Need advise for the lowest return Business class fare to USA . New York or San Francisco. Departure Mid April return by first week of May.
Need advise for the lowest return Business class fare to USA . New York or San Francisco. Departure Mid April return by first week of May.
http://hongkong.geoexpat.com/forum/2...tml#post145618 (old .. but I think its still valid)
Quick question .. is it cheaper to fly via Europe or direct via the west coast? Not looking for specific fares... just happen to be researching this out of interest.
I dont think its easy to generalize.
Via Europe, you have some airlines that are being very aggressive (Turkish, Finn, AirFrance, Emirates/Qatar etc).
Via West Coast, you've got the good old Korean Air
Depending on time of the year and the going specials, they flip-flop on fares.
On previous searches, I've also found some really cheap fares to Eastern USA via India.
I was looking this afternoon at biz flights to London which for comparison may be useful.7 April to 21st.
HK-LHR direct Cathay HK$ 48,087
TW-HK-LHR Cathay HK$ 30,976 +tw rtn
HK-BKK-LHR EVA HK$ 25,225+rtn bkk
Going through Europe, with the connection times and layover, along with the longer distance traveled really adds quite a bit of time to your day. For example, from here to NYC direct is about 14-15 hours, but if you go through say Dubai it's 7 hours to Dubai and then 14 hours to NYC. If you go through London it's 14 hours to London and then 7 to NYC. Not counting the layover times in Europe.
One other observation--the airport taxes at some places like Heathrow and Paris are quite steep. While the 'fare' maybe lower than going direct, after you factor in the rather substantial taxes it turns out as a wash or even more expensive. LHR has some of the steepest taxes of them all.