Travel & Holidays Business class to US with China Airlines?

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    Has anyone flown business class with China Airlines? I've never flown with them before but I'm tempted by $4,150 return each NZ to LA vs $6.5k return each with Air NZ. Are they any good?
     
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    Worth trying these guys?
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    Apparently they used to be quite good finding programs with points and what not to get you a better price. When I tried them, they weren't that great, but didn't end up charging me anything. So if I ever do anything out of the ordinary, I'll give them another go.
     
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    Is it a new routing, or multi-stop?

    AKL to LAX looks incredibly complicated (2 stop - Brisbane and Taipei)

    AKL > BNE > TPE > LAX

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    The one I saw stopped at Auk and TPE. It was a long stopover though in Taipei (about 12hrs). I think I'll try a couple of travel agents to help work it out. Ideally I want to fly into Las Vegas and spend some time around there, do a road trip to Santa Barbara for my course then fly out of LA.
     
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    What's difference in trip times?

    It will double or triple the time if there are crappy connections. Forget it.
     
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    Can’t comment on business class, but in China have done economy internal flights with four different Chinese airlines. All were excellent.
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    Noting that China Airlines is a Taiwanese carrier, and Air China is a PRC carrier - 2 very different companies.

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