Fare from Los Angeles to Hong Kong: About $7,500.

Enjoy their amenities as five-course meals, dozens of audio and video options and Shanghai Tang-designed sleepwear.

It is never long enough to fly first-class on Cathay Pacific. Air Transport World magazine rated Cathay as the 2006’s Airline of the Year. 2006 also marked the airline’s 60th year of operation. Cathay is not that familiar to U.S, as it is based in Hong Kong. But if you’re flying that long stretch to Asia, the price in the several thousand-dollar ticket is surely worth it.