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Business Class Awards To Asia Have Been Brutal. Star Alliance’s EVA Air Just Opened A New Way To Get There

by Gary Leff on July 1, 2026

Jul 01 2026

EVA Air has been one of the most reliable ways to get premium cabin awards to Asia, and they have a very good business class product. However, those awards haven’t been available with partner miles. You’ve needed to use their own points. The best availability by far has been on their Seattle flight, but other flights like Chicago have had good availability. They appear to practice journey control, so connecting itineraries over Taipei have been more available than just booking the non-stop. You can actually gain access to EVA Air’s miles via bank transfer partners: Capital One has a 30% transfer bonus to EVA Air through July 31, 2026. However, normally Capital One transfers 1,000 points into 750 EVA Air Infinity MileageLands miles, so this just gets up to near parity at 1,000 to 975.…

Captain Punches First Officer Repeatedly While Taxiing at LAX—It Started With a Speeding Dispute

by Gary Leff on January 17, 2026

Jan 17 2026

A Taiwanese captain allegedly punched his Malaysian first officer multiple times during taxi out of LAX on an EVA Air flight to Taipei after a dispute over taxi speed. The first officer reportedly issued repeated “Speed” callouts and applied the brakes when the captain didn’t slow, after which the altercation turned physical—prompting an internal investigation and scrutiny from Taiwan’s aviation regulator.

Taiwan’s EVA Air Has Been Operating A Bus Route In Texas?!

by Gary Leff on August 25, 2023

Aug 25 2023

Taiwan-based EVA Air, a member of the Star Alliance, operates a bus route. In Texas. Sadly, the service ends August 31.

The termination of this bus service actually makes previously-booked paid travel between Houston and Taipei refundable, because you might have relied on the free bus to Dallas.

Wide Open Star Alliance Business Class Award Space To Asia For 2024

by Gary Leff on May 9, 2023

May 09 2023

Star Alliance member EVA Air has opened up award space wide for available dates in 2024 on most of their North America routes. This means nearly every day at least through March, and in many cases it means that if you are looking for 8 award seats, and want everyone on the same flights, now is your chance.

EVA Air Sells Business Class Meals To Coach Passengers For $25

by Gary Leff on September 15, 2022

Sep 15 2022

The meals are “presented on tableware from Singapore luxury brand Luzerne, elegantly plated and accompanied by appetizers, breads and desserts” – even for those traveling in economy!

No Award Availability? Try Waitlisting Business Class Awards To Asia

by Gary Leff on August 27, 2022

Aug 27 2022

Business class award space flying long distances can be tough to get when you want it. There’s one approach that isn’t written about very much, but that can get you the seats you want – when you want it – on a great airline: waitlisting.

The Reason Taiwan Wants U.S. Immigration Preclearance

by Gary Leff on March 28, 2021

Mar 28 2021

Taiwan has a strategic interest in closer security ties with the U.S. Seeking cooperation with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security advances that interest. So does adding flights between Taiwan and the U.S. ahead of real passenger demand, which will mean fare deals and award availability.

Whether or not Taipei gets a preclearance facility depends largely on U.S. judgments about its relationship with China.

Get Your Vaccine And Travel To Asia On Miles In The Back Half Of 2021

by Gary Leff on January 1, 2021

Jan 01 2021

Star Alliance member EVA Air has wide open business class award space from Los Angeles to Taipei (and beyond in Asia) for August 2021 through end of schedule.

International travel right now isn’t an option for most – especially to Asia – but come summer 2021 the world is likely to look a lot different than it does today. I’m betting that late summer and fall travel is going to be possible, and mileage trips are exactly what you want to be booking given the flexibility to cancel and redeposit miles. I’ve got an Asia trip on the books for the back half of 2021 already myself.

Taiwan’s Airlines Are Offering Flights To Nowhere, And They Sell Out Instantly

by Gary Leff on August 5, 2020

Aug 05 2020

The two major Taiwanese airlines, Star Alliance member EVA Air and SkyTeam’s China Airlines, are running flights to nowhere in August. Both carrier’s flights instantly sold out.

New carrier Starlux Airlines has applied to start offering these flights as well.

Taiwan has been one of the real Covid-19 success stories. Part of the price of their early lockdown is that they’ve cut themselves off from the rest of the world for longer than most.

EVA Air Introducing New Ferragamo Amenity Kits Next Month

by Gary Leff on October 10, 2019

Oct 10 2019

Next month the Rimowa kits will be replaced with Ferragamo kits. An EVA Air spokesperson explains that Rimowa, which has been acquired by luxury behemoth LVMH, “is ending its cooperation with airlines on amenity kits.”

As a result EVA will “offer its new Ferragamo amenity kits to business class passengers on all long-haul flights. But work on design and content is still in progress. EVA does not yet have photos or sample kits.”