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The Korean Air has a 16 hour layover in Incheon. The next best is Delta 2 stop with a 12 hour layover in Tokyo and a short layover in LAX.

"Short Layover in LAX" I do love your sense of humour. With the arrivals procedures (Tom Bradley) then a full body cavity search from the TSA make sure the layover isn't too short.

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We used KAL for our Southwest trip. Layover sucked but we avoided LAX. ICN is decent for layover though. I forget why I opted against LA. Broken airport, short plane change, shitty immigration. Last year we went thru LAX and was no problems with wife (4th US trip). Vegas is small easy airport and immigration was a non issue.

We scored a great room for our first and ladt nts in the city. I disliked the city very much, the tourists were just sad. The gambling tables, low brow rollers, sad. People all fat (hey, it's Murika). Adverts everywhere for horrible buffets.

What a sad life, that this is a holiday for some. Take your time and holiday pay, fly to this ugly city full of quite questionsble people and blow it all on gambling machines and tables. Meanwhile, a short drive away is Zion, Bryce and the Grand Canyon. Lake Havasu and Powell. But hey, thanks for the 22 room Harrah's and thanks for the free snacks.

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You can do a couple of nice flights depending on what your travel days are.

Korea has a one stop for 4 hrs in ICN, total trip time 20 hr 10 min. us$ 1858

United has a 2 layover NRT and SFO with 21 hr total trip time. us$1519

United has another (first segment on ANA) has a flight pair with 1 stop in NRT for 2.5 hrs and a second stop in SFO for 2.25 hrs. Total trip time 21 hrs $1558

Another is Korean with a 1 hr 10 min stop in ICN and 3.5 hr in Seattle, with the last hop on Alaska 22 hr total. $1686

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We used KAL for our Southwest trip. Layover sucked but we avoided LAX. ICN is decent for layover though. I forget why I opted against LA. Broken airport, short plane change, shitty immigration. Last year we went thru LAX and was no problems with wife (4th US trip). Vegas is small easy airport and immigration was a non issue.

We scored a great room for our first and ladt nts in the city. I disliked the city very much, the tourists were just sad. The gambling tables, low brow rollers, sad. People all fat (hey, it's Murika). Adverts everywhere for horrible buffets.

What a sad life, that this is a holiday for some. Take your time and holiday pay, fly to this ugly city full of quite questionsble people and blow it all on gambling machines and tables. Meanwhile, a short drive away is Zion, Bryce and the Grand Canyon. Lake Havasu and Powell. But hey, thanks for the 22 room Harrah's and thanks for the free snacks.

Did someone ask for a review of Las Vegas?

There are plenty of Michelin starred restaurants in Las Vegas. Great food. Every casino has a VIP room if you think you're better than everyone else. Sounds like you took the cheapo trip.

Anyway, back to the OP's question. Obviously there are no non-stop flights. Cathay Pacific only has 2-stop service to LAS but it's only 19:20 on the way out with a 2 hour layover at either SFO or LAX, though 25:10 on the return.

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We used KAL for our Southwest trip. Layover sucked but we avoided LAX. ICN is decent for layover though. I forget why I opted against LA. Broken airport, short plane change, shitty immigration. Last year we went thru LAX and was no problems with wife (4th US trip). Vegas is small easy airport and immigration was a non issue.

We scored a great room for our first and ladt nts in the city. I disliked the city very much, the tourists were just sad. The gambling tables, low brow rollers, sad. People all fat (hey, it's Murika). Adverts everywhere for horrible buffets.

What a sad life, that this is a holiday for some. Take your time and holiday pay, fly to this ugly city full of quite questionsble people and blow it all on gambling machines and tables. Meanwhile, a short drive away is Zion, Bryce and the Grand Canyon. Lake Havasu and Powell. But hey, thanks for the 22 room Harrah's and thanks for the free snacks.

Being from Vegas, you obviously didn't see much of the town. Vegas is a fantastic place to visit. Dozens of great restaurants. Lots of high end casinos. And the people aren't all fat. Nor are all the buffets horrible. Almost 40 million people visited Vegas, with about 7 million being foreigners. So some people obviously like the city.

Vegas is not my cup of tea as I don't gamble, but your comments are inappropriate. Same with LAX. I've been in that airport probably 100 times. Many recently for international travel. Never had a problem, even when bringing my wife over on a fiance visa. They were extremely nice and helpful during a very stressful time.

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Inchon is one of the better airports for a long layover.

In the Departures hall, look for "REST STOP" signs. They lead to a mezzanine area with lounge sofas, free showers, inexpensive snack bars and an entertaining small museum of Korean culture.

In the Departures hall itself, there are Korean handcraft kiosks that offer free materials and instruction on making some small items...great for kids. They also often have live performances of traditional Korean music and dance

If your layover is more than 6 hours, there are free and low cost bus tours of Seoul available from a kiosk at the Arrivals area. They will make sure your tour returns leaving enough time for your scheduled departure.

I took a free one last year where they dropped me off in the downtown area then pick me up at a pre-arranged time..It worked out nicely and I really enjoyed myself and got to see a bit of Seoul.

The subway also has a station accessible from Arrivals

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You can get a direct flight out if LAX. It's really hard to find a direct flight from Las Vegas. This is my fourth trip I live in Las Vegas and come to Pattaya for vacation. I like Asiaina airlines the best. The lay over in Korea is very long, but it's a nice place to hang out. Good luck :)

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on the USA side you can get easy flights to Las Vegas from Los Angeles, San Fransisco, Seattle and maybe from Hawaii

I am not sure if there are direct Asia flights to Denver, San Diego, Phoenix but they are also close to Vegas

Sometimes there are cheaper fares to the smaller cities

LAX will have the most flights but your connecting flight will be in a separate terminal after you go thru Immigration / Customs

there are buses that go between the terminals..... or its not that far of a walk but it is outside.....

Hope that helps

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I'm looking for the lowest priced Business Class round trip ticket from Bangkok to Las Vegas. Layovers within reason no problem as will get Business lounge access I assume. Korean Air is the best times but expensive. Any suggestions?

you might ask if you get lounge access , If you are Gold you do , But not sure if Biz class always gets you in

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The Korean Air has a 16 hour layover in Incheon. The next best is Delta 2 stop with a 12 hour layover in Tokyo and a short layover in LAX.

"Short Layover in LAX" I do love your sense of humour. With the arrivals procedures (Tom Bradley) then a full body cavity search from the TSA make sure the layover isn't too short.

Since you only meet and greet immigration and customs officers upon arrival how do you get a full body cavity search from a TSA agent.

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The Korean Air has a 16 hour layover in Incheon. The next best is Delta 2 stop with a 12 hour layover in Tokyo and a short layover in LAX.

"Short Layover in LAX" I do love your sense of humour. With the arrivals procedures (Tom Bradley) then a full body cavity search from the TSA make sure the layover isn't too short.

Since you only meet and greet immigration and customs officers upon arrival how do you get a full body cavity search from a TSA agent.
My routing involved a change of airlines/terminal at LAX so I had the honour of meeting Americas most hated.
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Try EVA from BKK to taipai short lay over 2 hours depending on how you book, then direct to LAX after immigration walk down to Southwest airlines terminal for a less than one hour flight to LV.

Pretty good hoof from Bradley to Terminal 1...

Some reasonable hotels around LAX with free shuttles if you want to freshen up or spend the night.

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one other thought , I bet there are gambling flights direct to Vegas from places like Hong Kong or Mainland China,

That's a good idea but I think since Macau has opened up, finding a junket to Las Vegas from Asia would be difficult. However, there may as you suggest be charter flights of some type, perhaps just tourism.

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