An ANA 787-8 – Photo: Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren | JDLMultimedia

When two AirlineReporter writers decide to go on a weekend guys trip, the possibilities are endless. The thing is – we don’t mind long flights, crazy routing, or extended layovers – after all, that’s all part of the adventure.

It’s amazing how much ground you can cover in a few days, if you really want to. Once we made the decision to go somewhere, Associate Editor, Blaine Nickeson, and I spent a few weeks scouring the internet for decent airfares.  We considered various destinations across five continents.  Finally, something really interesting (and cheap!) popped up: Denver to Tokyo on United’s 787-8 connecting on to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on ANA’s 787-8.

One stop from Denver to a city nearly on the other side of the world?  Oh yeah, this is the kind of stuff the Dreamliner was built for.