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I need to travel by air to Taiwan from the east coast of the US. Price
is an issue. What is the most cost effective air carrier.
Thanks
EJ
is an issue. What is the most cost effective air carrier.
Thanks
EJ
"Ernie Willson" <ewillson@patmedia.net> wrote in message
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>I need to travel by air to Taiwan from the east coast of the US. Price is
>an issue. What is the most cost effective air carrier.
> Thanks
> EJ
Take a look at www.kayak.com. If you can't
figure the answer out there, well...
Bob M.
>I need to travel by air to Taiwan from the east coast of the US. Price
>is an issue. What is the most cost effective air carrier.
Assuming that by east coast you mean somewhere near Greenwich CT, I
would look at the little ads in the travel section of the Times from
travel agents that specialize in travel to Taiwan. They are probably
in Chinatown in NYC. They often have negotiated fares a lot better
than anything you can get from regular agent like Expedia.
The cheapest regular fare appears to be about $950 from China Air on
their JFK-ANC-TPE flight. Poking arond on the web I see offers for
tickets on Northwest via Detroit and Osaka as low as $800, and some
others that might be as low as $600.
R's,
John
>is an issue. What is the most cost effective air carrier.
Assuming that by east coast you mean somewhere near Greenwich CT, I
would look at the little ads in the travel section of the Times from
travel agents that specialize in travel to Taiwan. They are probably
in Chinatown in NYC. They often have negotiated fares a lot better
than anything you can get from regular agent like Expedia.
The cheapest regular fare appears to be about $950 from China Air on
their JFK-ANC-TPE flight. Poking arond on the web I see offers for
tickets on Northwest via Detroit and Osaka as low as $800, and some
others that might be as low as $600.
R's,
John
On Mar 17, 1:37 pm, j...@iecc.com (John L) wrote:
> >I need to travel by air to Taiwan from the east coast of the US. Price
> >is an issue. What is the most cost effective air carrier.
>
> Assuming that by east coast you mean somewhere near Greenwich CT, I
> would look at the little ads in the travel section of the Times from
> travel agents that specialize in travel to Taiwan. They are probably
> in Chinatown in NYC. They often have negotiated fares a lot better
> than anything you can get from regular agent like Expedia.
>
> The cheapest regular fare appears to be about $950 from China Air on
> their JFK-ANC-TPE flight. Poking arond on the web I see offers for
> tickets on Northwest via Detroit and Osaka as low as $800, and some
> others that might be as low as $600.
>
> R's,
> John
I seriously doubt any airline, discounted or not, will have any ticket
in the $600 range from the east coast of US to Taiwan now or in the
future. Unless the oil price drops to $35 a barrel again. Even that
it is doubtful. $600 is the price in 2003 or earlier. I am leaving
for Taiwan next week from EWR stopping at Honk Kong via CO. The
ticket price is $1200 something. I payed close to $1000 through a
travel agent. Remember March April time frame is considered low
season. The air fare to the Orient has steadily climbed up over the
years since 9/11. I paid in the neighborhood of $1,000 to $1,250 in
the past few years. That is from EWR to Taiwan. I have CO Onepass
over the years so I always fly CO or its partners like Eva or NW to
the Orient. NW is usually the cheapest of the three. UA may have a
promotional fare a few weeks ago but it takes 20 hours to get there.
> >I need to travel by air to Taiwan from the east coast of the US. Price
> >is an issue. What is the most cost effective air carrier.
>
> Assuming that by east coast you mean somewhere near Greenwich CT, I
> would look at the little ads in the travel section of the Times from
> travel agents that specialize in travel to Taiwan. They are probably
> in Chinatown in NYC. They often have negotiated fares a lot better
> than anything you can get from regular agent like Expedia.
>
> The cheapest regular fare appears to be about $950 from China Air on
> their JFK-ANC-TPE flight. Poking arond on the web I see offers for
> tickets on Northwest via Detroit and Osaka as low as $800, and some
> others that might be as low as $600.
>
> R's,
> John
I seriously doubt any airline, discounted or not, will have any ticket
in the $600 range from the east coast of US to Taiwan now or in the
future. Unless the oil price drops to $35 a barrel again. Even that
it is doubtful. $600 is the price in 2003 or earlier. I am leaving
for Taiwan next week from EWR stopping at Honk Kong via CO. The
ticket price is $1200 something. I payed close to $1000 through a
travel agent. Remember March April time frame is considered low
season. The air fare to the Orient has steadily climbed up over the
years since 9/11. I paid in the neighborhood of $1,000 to $1,250 in
the past few years. That is from EWR to Taiwan. I have CO Onepass
over the years so I always fly CO or its partners like Eva or NW to
the Orient. NW is usually the cheapest of the three. UA may have a
promotional fare a few weeks ago but it takes 20 hours to get there.
"yaofeng" <yaofengchen@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Mar 17, 1:37 pm, j...@iecc.com (John L) wrote:
>> >I need to travel by air to Taiwan from the east coast of the US. Price
>> >is an issue. What is the most cost effective air carrier.
>>
>> Assuming that by east coast you mean somewhere near Greenwich CT, I
>> would look at the little ads in the travel section of the Times from
>> travel agents that specialize in travel to Taiwan. They are probably
>> in Chinatown in NYC. They often have negotiated fares a lot better
>> than anything you can get from regular agent like Expedia.
>>
>> The cheapest regular fare appears to be about $950 from China Air on
>> their JFK-ANC-TPE flight. Poking arond on the web I see offers for
>> tickets on Northwest via Detroit and Osaka as low as $800, and some
>> others that might be as low as $600.
>>
>> R's,
>> John
>
> I seriously doubt any airline, discounted or not, will have any ticket
> in the $600 range from the east coast of US to Taiwan now or in the
> future. Unless the oil price drops to $35 a barrel again. Even that
> it is doubtful. $600 is the price in 2003 or earlier. I am leaving
> for Taiwan next week from EWR stopping at Honk Kong via CO. The
> ticket price is $1200 something. I payed close to $1000 through a
> travel agent. Remember March April time frame is considered low
> season. The air fare to the Orient has steadily climbed up over the
> years since 9/11. I paid in the neighborhood of $1,000 to $1,250 in
> the past few years. That is from EWR to Taiwan. I have CO Onepass
> over the years so I always fly CO or its partners like Eva or NW to
> the Orient. NW is usually the cheapest of the three. UA may have a
> promotional fare a few weeks ago but it takes 20 hours to get there.
>
If the prices are in the same ballpark, I would not recommend China Airlines
due to their inconsistent service and poor safety record. The other 3
should be fine.
On Mar 19, 12:09 pm, "Blake S" <steame...@aol.com> wrote:
> "yaofeng" <yaofengc...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:1174164347.239566.157820@l77g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Mar 17, 1:37 pm, j...@iecc.com (John L) wrote:
> >> >I need to travel by air to Taiwan from the east coast of the US. Price
> >> >is an issue. What is the most cost effective air carrier.
>
> >> Assuming that by east coast you mean somewhere near Greenwich CT, I
> >> would look at the little ads in the travel section of the Times from
> >> travel agents that specialize in travel to Taiwan. They are probably
> >> in Chinatown in NYC. They often have negotiated fares a lot better
> >> than anything you can get from regular agent like Expedia.
>
> >> The cheapest regular fare appears to be about $950 from China Air on
> >> their JFK-ANC-TPE flight. Poking arond on the web I see offers for
> >> tickets on Northwest via Detroit and Osaka as low as $800, and some
> >> others that might be as low as $600.
>
> >> R's,
> >> John
>
> > I seriously doubt any airline, discounted or not, will have any ticket
> > in the $600 range from the east coast of US to Taiwan now or in the
> > future. Unless the oil price drops to $35 a barrel again. Even that
> > it is doubtful. $600 is the price in 2003 or earlier. I am leaving
> > for Taiwan next week from EWR stopping at Honk Kong via CO. The
> > ticket price is $1200 something. I payed close to $1000 through a
> > travel agent. Remember March April time frame is considered low
> > season. The air fare to the Orient has steadily climbed up over the
> > years since 9/11. I paid in the neighborhood of $1,000 to $1,250 in
> > the past few years. That is from EWR to Taiwan. I have CO Onepass
> > over the years so I always fly CO or its partners like Eva or NW to
> > the Orient. NW is usually the cheapest of the three. UA may have a
> > promotional fare a few weeks ago but it takes 20 hours to get there.
>
> If the prices are in the same ballpark, I would not recommend China Airlines
> due to their inconsistent service and poor safety record. The other 3
> should be fine.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
Actually I am afraid to fly China Air even if their fare is 50%
cheaper. Haven't flown with them for years. I know I am biased.
Their safety record sucks.
> "yaofeng" <yaofengc...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:1174164347.239566.157820@l77g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Mar 17, 1:37 pm, j...@iecc.com (John L) wrote:
> >> >I need to travel by air to Taiwan from the east coast of the US. Price
> >> >is an issue. What is the most cost effective air carrier.
>
> >> Assuming that by east coast you mean somewhere near Greenwich CT, I
> >> would look at the little ads in the travel section of the Times from
> >> travel agents that specialize in travel to Taiwan. They are probably
> >> in Chinatown in NYC. They often have negotiated fares a lot better
> >> than anything you can get from regular agent like Expedia.
>
> >> The cheapest regular fare appears to be about $950 from China Air on
> >> their JFK-ANC-TPE flight. Poking arond on the web I see offers for
> >> tickets on Northwest via Detroit and Osaka as low as $800, and some
> >> others that might be as low as $600.
>
> >> R's,
> >> John
>
> > I seriously doubt any airline, discounted or not, will have any ticket
> > in the $600 range from the east coast of US to Taiwan now or in the
> > future. Unless the oil price drops to $35 a barrel again. Even that
> > it is doubtful. $600 is the price in 2003 or earlier. I am leaving
> > for Taiwan next week from EWR stopping at Honk Kong via CO. The
> > ticket price is $1200 something. I payed close to $1000 through a
> > travel agent. Remember March April time frame is considered low
> > season. The air fare to the Orient has steadily climbed up over the
> > years since 9/11. I paid in the neighborhood of $1,000 to $1,250 in
> > the past few years. That is from EWR to Taiwan. I have CO Onepass
> > over the years so I always fly CO or its partners like Eva or NW to
> > the Orient. NW is usually the cheapest of the three. UA may have a
> > promotional fare a few weeks ago but it takes 20 hours to get there.
>
> If the prices are in the same ballpark, I would not recommend China Airlines
> due to their inconsistent service and poor safety record. The other 3
> should be fine.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
Actually I am afraid to fly China Air even if their fare is 50%
cheaper. Haven't flown with them for years. I know I am biased.
Their safety record sucks.
yaofeng wrote:
> Actually I am afraid to fly China Air even if their fare is 50%
> cheaper. Haven't flown with them for years. I know I am biased.
> Their safety record sucks.
>
When was the last timt a US to China flight on China Air had a safety
related incident?
> Actually I am afraid to fly China Air even if their fare is 50%
> cheaper. Haven't flown with them for years. I know I am biased.
> Their safety record sucks.
>
When was the last timt a US to China flight on China Air had a safety
related incident?
On Mar 19, 4:49 pm, Mike Hunt <postmaster@localhost> wrote:
> yaofeng wrote:
> > Actually I am afraid to fly China Air even if their fare is 50%
> > cheaper. Haven't flown with them for years. I know I am biased.
> > Their safety record sucks.
>
> When was the last timt a US to China flight on China Air had a safety
> related incident?
I don't know if there is any specific US and Taiwan bound flights
which has safety related incidents in recent years nor do I care to
know. Etched in my memory were a number of crashes of Chian Ariline
flights, horrific ones. One I remember right in CKS Airport in the
80's I think. Another in Japan or somewhere. This is very similar to
many customers not buying US automobiles any more. Confidence. It
takes just one bad experience or incident to destory customer's
confidence in your products or services. But it will take many, many
years to build it back up.
> yaofeng wrote:
> > Actually I am afraid to fly China Air even if their fare is 50%
> > cheaper. Haven't flown with them for years. I know I am biased.
> > Their safety record sucks.
>
> When was the last timt a US to China flight on China Air had a safety
> related incident?
I don't know if there is any specific US and Taiwan bound flights
which has safety related incidents in recent years nor do I care to
know. Etched in my memory were a number of crashes of Chian Ariline
flights, horrific ones. One I remember right in CKS Airport in the
80's I think. Another in Japan or somewhere. This is very similar to
many customers not buying US automobiles any more. Confidence. It
takes just one bad experience or incident to destory customer's
confidence in your products or services. But it will take many, many
years to build it back up.
"Mike Hunt" <postmaster@localhost> wrote in message
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> yaofeng wrote:
>> Actually I am afraid to fly China Air even if their fare is 50%
>> cheaper. Haven't flown with them for years. I know I am biased.
>> Their safety record sucks.
>>
>
> When was the last timt a US to China flight on China Air had a safety
> related incident?
Whoa, there is no airline called "China Air". There is a China Airlines,
that mainly flies to/from Taiwan R.O.C., but not mainland China. Since I'm
assuming that the OP is flying round trip, here's a Taiwan-LAX flight
incident for you:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Airlines_Flight_006
If that's not enough, here's a bunch of others:
http://www.airdisaster.com/cgi-bin/airline_detail.cgi?airline=China+Airlines
Don't find nearly as many recent incidents for NW, BR, or CO.
On Mar 19, 7:33 pm, "Blake S" <steame...@aol.com> wrote:
> "Mike Hunt" <postmaster@localhost> wrote in message
>
> news:aoudnaIZ_bzOamPYnZ2dnUVZ_hKdnZ2d@comcast.com...
>
> > yaofeng wrote:
> >> Actually I am afraid to fly China Air even if their fare is 50%
> >> cheaper. Haven't flown with them for years. I know I am biased.
> >> Their safety record sucks.
>
> > When was the last timt a US to China flight on China Air had a safety
> > related incident?
>
> Whoa, there is no airline called "China Air". There is a China Airlines,
> that mainly flies to/from Taiwan R.O.C., but not mainland China. Since I'm
> assuming that the OP is flying round trip, here's a Taiwan-LAX flight
> incident for you:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Airlines_Flight_006
>
> If that's not enough, here's a bunch of others:
>
> http://www.airdisaster.com/cgi-bin/airline_detail.cgi?airline=China+A...
>
> Don't find nearly as many recent incidents for NW, BR, or CO.
Wow, that's scary. So my fear for flying China Airlines (sorry for
the earlier mispell) wasn't unfounded.
> "Mike Hunt" <postmaster@localhost> wrote in message
>
> news:aoudnaIZ_bzOamPYnZ2dnUVZ_hKdnZ2d@comcast.com...
>
> > yaofeng wrote:
> >> Actually I am afraid to fly China Air even if their fare is 50%
> >> cheaper. Haven't flown with them for years. I know I am biased.
> >> Their safety record sucks.
>
> > When was the last timt a US to China flight on China Air had a safety
> > related incident?
>
> Whoa, there is no airline called "China Air". There is a China Airlines,
> that mainly flies to/from Taiwan R.O.C., but not mainland China. Since I'm
> assuming that the OP is flying round trip, here's a Taiwan-LAX flight
> incident for you:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Airlines_Flight_006
>
> If that's not enough, here's a bunch of others:
>
> http://www.airdisaster.com/cgi-bin/airline_detail.cgi?airline=China+A...
>
> Don't find nearly as many recent incidents for NW, BR, or CO.
Wow, that's scary. So my fear for flying China Airlines (sorry for
the earlier mispell) wasn't unfounded.
When I was researching a similar route (EWR/JFK to TPE ) I found 2 deals:
1) Cathay Pacific (via HK) departing from JFK and 2)Japan Airlines (via
Tokyo although this got you into TPE late at night). These were priced at
$800 a few months ago. Couldn't go so i missed the opportunity. These 2
deals were found on the airlines' website.
Anyway, another alternative would be to try some of the consolidators. You
might get lucky, but be careful of the restrictions.
HTH
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Ernie Willson" <ewillson@patmedia.net> wrote in message
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>I need to travel by air to Taiwan from the east coast of the US. Price is
>an issue. What is the most cost effective air carrier.
> Thanks
> EJ
1) Cathay Pacific (via HK) departing from JFK and 2)Japan Airlines (via
Tokyo although this got you into TPE late at night). These were priced at
$800 a few months ago. Couldn't go so i missed the opportunity. These 2
deals were found on the airlines' website.
Anyway, another alternative would be to try some of the consolidators. You
might get lucky, but be careful of the restrictions.
HTH
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Ernie Willson" <ewillson@patmedia.net> wrote in message
news:45fbfd51$0$7460$9a6e19ea@news.newshosting.com...
>I need to travel by air to Taiwan from the east coast of the US. Price is
>an issue. What is the most cost effective air carrier.
> Thanks
> EJ
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