Who Enjoys Long Distance Traveling?

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I do enjoy long distance traveling, but only when the destination is somewhere that I want to go. For example, this summer I may want to travel to China, Japan, or Korea (actually that sounds like a pretty good idea). After choosing my destination, I have to book a flight, which is always a fun process to compare prices in the thousands range. So I conduct some research on different flight to these three countries. Personally I think the following are some of the best flights to take.

What I look for when purchasing tickets:

1. Nonstop flight. This is my preferred type of flight even if I have to sit in the same plane for an extended period of time. It just makes thing simpler, and the fact that I can sleep reasonably well on planes helps a lot.
2. Low price. I think everybody looks for the lowest price possible.
3. Previous experience. I like to airlines that I have traveled with before. I think that gives me the illusion of safety because I lived through their flight before so I assumed I would still be alive after I travel with them again.

Flights that I am considering for my "trip":

1. Destination: Beijing, China. Airline: Air China. Price: $1477 (nonstop, round trip). Duration: 13hrs 30min (pretty standard).
2. Destination: Tokyo, Japan. Airline: Japan Airlines (since the flight is to Japan I thought I go with a Japanese airline). Price: $1629 (a little pricier that other airlines but not by much for already spending over a thousand dollars). Duration: 14hrs.
3. Destination: Seoul, South Korea. Airline: Korean Air. Price: $1869 (other airlines charge about the same price). Duration: 14hrs (apparently it takes the same amount of to fly to Tokyo as to Seoul, interesting).