American Airlines has flights from Los Angeles and San Francisco at $591 to $620 round trip to Beijing or Shanghai. Low fares mostly Monday to Thursday, some Saturdays. Many dates from February through April 2016. These are high flight mileage low fare tickets with 16,000+ EQM potential connecting from California to Dallas DFW or Chicago ORD.
American Airlines San Francisco SFO – LAX – Shanghai PVG
$590.46 Wednesday March 16 – Wednesday March 23
13,644 flight miles SFO-LAX-PVG-LAX-SFO. AAdvantage elite member earns 13,970 EQM after 500-mile minimum applied to SFO-LAX flights and 27,940 redeemable miles.
American Airlines Los Angeles LAX – Dallas DFW – Beijing PEK
$590.46 Thursday March 10 – Thursday March 17
16,411 flight miles LAX-DFW-PEK-DFW-LAX.
American Airlines San Francisco SFO – Chicago ORD – Beijing PEK
$590.46 Wednesday March 16 – Wednesday March 23
16,850 flight miles SFO-ORD-PEK-ORD-SFO.
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