Best flights from west coast to BKK? Stop in Hawaii feasible? Traveling with two young teen daughters, will they get harassed?

I just did a sample calculation on matrix.itasoftware.com, making each leg of the flight on a Tuesday - purely arbitrary dates since Tuesday are usually cheaper.

Flying Delta through Japan (no Hawai'i stop) is fastest at about 16 hours total flight time each way.

Stopover in HNL on the way there: $1272, about 18 hours to BKK and about 16 on the way back total flight time.

Direct through Haneda: $1058, about 16 hours each way. It was $215 more to route through HNL on the way there.

Here's the sample itinerary through HNL, just to get you started.

Portland (PDX) to Honolulu (HNL) — Sun, Aug 9 Alaska Airlines 833

Dep: 7:05 am Arr: 9:55 am 5h 50m

Honolulu (HNL) to Tokyo (NRT) — Sun, Aug 9 Delta 579

Dep: 1:10 pm Arr: 4:00 pm 7h 50m

Layover in NRT Mon, Aug 10 1h 55m

Tokyo (NRT) to Bangkok (BKK) — Mon, Aug 10 Delta 584

Dep: 5:55 pm Arr: 10:45 pm 6h 50m

Bangkok (BKK) to Tokyo (HND) — Tue, Aug 18 Thai Airways 660

Dep: 1:00 pm Arr: 9:10 pm 6h 10m 2h 55m

Tokyo (HND) to Seattle (SEA) — Wed, Aug 19 Delta 580

Dep: 12:05 am Arr: 5:34 pm 9h 29m

Layover in SEA Tue, Aug 18 1h 26m

Seattle (SEA) to Portland (PDX) — Tue, Aug 18 Alaska Airlines 2047

Dep: 7:00 pm
Arr: 7:47 pm 0h 47m

Return flight

Portland (PDX) to Honolulu (HNL) — Sun, Aug 9 Alaska Airlines 833

Dep: 7:05 am Arr: 9:55 am 5h 50m

Honolulu (HNL) to Tokyo (NRT) — Sun, Aug 9 Delta 579

Dep: 1:10 pm Arr: 4:00 pm 7h 50m

Layover in NRT Mon, Aug 10 1h 55m

Tokyo (NRT) to Bangkok (BKK) — Mon, Aug 10 Delta 584

Dep: 5:55 pm Arr: 10:45 pm 6h 50m

Bangkok (BKK) to Tokyo (HND) — Tue, Aug 18 Thai Airways 660

Dep: 1:00 pm Arr: 9:10 pm 6h 10m 2h 55m

Tokyo (HND) to Seattle (SEA) — Wed, Aug 19 Delta 580

Dep: 12:05 am Arr: 5:34 pm 9h 29m

Layover in SEA Tue, Aug 18 1h 26m

Seattle (SEA) to Portland (PDX) — Tue, Aug 18 Alaska Airlines 2047

Dep: 7:00 pm
Arr: 7:47 pm 0h 47m

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