When the TPG crew spotted a Business Saver award for the Seattle-to-Taipei route through United MileagePlus for just 80,000 miles, we jumped on it. The winner of many accolades from frequent flyers to Asia, it had been on our wish list for some time. With no first class, business is the top offering from EVA, which calls it Royal Laurel class.
In North America, it operates a slew of nonstop routes to Taipei (TPE) from Chicago (ORD), Houston (IAH), Los Angeles (LAX), New York (JFK), San Francisco (SFO), Seattle (SEA), Toronto (YYZ) and Vancouver (YVR) - including a 7,800-mile whopper that's one of the longest nonstops from JFK. Nearly half of its relatively small fleet is made up of long-range Boeing 777-300ERs, configured with fewer seats than most other operators of the same plane - the 29-year old airline has made a name for itself as a long-haul specialist. View the current offers here.ĮVA Air, the second-biggest airline in Taiwan after China Airlines, routinely gets mentioned as one of the best long-haul carriers around.
Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available.
