Affordable flights from an Asian city to the U.S.

You never know! I found $63 direct flights from Boston to Paris today (Oct 11th), and then spirit has $71 from Nola to Boston. So, for $134 you can get from New Orleans to Paris with only one stop. Not bad.

Problem is, I am not familiar enough with the Asian routes to have found a good deal yet. I have found flights within Asia for sub $50 though, so I think its possible.

I have had some cheap ones from MSY to PEK, but not $400 cheap. That may be tough.

I already booked the tickets there with points, I just needed to get back. I Have to be in LA for work afterwards, so it works out. The 272 is American from pek to lax.

But you are right, I do need to look into the visa more thouroughly before booking. I thought there was a 72 hour window without a visa needed as long as you can prove you are in and out, but I’ll do some more research.

I’m seeing a lot of flights from shanghai to Houston Around 400 in March fwiwi

Like mentioned above, Chinese airports can suck and delays can and often so happen. I’ve never had trouble actually getting around PEK or PVG though.

You have to watch Air China. I quit using them as they are prone to cancelling flights and or moving them to another date.


You can get a transit visa fairly easy. If for some reason you need a real visa though it’s about $300 if you use a place like My China Visa and you have to get it prior to departure from the US.

Get a VPN if you need access to internet in China. I use witopia and have never had an issue getting access to blocked sites and I am in China 2 to 3 times a year.