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Trip Report: Business Class on EVA Airlines Gudetama Sanrio plane Taipei – Tokyo Narita

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  Pros Cuteness Kawaiiiiii-overload! Din Tai Fung catering! Did you read what I just wrote? I said they have Din Tai F&#@ing Fung onboard! Super friendly staff Great lounges with hot food and pour-it-yourself liquor Cons Honestly, none.    How I did it I bought an open-jaw ticket (Taipei - Tokyo Narita, Fukuoka - Taipei) on EVA's website with my Amex card for USD$865 per person, so this half effectively cost $433. It would have been nice to somehow integrate this with our NYC–Taipei reward flight , but it was impossible for me to construct that routing on United.com (where all of my points for this flight were). To be fair, the itinerary we wanted was a bit strange (12 hour layover in Taipei inbound to have lunch with a friend, 3 day layover on the way back to hang out in Taipei), plus I absolutely positively had to be on a Sanrio character plane so I coughed up the cash. I credited the flight to my United account, where this leg earned 1009 miles

Trip Report: Business Class on EVA Airlines Bad Badtz Maru Sanrio plane Fukuoka – Taipei

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Pros Cuteness Kawaiiiiii-overload! Din Tai Fung onboard Did you read what I just wrote? I said " Din Tai F&#@ing Fung onboard! " Super friendly staff Great lounges with hot food and pour-it-yourself liquor Cons Honestly, none.    How I did it I bought an open-jaw ticket (Taipei - Tokyo Narita, Fukuoka - Taipei) on EVA's website with my Amex card for USD$865 per person, so this half effectively cost $433. It would have been nice to somehow integrate this with our NYC–Taipei reward flight , but it was impossible for me to construct that routing on United.com (where all of my points for this flight were). To be fair, the itinerary we wanted was a bit strange (12 hour layover in Taipei inbound to have lunch with a friend, 3 day layover on the way back to hang out in Taipei), plus I absolutely positively had to be on a Sanrio character plane so I coughed up the cash. I credited the flight to my United account, where this leg earned 1695 miles (≈$33) in