gateway Cities on evaair.com?
A friend of mine is looking into visiting Taiwan. I am trying to figure out the flights for him on evaair.com. He is starting / ending in DC. Some questions:
1 - website only lists IAD, I guess no way to do DCA or BWI?
2 - I can do JFK-TPE on the dates on BR 31/32 but can't get BR 32 to come up on the return (it routes through the west coast). Is it because the connecting B6 flight is out of the required booking class?
3 - JFK-TPE-JFK is about $400 cheaper than IAD-TPE-IAD. I am pretty sure one can go WAS-JFK/LGA for a lot less. Is there a way for TAs to issue it all on one ticket but break the fares?
What do most people do nowadays? Still use a Chinese TA?
Thanks.
1 - website only lists IAD, I guess no way to do DCA or BWI?
2 - I can do JFK-TPE on the dates on BR 31/32 but can't get BR 32 to come up on the return (it routes through the west coast). Is it because the connecting B6 flight is out of the required booking class?
3 - JFK-TPE-JFK is about $400 cheaper than IAD-TPE-IAD. I am pretty sure one can go WAS-JFK/LGA for a lot less. Is there a way for TAs to issue it all on one ticket but break the fares?
What do most people do nowadays? Still use a Chinese TA?
Thanks.
Sep 24, 2018, 6:25 am
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A friend of mine is looking into visiting Taiwan. I am trying to figure out the flights for him on evaair.com. He is starting / ending in DC. Some questions:
1 - website only lists IAD, I guess no way to do DCA or BWI?
2 - I can do JFK-TPE on the dates on BR 31/32 but can't get BR 32 to come up on the return (it routes through the west coast). Is it because the connecting B6 flight is out of the required booking class?
3 - JFK-TPE-JFK is about $400 cheaper than IAD-TPE-IAD. I am pretty sure one can go WAS-JFK/LGA for a lot less. Is there a way for TAs to issue it all on one ticket but break the fares?
What do most people do nowadays? Still use a Chinese TA?
Thanks.
1 - website only lists IAD, I guess no way to do DCA or BWI?
2 - I can do JFK-TPE on the dates on BR 31/32 but can't get BR 32 to come up on the return (it routes through the west coast). Is it because the connecting B6 flight is out of the required booking class?
3 - JFK-TPE-JFK is about $400 cheaper than IAD-TPE-IAD. I am pretty sure one can go WAS-JFK/LGA for a lot less. Is there a way for TAs to issue it all on one ticket but break the fares?
What do most people do nowadays? Still use a Chinese TA?
Thanks.
2. Yes. For a multiple journey ticket to show online, all of the sectors must have availability. Otherwise, it will reroute you to one that has seats or just say that it is full.
3. My TA used to do this but it was for a BR ticket. Idk about tickets on other airlines.
Sep 24, 2018, 6:06 pm
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2 - I can do JFK-TPE on the dates on BR 31/32 but can't get BR 32 to come up on the return (it routes through the west coast). Is it because the connecting B6 flight is out of the required booking class?
3 - JFK-TPE-JFK is about $400 cheaper than IAD-TPE-IAD. I am pretty sure one can go WAS-JFK/LGA for a lot less. Is there a way for TAs to issue it all on one ticket but break the fares?
1) BR32 returns too late for any connections beyond JFK. So EVA will only route TPE to east coast via LAX/SFO.
2) Any connecting options for other cities are ridiculous prices or separate PNRs.
Drive/Train/Fly to JFK late night before BR31 departs at 130am. On the return, overnight in JFK or drive. All the west coast options (BR, UA, AC) add several hours to the trip.
Maybe wait until they start IAD
Sep 24, 2018, 9:11 pm
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Sep 24, 2018, 9:20 pm
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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.