The internet is a great tool

So I spent the last few days looking at all the different websites for the different airlines that service the different cities that I plan on flying to.

My head is now spinning. Everyone has pretty much the same format for booking a flight, ie. pick a start point, an end point and a day. Most have English versions of their sites which is great as English is virtually the only language I can read, except for one Chinese airline. I clicked the English button and a picture of their company logo kept popping up with Chinese writing under it.

Who ever thought that putting Chinese writing on a pop up that you get when you click "English" wasn't really thinking were they??? I clicked the #$^%$#%^$ English link cause I can't read Chinese, I just look Chinese and know sooo few words even a preschool Chinese kid would laugh at my vocab.

Anyway looking for all the different flight for the different legs wasn't as straight forward as I thought. Some legs are cheaper when combined with other legs, some don't have direct routes which double travel times, code sharing is a bit of a pain too.

How do travel agents do it? I think they just look for the first flight that comes up and say, "Here is the cheapest we got."

If anyone can suggest any airline that service Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Japan please leave a comment. I've pretty much looked at all the airlines that fly under the Star Alliance group cause I am a member of Air NZ airpoints, but money talks and I would gladly give up points if I can get a good price. Yeah, I have absolutely no brand loyalty and very easily swayed.