cheap flight advice? India, Southeast Asia

I'm in the early planning stages for a touring trip to an undecided
country(ies). I'd like it to be in the Bay of Bengal vicinty, and I'll stay
as long as $5000 USD will allow, which includes airfare to and from
Philadelphia, USA. Since I want the airfare to eat as little of my proposed
spending, my destination might be decided on account of flight
affordability.

Any suggestions?

flights to Dhaka (Bangladesh) are quite cheap from here (europe) if you're
willing to fly dangerously (BIMAN airlines)
if you have a few days to spa take a flight to Mumbai or Delhi and catch
an indian train (veeery cheap) eastbound.

"axoplasm" wrote in message
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I'm in the early planning stages for a touring trip to an undecided
country(ies). I'd like it to be in the Bay of Bengal vicinty, and I'll
stay
as long as $5000 USD will allow, which includes airfare to and from
Philadelphia, USA. Since I want the airfare to eat as little of my
proposed
spending, my destination might be decided on account of flight
affordability.

Any suggestions?

I'm in the early planning stages for a touring trip to an undecided
country(ies). I'd like it to be in the Bay of Bengal vicinty, and I'll stay
as long as $5000 USD will allow, which includes airfare to and from
Philadelphia, USA. Since I want the airfare to eat as little of my proposed
spending, my destination might be decided on account of flight
affordability.

Any suggestions?

Flights from the US to major East Asian and Southeast Asian cities
cost about the same: Tokyo, Seoul, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Singapore,
Taipei... These tickets are as low as US $600-700 depending on the
season.

Flights from the US to the Indian subcontinent are usually around US
$1100-1300. If money's scarce and time isn't, get a cheap flight to
London or Bangkok and then get a flight to India from there.

However, the cost of travel in different Asian countries varies
greatly, and unless your trip is very short the differences in cost of
transport, food and accomodation between countries will make a much
greater difference in your budget than the cost of the flight.