US Airways – Starting $461: Los Angeles / Chicago / Boston / Phoenix / Dallas – Tokyo, Japan. Roundtrip, including all Taxes
Last night, if you follow us on Twitter, you would’ve seen that we tweet’ed this:
Anyways, taking advantage of the same, you can fly American under US Airways code from Los Angeles to Tokyo for $461. This is a result of initial codesharing problems and will not last!
Other prices by city:
- Chicago – $874
- Philadelphia – $818
- Phoenix – $687
- Charlotte – $811
- Miami – $932
- Dallas – $935
- New York – $950
- Boston – $857
As you can see, Los Angeles is the cheapest.
Update 1/14/2014 @ 11:55AM Eastern – deal gone.

View of Tokyo Tower, Tokyo, Japan Photo: apple 94, used under Creative Commons License (By 2.0)
Sample Travel Date:
- April 1st – 9th
Fare Availability:
- We saw availability from April to November. (Well, prices are crazy high from May to August).
How to Search for Availability:
- Use ITA Software Matrix Airfare Search and flexible month search to see availability — enable advanced routing codes and enter “us+” on the outbound and return advanced routing code fields to search for this fare.
- Beginner’s Guide on How to Use Matrix by ITA Software
- How to Read Airfare Rules and Use It to Your Advantage
Routing:
- LAX – PHX (Phoenix) – ORD (Chicago) – NRT (Tokyo) – ORD – PHX – LAX. And yes, to get this pricing, you need to take this routing. If you book far in the future and there’s a schedule change, you can always use this method to get something more direct – My flight’s schedule changed.. what do I do?
Stopover:
- None available
- How to Take Advantage of a Stopover
Mileage:
- 16,168 miles or 2.9 cents per mile. American flyers will earn 100% mileage with this fare.
How to Book:
- Use Priceline link to book with dates found on ITA Software Matrix Airfare Search. Make sure you select US Airways on the advance flight options section. If Priceline stops working, try ebookers.co.uk.
Accommodations
For hotel bookings, we recommend that you only book using online travel agencies (Hotels.com or Hotwire.com) if it is a non-chain hotel. We don’t want you to miss out on earning rewards with chain hotels.
- Accor Hotels
- Sofitel, Pullman, M Gallery, Grand Mercure, Novotel, Mercure, Ibis
- CheapTickets
- Country Inns and Suites
- Design Hotels
- Expedia
- Hilton Hotels
- Waldorf Astoria, Conrad, Hilton, DoubleTree, Embassy Suites, Hilton Garden Inn, Hampton Inn, Homewood Suites, Home2
- HomeAway.com
- Hotels.com
- Intercontinental Group
- Intercontinental, Crowne Plaza, Hotel Indigo, Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express, Staybridge Suites, Candlewood Suites
- Marriott International
- Marriott, JW Marriott, Courtyard y Marriott, Renaissance, Residence Inn, Fairfield Inn & Suites, Springhill Suites, Delta Hotels, Moxy, AC Hotels, TownePlace, Autograph Collection, Protea Hotels.
- Orbitz
- Preferred Hotels & Resorts
- Preferred, Sterling, Summit
- Radisson Hotels
- Radisson Blu, Radisson, Park Plaza, Park Inn, Hotel Missioni
- Venere
- Wyndham Hotels
- Wyndham, Tryp, Wingate, Hawthorn, Microtel, Dream, Planet Hollywood, Ramada, Night, Baymont, Days Inn, Super 8, Howard Johnson, Travelodge, Knights Inn
Car Rentals
- Avis – US and Canadian Rentals
- CarRentals.com
- Fox Rent A Car
- Hotwire
- Orbitz
- Payless Car Rental
- Sixt Car Rental – Good Agency for Rentals in Europe
Background Information:
- Visa: US Citizens – Not required. Other nationals, check the TIMATIC Visa Database
- Currency: Japanese Yen (JPY). $1USD = 103 JPY
Tips for saving when using credit cards at international destinations:
- No Foreign Transaction Fee Credit Cards to save on international purchases
- Don’t get hit with Dynamic Currency Conversion
- Get your taxes refunded when shopping
- How to Avoid International Data Roaming Charges
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- Go to the The Los Angeles Flight Deals page
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I thought you didn’t get points and were not eligible for upgrades on priceline?
@clayd333 – that’s only if fares you bid on.
Deal is DEAD.
I got an April ticket on price line. It wasn’t available to purchase anywhere else. Now it looks like the fair is gone. It looks like its operated by american, do you think I can use a SWU?
@Miah – as is US Airways coded, you cannot use an SWU.
I tried purchasing 2 RT tickets. I input all my info, and they gave me a priceline reservation #. At this point, I’m under the impression that I got the deal. Afterwards, they said that the transaction didn’t go through, and I can’t get the deal. Any way I can fight this? I tried calling priceline and it’s impossible to talk to a live person.
Thanks in advance.
@allie – a confirmation number isn’t much from a claim standpoint. it needs to be ticketed, which didnt happen. sorry it didnt work out. 🙁
Hi TFD,
I’ve been reading your newsletter everyday in order to find a deal to Tokyo, of course my email arrived 4 hours after users reported the deal to have already been sold out. Any other tips for finding a cheap flight to Tokyo from NY in April?
Or is there a way to specifically subscribe to any new topics you post regarding Tokyo, this way I can act immediately?
Thanks!
Check Malaysia Airlines. Was able to fly to LAX to Tokyo October 2013 for $600rt. They were having a sale last year that was being promoted for about 2 months in the spring of 2013.
Looks like I was lucky to get mine. I have a us-airway conformation number so I assume they cant take it back now.
I skipped it because I wasn’t comfortable w/ Priceline..
@clayd333 – we dont recommend anyone that we wouldn’t use ourselves or services that charge more or does not give miles.