Late reply, but my route ended up being LAX-PVG-BKK. Nonrev LAX-PVG on Delta and I bought a confirmed $100 ticket from PVG-BKK on China Eastern. Delta initially denied me in LAX because I didn't have a visa. Luckily I had printed out pages from Timatic indicating that I do not need a visa if I hold a confirmed ticket onward. It took like 3 agents before they found someone who was certain and they let me go. D1 suite on the A350 was great.
And just for fun, the routing of my entire trip was as follows -
FLL-LAX-PVG-BKK-KBV-HKT-REP-PNH-SGN-DAD-HUI-HAN-HKG-LAX-FLL
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