Traveling to China and Taiwan during Chinese New Year’s Day, which in 2010 falls on February 14th, tends to command top dollar. However, we’re finding prices in the $600′s and $700′s for travel from the States in and around the Chinese New Year.

• $629: San Francisco to Taipei (see below)
• $798: New York to Beijing
• $726: Los Angeles to Beijing
• $711: Los Angeles to Guangzhou
• $735: New York to Taipei
• $723: Los Angeles to Taipei

Prices fluctuate daily, sometimes hourly, so conduct a search with our searchbox for February dates to China or Taiwan for your desired itinerary. Remember that Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday tend to be cheaper days to fly.

Delta Airlines is offering round-trip fares from New York to Taipei for as low as $697 after taxes. This is a non-promotional fare that can’t even be booked on Delta’s website. And, they’d want close to $900 for this itinerary. We found the $697 fare (see below) through Orbitz. It was also on CheapTickets.

However, Delta has announced a New York to Europe sale, with fares as low as $239 (one-way, before taxes) to Barcelona. See complete list.