Our Flight(s) to Hong Kong

Ok this is really just our flight itinerary to Hong Kong from Grand Rapids... but it is still mildly noteworthy. We ended up being able to pay for the whole thing with frequent flyer miles, but in order to make that happen we'll take an interesting route. We are leaving from Grand Rapids (after my brother's wedding) then going to Dallas (for another wedding) and then to Hong Kong... but of course it's never quite that simple.

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So the route...

To:
Grand Rapids --> Minneapolis
Minneapolis --> Houston
(Rent a car in Houston and drive to Dallas)
Houston --> Los Angeles
Los Angeles --> Seoul
Seoul --> Hong Kong

Return:
Hong Kong --> Tokyo
Tokyo --> Minneapolis
Minneapolis --> Grand Rapids

So for those of you keeping track, that makes eight flights (which happen to be on three different airlines) to get to and from Hong Kong, but when it saves the cost of an expensive ticket it's worth it... I say this now but we'll see how I feel after it all!

P.S. The reason we are flying into Houston to attend a wedding in Dallas is because there are only a few places that Northwest will allow you to take a multi-day layover and still have it be part of a single ticket and somehow Houston counts while Dallas does not.

P.P.S. Working these flights out wasn't the easiest thing; it involved three seperate calls to Northwest, each about half an hour long, and each involving talking with the agent, Meg, and my Dad at the same time.