China Eastern has a return of its low $444 round trip fares From San Francisco SFO to either Fukuoka FUK or Okinawa OKA Japan via Shanghai PVG. This is simply a low fare opportunity since it books in China Eastern Economy Q class and that is a non-miles earning code in every SkyTeam Alliance program, even China Eastern’s own frequent flyer program.
You will need to overnight in Shanghai outbound and possibly inbound too, depending on low price itinerary you choose.
Here is a sample trip to Fukuoka with only an outbound overnight in Shanghai.
China Eastern Airlines
San Francisco SFO – Shanghai PVG – Fukuoka, Japan FUK
$439.36 (Priceline ticket shown simply for better display purpose. Bookable on China Eastern)
Monday March 14 – Wednesday March 23
Overnight in PVG on outbound from 6:05pm to 10:10am.
Okinawa
Okinawa OKA uses the same China Eastern transpacific flights as Fukuoka between San Francisco and Shanghai.
China Eastern Airlines
San Francisco SFO – Shanghai PVG – Okinawa, Japan FUK
$439.66 (Priceline ticket shown simply for better display purpose. Bookable on China Eastern)
Sunday March 13 – Tuesday March 22
Fares from LAX are $550 on China Eastern for these same two destinations. The advantage of Los Angeles is the $550 fare is available for April departures.
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