Looking for potential flight plans to either Indonesia or Thailand. Leaning more towards Indonesia. Possibly flying into Jakarta and departing CGK.
What have others done for such a long trip. Do you break it up with a long layover (1-2 days)? Would it be better to head out from Vancouver, San Francisco or other? I’m trying to find a somewhat reasonable total travel time for a decent/not too high price.
Where do you usually layover? Singapore? Manila?
Thanks in advance!

Depends on the season, I know that mid December there are direct flights from Vancouver to Bangkok, air canada I think. We have gone to Thailand many times, usually have a stop in both Vancouver, and then Japan or Taiwan. Used to stopovers in China years ago but not sure now..they have opened up the borders now though.

September/October. Thanks for the info!

We really liked EVA airlines. Vancouver to Taipei and then onwards. Decent connections. We had excellent service.

Ron agree

I just flew into DPS, Indonesia with “cathay pacific”; booked directly them, great flight experience !layovers we’re only 3 hours so super smooth to just do it all in one go without splitting them up. Edmonton to Vancouver, Vancouver to Hong Kong, Hong Kong to Denpasar. It was the cheapest option we could find, 1/3 of what air canada was offering

Oksana good to know! Thanks!

Oksana this is the one we just did. Edmonton-Vancouver-Hong Kong-Densapar. Take the red eye to Hong Kong on cathay pacific. Great airline. Hong Kong airport has 2 attached hotels.
On the way back we stayed the night at one of them (Regal Hotel) to break up the trip cause there’s no red eye back. It worked well.

We lived in Thailand and found travelling through Taiwan to be the best (EVA or China Airlines from Vancouver). However air canada now has a direct flight from Vancouver to Bangkok which would be my first choice now.

I have been to Bali and Thailand. Each time I flew Edmonton to Vancouver; Vancouver to Taipei; Taipei to Denpasar, Bali; OR Taipei to Chang Mia, Thailand.
I flew China Air the 1st time, the 2nd time I flew with Eva Air.
I highly recommend Eva Air
. The planes are roomier! All around very good service.
The earlier you book, the better your flight options, otherwise you get stuck with long layovers in cities like Seattle or Hong Kong or Seoul.
I just returned from Thailand with 6 people. We all had very different flights. Ours was the best for short layovers.
I hope this helps.

Robbin yes, thank you!

agree about EVA airlines, very comfortable seating..but I didn’t like having to pay 100 dollars each seat on the leg from Taiwan to Vancouver. We paid 70 dollars on the Vancouver to Taiwan leg. Expensive in my view.

Sandra yes it is. Why did you need to pay extra? We didn’t. I saw the option of paying more for preferred seating. Is that what you did?
All airlines have the upcharge to upgrade your seat.

No it was just a regular seat

I went to Thailand with a connection in Inchon and a layover in Singapore. I spent a few days in Singapore. On the return I flew Bangkok, Inchon, Tokyo, Vancouver, Edmonton in one fell swoop. After so many years of international travel, I rarely suffer jet lag any longer, so I cannot say about that.

Thanks everyone! Some of the longer leg flights were 10+ hours. Any tips for those besides compression socks? The longest flight I’ve been on so far is 8 hours.

Alijust get up and move around every couple of hours. Unless you have some health problem requiring the socks they are a waste. Wear loose comfortable layers. If you get airsick make sure you have meds. EVA is awesome. We flew with them many times. If something untoward happens they are quick to refund. Layovers are a chance to get some steps or a nap in. The shops in the airports are fun to stroll through. Always good people watching.

Ali I’ve flown this trip multiple times - and to get through the long flight - if you can sleep on a plane, sleep as much as you can. I tend to stay up the night before really late so that I’m super tired - that way I can sleep anywhere including on a crowded plane. If you can sleep a lot of the hours then the long flight isn’t so bad!

We just got back from Singapore a few weeks ago. What an amazing place! Definitely worth stopping over for a few days if you can. You will not regret it. The food, the people, the modern architecture, the merging of all the cultures. Just a spectacular place, and so safe.

Fly out if Vancouver, lay over SINGAPORE